One of the most notable characteristics of China’s emerging global cultural imprint is the creation of Confucius Institutes to promote and enhance Chinese language and culture around the
The focus of world power has moved from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indo-Pacific, especially as the Africa-India-Southeast Asia-China region becomes the dynamo of global growth and trade
The commemorations around France’s three centuries of presence in Mauritius and, more generally, in the Indian Ocean are welcome and should be a moment to reflect not just
“Mr Corbyn 66 is consistent and sincere. A professed leader of the ‘hard left’ who believes that the Labour Party must return to its roots…” — New York
In terms of economic performance and trends in standard of living over the past ten years or so, there couldn’t be two more contrasting cases than those of
Tant sommes nous pris dans la réalité du monde politique que ce mois de septembre évoque en premier lieu des événements qui ont marqué les esprits par leur
Is there a fear syndrome against excellence in the country in certain quarters and in particular among the political class? A fear that support for excellence, meritocracy and
From time immemorial philosophers and religious people have been battling to understand the self; they are still at it as it eludes definition. The 17th century philosopher John
British politician Winston Churchill is cited as saying that democracy is the least bad of systems of government. It would be recalled that despite leading Britain to victory
