current affairs

4 min read 2023-03-24 03:34:30

Raphael Mechoulam Dies at 92: Quotes To Remember

On 9th March, 2023 the cannabis community lost a founding father, risk-taker, pacesetter, and “greatest of all time” medical cannabis researcher

5 min read 2023-03-19 20:43:41

Like many of you, I’ve been reflecting on the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank quite a bit this past week, now that the initial panic has faded

3 min read 2023-03-13 22:00:00

Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr.— The past year has witnessed the continuing decline in U.S.-China relations. Last February, Chinese president Xi Jinping

3 min read 2023-03-13 19:35:27

This morning we are learning the details of the U.S. government’s decision to bail out depositors at Silicon Valley Bank, a failed bank that

5 min read 2023-03-09 21:33:59

The Church of England has admitted that it benefitted from the slave trade and has set up a fund to compensate for the harm done to those enslaved

5 min read 2023-03-09 21:33:59

The Church of England has admitted that it benefitted from the slave trade and has set up a fund to compensate for the harm done to those enslaved

5 min read 2023-03-09 19:07:14

A draconian new anti-refugee bill making its way to becoming law in the UK Parliament will effectively criminalise anyone who arrives into the

5 min read 2023-03-09 19:07:14

A draconian new anti-refugee bill making its way to becoming law in the UK Parliament will effectively criminalise anyone who arrives into the

2 min read 2023-03-09 14:32:59

The other evening I had a quick drink in Brussels with a bunch of people who could, by any reasonable definition, be described as experts on the

5 min read 2023-03-08 02:40:36

Mary Ziegler, author of Roe: The History of A National Obsession, talks with us about her inspiration for the book, legal education surrounding Roe

2 min read 2023-03-02 16:44:24

The unveiling of the Windsor Framework this week was important in many ways. Not only did it provide a set of solutions to the most pushing and

3 min read 2023-03-01 21:40:28

There has been a lot of commentary about new and more powerful AI algorithms like ChatGPT, and how they will change how to write college essays, job

2 min read 2023-03-01 21:31:43

The election victory of Bola Tinubu, candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress, is being challenged by the defeated opposition. But despite

3 min read 2023-02-28 17:41:40

For our weekly “Ideas on Europe” editorial by UACES, the University Association for European Studies, we welcome Dario Mazzola, from the

3 min read 2023-02-25 00:18:26

Singapore’s Fertility Rate At Historic Low, More Delaying Marriage & Parenthood: Minister For years, the Government has been trying to get