Eid Mubarak in a world on fire, at war

Public budgets are unlikely to expand at the pace required to meet the escalating risks. A larger share of long-term capital will therefore need to come from private sources

The story of the coming years will not be the binary of whether China ‘collapses’ or ‘surpasses’. It will be about how the rest of the world adapts to a China that has successfully moved from being a follower to a standard-setter

The 62nd Munich Security Conference provided a platform for three days of intensive debates on the world’s most pressing security challenges.

Data sovereignty refers to the principle that all data is subject to the laws and regulations of the nation state or jurisdiction in which it is collected. This concept gained prominence in the early 2010s following the Edward Snowden revelations about mass surveillance by the United States

The power to define risk, credibility and prudence remains concentrated in the Global North, while the costs are borne mainly by the Global South

More than three decades after apartheid ended, the land question remains one of the most unresolved and contentious issues

The Srila Roy controversy exposes the fragile balance between free inquiry, public accountability and institutional power in South African universities

In place of multilateral cooperation, Washington has introduced bilateral agreements where the balance of power is unequal and where American interests dominate, undermining the spirit of shared global health governance

Ho is the author of Paper Sons and Daughters: A Memoir: Growing Up Chinese in South Africa, published in 2012

There is no doubt that difficult days lie ahead of the global order as we know it since the end of World War II. Clearly, the USA has set a very dangerous precedent in terms of not abiding by international law, the rules-based order and respect for international institutions such as the United Nations and the International Criminal Court

Like many of our struggle heroes, the many years he spent serving prison terms denied him a stable family life. This left his wife Cynthia, to raise their children largely alone as a single parent. He often expressed regret about not being present during his children’s upbringing and missing many of their important developmental milestones

Artificial intelligence does not evolve gradually. It jumps. It produces quiet plateaus followed by discontinuities that shock incumbents, confuse forecasters and reorder competitive landscapes.