Dec 16, 2022 | Business & Economics, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
by Cormac Jelicich In 2020, two crises coincided. First, the COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented socioeconomic harm, triggering a devastating health crisis that engendered the steepest recession since the Great Depression. Second, the myriad of ecological...
Oct 5, 2021 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Laurie Macfarlane Soaring gas prices have exposed longstanding vulnerabilities in Britain’s energy system. A radical overhaul is long overdue. “There’s absolutely no question of the lights going out,” the business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, told the...
Apr 19, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Peter Geoghegan This is not a return to the Troubles. But peace cannot truly be achieved until lives improve, says Peter Geoghegan. The first job I had that was not paid by the hour was at a sectarian interface in Derry. It was 2008 – a decade after the Good...
Sep 8, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Ben Goldson With demonstrations ongoing despite government repression, longtime Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko is faced with a rare challenge to his leadership. With demonstrations ongoing despite government repression, longtime Belarussian President...
Aug 31, 2020 | Politics & Society
On August 9, 2020, Belarussian voters went to the polls in a presidential election. Long-time president Alexander Lukashenko who has governed the nation since 1994 and who is often called Europe’s last dictator claimed victory. Lukashenko announced he had won the...
Jul 28, 2020 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Stefano Riela Has the COVID-19 crisis pushed solidarity in the European Union? Stefano Riela explores. It was one of the longest European Council meetings. From Friday 17 July to Tuesday 21 July, five days and four nights in Brussels during which the 27 EU heads of...
Jul 7, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Justine Pillay Spain was amongst the nations hardest hit by the pandemic and, despite the uneasiness surrounding Sánchez’s late response to the crisis, even by his hardline supporters, Spain is on its way to recovery. On a Thursday evening in Salamanca, the...
Jun 18, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
By Stephan Resch Stephen Resch reflects on the fall of the wall thirty years on. In November 2019, the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, I came across a curious piece of non-news which made me pause and think. It was about the person most searched on...
Jun 16, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Malcolm Campbell When Ireland’s Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, offered his resignation to President Michael D. Higgins on 20 February, little did he realise the responsibility that lay ahead. When Ireland’s Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, offered his resignation to President...
Jan 22, 2020 | Politics & Society
Major political change is happening in Russia right now as President Vladimir Putin announced significant constitutional changes in his annual address to the nation. The amendments Putin put forward included term limits for the president, more authority for parliament...