Time for a divorce? The US is so bitterly divided between red & blue...
While my country’s currently the Dis-United States of America, calls for it to be broken up into a Republican-dominated state and a Democrat-dominated one...
Implementing the smart factory: New perspectives for driving value
Smart factories have arrived
THE strategic importance of smart factories is undeniable, as early adopters have reported operating more efficiently and driving more to the...
Why is the housing sector booming during COVID-19?
THE US economy posted record-breaking growth in Q3 as restrictions lifted and consumers and businesses reignited their spending and investment. Yet even with this...
Federal Reserve monetary policy in the time of COVID-19
IN the past 12 years, the US Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) has faced two major financial crises. One started within financial markets (the housing finance collapse of...
Saudi Arabia reaps the wrong kind of PR as G20 host
A G20 gathering is usually a chance for the host nation to promote itself in the best possible light. But the leaders’ summit taking...
Trump poised to leave legacy of chaos with last-minute foreign policy moves
The abrupt dismissal of the US defence secretary, Mark Esper, and reported plans for multiple layers of new sanctions on Iran have made clear that...
Trump’s reign has proved the US president is merely a figurehead. Does it really...
Four years of Trump slugging it out with the permanent political class he calls the “Deep State” has proven that president is at best...
What Trump could learn from the fall of France’s own fiery ‘law and order’...
Americans are on the eve of a momentous political choice this November. But for a jump on how the story goes from here, consider what happened...
The hostile environment is undermining British democracy
Abraham Lincoln famously referred to democracy as the government of the people, for the people, and by the people. The assumption being that everyone...
Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis unlikely to prompt ‘sympathy vote’ ahead of election, political analyst says
President Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis is unlikely to move the needle ahead of next month’s presidential election, a political analyst told CNBC on Friday.
Trump,...
