Thought Leaders

Personalised leadership is reshaping perceptions of US and Chinese exceptionalism.

DA’s rising support and leadership turmoil threaten electoral momentum

Insights from 17th- and 18th-century records on data, markets, and inequality

Policy failures let generals operate unchecked as Ramaphosa government lost civilian control over defence, policing and policy decisions.

Jim O’Neill argues that Trump’s seizure of Venezuela’s leader marks the end of the old order, forcing the West to confront a rising BRICS+ world and its own declining influence.