Coming Soon!
Daily News Roundup – 19 November 2012
Asia US President Obama hails Burma’s ‘remarkable journey’ Burma is on a “remarkable journey” of reform but has much further to go, Barack Obama has said as he made the first visit to the South East Asian natio...
China’s Orderly Transition
Whilst the world was captivated earlier this month by the drama of the US election, many miles away in China elites were jockeying amongst themselves behind closed doors to secure positions within the Politburo’s highest deci...
Quo vadis Israel?
Israel is again on a murderous rampage in Gaza. In December 2008, Israeli forces attacked the besieged Palestinian territory and killed over 1400 civilians mostly women and children. In May 2010, the Israeli navy attacked a Tur...
Wherefore art thou, Tonio?
Can a homophobe be a suitable choice for EU Commissioner? This week saw Tonio Borg, Maltese Commissioner-designate for Health & Consumers, receive a particularly vicious grilling from a joint European parliamentary committe...
Daily News Roundup – 16 November 2012
Europe United Kingdom (UK) stop aid output to Uganda The UK has joined a number of European countries in cutting all aid sent to the Ugandan government, following an inquiry into corruption. The inquiry, in a preliminary phase,...
Assessing Change in the Philippines: A Personal Perspective on Institutional Stickiness and Idealism
A popular sentiment among my friends in the Philippines is that the government is getting worse with each passing day; with this comes the belief that there is little recourse to a ‘better life’ but to leave the country. It...
