It has been nine years since I coined the acronym ‘BRIC,’ which has become synonymous with the rise of Brazil, Russia, India, and China....

Last week we discussed Merkel’s ‘Competitiveness Pact’, which is also backed by Sarkozy, but not by many other European leaders...

Like so many across and from the Middle East, I’ve followed recent events in Tunisia and Egypt with intense interest...

Very often, people take every day tasks and activities for granted. For instance, most people take it for granted that they can read and write, have access to education and obtain academic qualifications, ...

Political rhetoric has shifted away from the need to respond to the “generational challenge” of climate change...

The short-sighted inanity of Joseph Muscat’s sole pronouncement on the crisis in North Africa has been highlighted by the arrival in Lampedusa of 6,000 people fleeing from the upheaval in Tunisia...

Conservatives are fired up to defeat President Barack Obama. Now the hard part: Finding their candidate...

Many years ago, my wife and I were driving somewhere with our three young daughters in the back, when one of them suddenly asked: “Would you rather that we were clever or that we were happy?”...

The Pew Centre on Religion and Public Life recently released a comprehensive study of Muslim populations around the world that should allay fears among many of an impending global Muslim takeover and debunk widely-held beliefs about Muslims...

The last few days were characterised by two significant developments.One of them was the way the government allowed the noxious smells issue at Hexagon House to run riot either due to incompetence or even worse...