How a small Welsh village became embroiled in a slave trade controversy
You’ve probably never heard of Abergynolwyn, which sits in the Dysynni valley in Merioneth in Wales. The village, established in…
Making America Miserable Again
Biden’s foreign policy risks repeating Obama’s errors
The fine art of hating
It may be a sin but it shouldn’t be a crime to loathe thy neighbour
Campus of dunces
Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind (1987) showed higher education failing democracy and impoverishing students. Forty years later,…
Scandal and geopolitics Gangnam style: the impeachment of Park Geun-hye
The South Korean national assembly’s decision on Friday to impeach President Park Geun-hye came as no great surprise. Since October…
The curious case of Mr Assange
Or ‘How Human Rights have become Legal Wrongs’
Singapore singalong
A state sponsored musical pays homage to Lee Kuan Yew, la
Rumble in the jungle
In the surreal tropical politics of contemporary Malaysia it is good business sense to use government funds to make loss-making…
Abbott’s ‘Goldilocks’ balancing act
Following the G20, Australia finds itself in an unique and desirable position with the world’s two superpowers
Indonesia should grow up
The country’s ability to conduct itself as a mature regional power is increasingly in doubt
No apology
On Indonesia, Tony Abbott is right to ignore the self-loathing Asia-first elite
A political melodrama
We really do need to talk about Kevin
