Military robots to patrol World Cup
The football World Cup in Brazil next year will be patrolled by $7.2m worth of military robot hardware
- 17 May 2013
The East is rising, in Latin America
China is moving in next-door to the U.S.
- 10 May 2013
Campaigners lob BRICS at Syrian crisis
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are being urged to act, as the "only powerful governments left"
- 25 March 2013
Kyoto: The last rites
Where better than the Qatari capital to perform the last rites over the Kyoto Protocol?
- 1 October 2012
Iran or no Iran, there will be oil
If, as looks increasingly likely, conflict over Iran’s nuclear ambitions is approaching, two things are clear: Shia Iran’s Sunni ‘friends’ will not stand with them and, Iran or no Iran, there will be oil
- 28 September 2012
Iran: A strategy for the threat closer to home
Iran's influence in the Western Hemisphere should be closely monitored by the US as it nears the level of "tier 1" national security priority
- 19 September 2012
Free market Chile contrasts with disastrous Venezuela
Chile was once a basket case having been crippled by socialism. Now it's a shining example of free market success
- 21 July 2012
Big Oil, Big Profits, Big Green Lies
The real Mr Big behind the oil profiteering racket isn't Big Oil - it's Big Government
- 13 April 2012
One more Cuban martyr – and Latin America’s leadership turns a blind eye
The day of reckoning will inevitably come for the tribunal of History to deliver the last word with respect to the Cuban ordeal. On that day, some of Latin America's leaders will receive a moral condemnation
- 27 January 2012
Why Brazil must refocus its approach to international relations
Rousseff must ask herself: does Brazil want to lead a new global democratic order or continue as a state that stands idly by while the same injustices that once plagued it rage overseas?
- 23 December 2011
The Falklands: Latin America’s newest club picks an old fight
Bombastic resolutions and histrionic communications aside, the Falklands will always remain British territory; divisive attempts at unity by figures such as Hugo Chavez will make sure there is never even a threat
- 16 December 2011
London Cyberspace Conference: it's good to talk, but better to do
The London Cyberspace Conference was yet another at which we did a lot of talking. What we should really be focusing on is doing; creating growth and jobs.
- 4 November 2011
Evo Morales' indigenous problem
It remains to be seen if the President’s not unsubstantial political skill will help him manoeuvre out of yet another tight spot, or if he will be joining the ranks of so many other Bolivian presidents in exile.
- 6 October 2011
Holier than thou EU gives Canada a lesson in trade liberalisation
By rolling out its army of lawyers to confront Canada at the WTO, the EU is being highly hypocritical in protecting their own domestic producers against competition from developing nations.
- 22 September 2011
Raining on the Samba parade: The challenges ahead for Brazil
Conventional wisdom would have us bequeath Brazil the title of prince-in-waiting on the international stage. The reality is a little less clear
- 19 September 2011
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