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Wednesday 07/December/2016 15:29 PM

Trump's Boeing provocation could backfire

It was only a matter of time before Donald Trump's attention would turn to Boeing, the US' largest exporter and its second-largest defence...

Tuesday 06/December/2016 17:37 PM

China’s civilisational diplomacy

China is quickly becoming a world power, capable of exercising considerable influence over other countries. And it is advancing to the centre of the...

Tuesday 06/December/2016 17:26 PM

Don't confuse Italy with Brexit or Trump

Matteo Renzi came to power promising to change Italy or change his job. On Sunday, Italians made that choice for him, rejecting the constitutional reform on...

Tuesday 06/December/2016 15:22 PM

Trump's art of Twitter diplomacy

When it comes to managing relations with China, Donald Trump is tearing up the rulebook. First by using Twitter to announce his telephone call with...

Monday 05/December/2016 17:44 PM

Goodbye to the West

Now that Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States, the end of what was heretofore termed the “West” has become all but certain. That...

Monday 05/December/2016 17:34 PM

Message to Modi: Do no more harm

India again posted world-beating growth numbers last week: Gross domestic product grew 7.3 per cent in the quarter between July and September. But the...

Monday 05/December/2016 17:20 PM

See Romney jump through Trump's hoops

Choosing Mitt Romney to be his secretary of state would be the most presidential thing Donald Trump could do. But that doesn’t mean he's going to do...