... that his prime minister, Manuel Valls, will throw his hat in the ring to take part in the Socialist primaries in January. "In doing this, I'm facing my responsibilities," Hollande said in his address ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-02
... terms as prime minister, may not have engaged in sufficient outreach to the country’s Sunnis but that is only one reason why Sunni radicalism persists in Iraq. Another is that some elements of Iraq’s ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
... e fall of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's government. The United Kingdom has to produce a plan to guide a credible and orderly Brexit process. In France, the far-right National Front's Marine Le Pen wil ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-29
... economy”. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan has said that it would be “meaningless” for the 11 other countries to proceed since the TPP would be “meaningless” without US participation. Indeed, from t ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-28
... In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has also linked his broader reform program to the passage of the TPP. Since the pact requires that, by economic weight, at least 85 percent of the signatories must ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-28
... nother ex-prime minister, Alain Juppe, Reuters reports. "I must now convince the whole country our project is the only one that can lift us up," Fillon said at his campaign headquarters after Juppe co ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-28
... ngapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and this speaks volumes about the state of judicial independence and free speech in the Lion City. The incumbent leader, and his late father Lee Kuan Yew, wag ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-24
... e, former prime minister Francois Fillon has become the conservatives' nominee for the presidential election in that country, facing off with Alain Juppe, another ex-prime minister. Various polls have ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. However, there's something odd about him – he sports Hitler's signature moustache while bowing dejectedly. Behind him is an image commemorating the September 18 i ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
India is grappling with a new challenge after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the country's larger banknotes withdrawn from circulation. The order, aimed at fighting corruption and tax evasion, h ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
... ngapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, a TPP supporter, is now calling on countries in the region to boost trade by backing the China-led RCEP and other initiatives. “There are still other pathway ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
... sea after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong unveiled an aggressive plan for further reclamation. On the other hand, Hong Kong’s fancy plans for land production off eastern Lantau Island, dubbed “East Lan ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-22
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. With Obama, they noticed that Xi had a wide grin. Xi had a dark face and refused to be photographed with Abe in 2014, reflecting the depth of tensions between thei ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-22
... ger their prime concern when it comes to deciding who to vote for. It is by no means that Hong Kong could be immune to the rise of “post-truth politics”. Thirdly, Trump's victory was also to a certain ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-21
... w Zealand Prime Minister John Key in a round table on Saturday. In parallel, China has been selling an alternate vision for regional trade by promoting the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-21
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, rattled by Trump's campaign rhetoric that cast doubt on longstanding US alliances, meets Trump on Thursday in New York for hastily arranged talks. North Korea has ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
... of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- is touting one crucial advantage that it has over competitor states in India. It is this: the state, apart from enabling companies to access India's huge dome ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-15
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye, both of whom want to ensure a close relationship with the new Trump administration. Surprisingly, as of Sunday, Trump had ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-15
... lington," Prime Minister John Key told reporters at a dawn news conference in the capital city. "There will be quite major costs around roads and infrastructure." Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Tur ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-14
... office as prime minister, and in Taiwan, where Tsai Ing-wen became the island's first female president. Before that, we had Germany's Angela Merkel, who in 2015 was named by Time magazine as its Pers ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-10
