Opinion

Monday 25/April/2016 17:01 PM

Democrats' divisions will need healing, too

Senator Sherrod Brown is a relatively accessible fellow, but when he was recently asked about a request for an interview on the subject of the schisms in...

Monday 25/April/2016 16:51 PM

The right time for climate action

During most of the roughly three decades since climate change became a global concern, governments optimistically assumed that a green transition would...

Monday 25/April/2016 16:40 PM

Opening up malaria research

In recent years, tremendous progress has been made in the battle against malaria. According to the World Health Organsation, the number of deaths from the...

Sunday 24/April/2016 17:07 PM

Brexit will not so bad for Europe

Discussions of a possible UK exit from the European Union often centre on how the move would affect the UK. itself. It's only natural, since British...

Sunday 24/April/2016 16:54 PM

Time for debt reduction in Greece

Once again, Greece is at an inflection point. With its cash balances severely stressed, it seems unlikely to be able to pay the cascading debt payments that...

Sunday 24/April/2016 16:35 PM

Asia’s water woes

Asia’s water woes are worsening. Already the world’s driest continent in per capita terms, Asia now faces a severe drought that has parched a vast...

Sunday 24/April/2016 16:24 PM

Japan’s new business language is English

Five years ago, I stood before several thousand mostly native Japanese speakers and addressed them in English. From now on, I told them, Rakuten –...