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COMMENT | IAN BURUMA | On January 17, 2021, when Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny boarded a plane to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been treated after being poisoned in Russia with the nerve agent Novichok, he said he was pleased to be going home. But he knew the risks …

COMMENT  | DAVID BIRUNGI |  This year marks 25 years since the reforms that have progressively transformed the communications sector in this country. We join in celebrating the Uganda Communications Commission  (UCC) that has presided over most of these reforms – some bad, most of them transformative. In 1989 when …

COMMENT | CRISPIN KAHERU |  When you think of Ambassador Fukuzawa, it is hard not to think of a unique blend of humility and humor. He is the master of defusing tense situations with a well-timed, pokerfaced joke. If you have had the privilege of meeting out-going Japanese Ambassador to Uganda, …

    COMMENT | ROBERT SKIDELSKY |   This week, PS talks with Robert Skidelsky, a member of the British House of Lords and Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University. Robert Skidelsky Says More… Project Syndicate: Last year, you lamented the reversion of contemporary policy discussions to “the age-old standoff …

The sub-region is first to protect 30% of its terrestrial and inland water areas and 30% marine and coastal areas COMMENT | IZIAK SALAKO | Just over one year ago, the world came together to agree upon a landmark new deal for nature. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (K-M GBF) was …

Why modern day Rockefellers have even greater influence over our economies than in the original Gilded Age COMMENT | NABIL AHMED | The past 12 years have been extremely good for the ultra-rich. The fortunes of billionaires  a group comprising the 2,640 wealthiest people on the planet, most of whom are …

Why settle for a single TV when you can work harder and install screens in every room and in the car? COMMENT | KAUSHIK BASU | In 1930, John Maynard Keynes published his short essay “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren,” in which he outlined his vision of a future global economy …

Research leads to advocating a regulatory model that is both adaptable and tailored to specific contexts COMMENT | S. ALEX YANG & ANGELA HUYUE ZHANG | The impending rollout of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act represents the bloc’s latest attempt to cement its status as a regulatory powerhouse. This ambitious …

COMMENT | BY JAMES MUBIRU | The new year is a few months in. You’ve probably looked up and down your resolution list and aren’t happy with yourself. You feel incompetent. You feel cheated! 60 days are gone, and those abs are not here yet; and you have no contribution …

  Senegalese ask President Macky Sall: Dialogue for whom, with whom and about what? COMMENT | MAMADOU NDAO | There is a right time for everything, including dialogue, which is what President Macky Sall is calling for. A short time before the start of the electoral campaign, he has chosen to …