Trump on South Africa shows poisonous mess he’s serving up on presidential china.
Rashmee Roshan Lall on whether Donald Trump intends to lead the white Christian peoples of the world in a racial and religious war.
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
Journalist by trade & inclination. World affairs columnist.
That other European Union.
Will European values come to symbolise exclusivism rather than enlightenment values?
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Migration is not at a peak — hysteria is.
The unblinking focus on migration is unwarranted, Rashmee Roshan Lall argues.
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A G3 world order? Great powers compete, as in the 19th century.
The world is being carved up between the two largest economies (the US and China) and the two largest nuclear powers (the US and Russia).
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Global migration, from American dream to nightmare.
Zero tolerance of migrants has become a moral crisis for the U.S., but it is providing a template for a different, darker, new American dream.
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Cosmopolitanism isn’t dead, but it might need a rebrand.
It should not become a casualty in the clash between rising nationalism and globalisation but should seek to combine the two, Rashmee Roshan Lall argues.
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Could capricious American unilateralism leave the US out in the cold?
Those who wait with baited breath for a stinging European response to America’s withdrawal from the multi-lateral Iran nuclear deal should prepare to be marginally disappointed.
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Trump’s economic adviser wants the exact opposite of most Americans.
How successful is Larry Kudlow as Donald Trump’s top economic advisor?
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The only predictable thing about North Korea is its unpredictability.
Startling change in world affairs is not without precedent. It is startling because it is deemed practically impossible before it happens.
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Swazi King renames country; UK Queen asks Commonwealth to let her son lead. Difference?
Swaziland King Mswati III’s renames his country eSwatini and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II tells the Commonwealth she hopes her son and heir becomes head of the organisation.
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What did Mark Zuckerberg know about Turkey’s elections, and when did he know it?
What do Zuck and Facebook really know about politics and elections? Maybe more than meets the eye.
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Syria strikes are ‘mission accomplished’ for the usual suspects. Here’s why.
The posturing all around after the April 13 US, UK and French strikes on Syria has been really quite remarkable. It would be nauseating if it weren’t so amusing.
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U.S. strikes on Syria would not be legal.
Never mind that U.S. strikes on Syria would be useless and dangerously escalate tensions with Russia, they wouldn’t be legal.
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As scandal-hit Zuckerberg prepares to face a grilling in the US Senate, what counts as fact in a world of fake news?
Factfulness is the new buzzword defining the verifiable realities of the world, according to a new book, but most people’s grasp of the truth is informed by human instinct.
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The sultan and the tsar: A modern fairy tale from Ankara.
Long term, it seems difficult to imagine a viable alliance between three countries: Russia, Turkey and Iran.
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The BBC doesn’t consider more murders in London to be a problem.
Can the Police do anything about the recent rising murder rates in London? The BBC doesn’t think so.
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The story of Alfred Nobel should sound a warning for Zuckerberg and his legacy.
The Facebook founder could find himself remembered as the social media giant who devoured the world – unless he acts now to undo the damage.
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