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By David McMillan, Professor in Finance, University of Stirling The price of gold reached a historic high in April and remains close to that value. Conventional investing wisdom puts gold … Continue reading “Why gold may be losing its shine as a safe-haven investment”
By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University As the longest-serving Israeli prime minister (17 years), Benjamin Netanyahu is famous for his political wizardry and … Continue reading “With eyes on re-election, Netanyahu’s fights with world leaders aim to distract from his many political problems”
By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University Some of the most enduring ancient myths in the Persian world were centred around gardens of almost unimaginable beauty and … Continue reading “the paradise pleasure gardens of ancient Persia”
By Rachael Jolley, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation The US president, Donald Trump, claims to have “solved six wars in six months”. To work out if there was any substance … Continue reading “Did Trump really resolve six conflicts in a matter of months? We spoke to the experts to find out”
By Rachael Jolley, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation The US president, Donald Trump, claims to have “solved six wars in six months”. To work out if there was any substance … Continue reading “Did Trump really resolve six conflicts in a matter of months? Here’s what the experts say”
By Carey Durkin Treado, Associate Teaching Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh When more than 1,300 people at the U.S. State Department lost their jobs in a mass firing this … Continue reading “State Department layoffs could hurt US companies’ ability to compete globally – an economist explains why”
By Julie M. Norman, Senior Associate Fellow on the Middle East at RUSI; Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations, UCL In Gaza City, Palestinians are fleeing a renewed Israeli … Continue reading “No end to the violence as Israel launches its assault on Gaza City”
By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University As the longest-serving Israeli prime minister (17 years), Benjamin Netanyahu is famous for his political wizardry and … Continue reading “With eyes on re-election, Netanyahu’s fights with world leaders aim to distract from many political problems”
By Jane Kershaw, Gad Rausing Associate Professor of Viking Age Archaeology, University of Oxford In the archaeology galleries of the Yorkshire Museum, an incredible Viking silver neck-ring takes centre stage. … Continue reading “Vikings were captivated by silver – our new analysis of their precious loot reveals how far they travelled to get it”
By Amalendu Misra, Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University A seismic political shift has taken place in Bolivia. The country’s leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas) party, which has dominated Bolivian … Continue reading “voters bring two decades of leftist politics to an end”