Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

11 September 2014
Karl Muth suggests Detroit’s Somalian community might hold the key to the city’s revival.   After past trips to Somalia and Somaliland, I've argued that…
03 September 2014
In the context of recent events, Cornelius Adebahr welcomes initiatives to continue down the path of EU enlargement.  World events – and history – seem to converge on the…
21 August 2014
What do the BMW i8, Tesla Model S, and Cadillac ELR teach us about policy, subsidies, and consumer behaviour? The answer is: Lots. The BMW i8, which is sold out until the middle…
05 August 2014
As Joko Widodo is declared Indonesia’s President, new research has revealed the gap between richest & poorest has never been so great. Dr Arief Anshory Yusuf, Padjadjaran…
28 July 2014
Karl Muth asks if there is ever a right way for those about to commit it to warn of violence? I’ve been following with interest the international legal and philosophical…
22 July 2014
Karl Muth argues we must weigh the rights of corporations to arm themselves the same way we have weighed their other rights. The recent Hobby Lobby case looks at corporate…
18 July 2014
Karl T. Muth examines whether the Chicago Police Department’s objections to concealed pistol applications from black applicants constitutes de facto institutionalised racism…
01 July 2014
Brian Stoddart suggests that India’s interest in the South China Sea holds greater lessons for how Asian powers may engage each other in years to come. As dispute temperatures…
26 June 2014
Cornelius Adebahr warns that the EU must tread carefully as it seeks to continue its enlargement process. 1914 is far away in a country with enough current problems of its own –…
20 June 2014
Karl Muth argues that governments should be easing corporations’ passage from this earth and making sure future generations benefit from their passing. “Corporations…