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Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 15, 2023
Chatgpt: Transforming or Trivialising Education?
With ChatGPT rendering original research and composition unnecessary, will education be an enlightening experience?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 15, 2023
Indicting Trump: Politics or Justice Served?
Mr Donald Trump's indictment has catapulted him again to centre stage, just as he launches his campaign for 2024.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 15, 2023
Uk-sailing Into the Indo-pacific?
London's formal declaration of joining the CPTPP could mark the start of a new look-east policy, taking the focus away from Europe.
Elections - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 8, 2023
Finland: Leaning Right?
A change of government has come at a crucial time in Finland’s history as it once again confronts Russia as a NATO member.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 8, 2023
The Next Step in Ai-language Modelling
The Battle Royale for AI-assisted Search Engines is really hotting up.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 8, 2023
Is the Indian Ocean No Longer Indian?
China is aggressively challenging India’s domination of the Indian Ocean, a fact not easily ignored by New Delhi.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 8, 2023
EU: Wither Nuclear Power and Ice’s?
Discussions concerning the energy future of Europe took place among the member states of the European Union last week of March 2023.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 8, 2023
An Incredible Journey
This year the mobile phone completes 50 years of its existence. This is a good moment to reassess its net impact on society.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2023
The Race for Global Connectivity
Amazon's push into satellite internet could pose serious competition to Elon Musk’s Starlink.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2023
War: Crime & Punishment
Does the International Criminal Court truly protect the rights of all victims of war equally?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2023
Taiwan: Walking a Diplomatic Tightrope?
With Honduras abandoning Taiwan in favour of the PRC, is Taipei running out of allies?
War - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2023
Doomsday Clock: Ticking Closer?
The nuclear escalatory ladder was ratcheted a few notches higher by the Russian nuclear deployment in Belarus.
War - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2023
Reparations for Post-war Ukraine?
Who will pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine once the guns fall silent?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2023
Keeping Immigrants at Bay?
President Joe Biden is caught in a bind trying to strike a balance between the liberal left and the extreme right on immigration.
War - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2023
Putin: a War Criminal?
Issuing an ICC arrest warrant for President Putin could make a peace deal that much harder.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2023
No Longer Numero Uno?
Are we at the threshold of a multipolar world?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2023
Xi Jinping as a Peacemaker?
Recently Chinese President Xi Jinping made an official state visit to Russia. The timing of the visit was propitious.
War - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2023
Africa: Russians on the Roll?
The Wagner Group is raising the Russian flag in conflict-stricken Central Africa as erstwhile colonial powers retreat in disarray.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 18, 2023
Israel in a Flux!
Middle East’s only true democracy is witnessing a spate of protests as citizens fear curtailment of the independence of the judiciary, the sole guarantor of minority rights.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 18, 2023
Pakistan: China’s Albatross!!
With their ‘deeper than the ocean and higher than the mountains’ friendship under stress, will China loosen its purse strings to write off billions in loans to Pakistan?