Hillary Clinton has more chance of becoming president of Libya than she does the US

The news that Hillary Clinton intends to make another run for the White House in 2020 will have sent a chill sliding down the spine of every...

The Twisted Logic of the Jewish ‘Historic Right’ to Israel

I enjoy the vacillations of Chaim Gans, even if I don’t always understand them. I have the highest esteem for his intellectual honesty – even if...

Netanyahu forgets prayers for world peace to make war on Gaza

Timing is everything in international politics, so as 70 world leaders descended on Paris at the weekend to commemorate the centenary of the...

Mild November is nice, but is odd weather cause for concern?

As I am partial to "kanzake" (hot sake), I am probably being a bit of a snob when I frown upon people making too much of "reishu" (cold sake). This...

When murder is permissible: Israel’s ‘targeted assassinations’

One of the anomalies of political Zionism is that, while it was founded as a response to murderous pogroms against European and Russian Jews as a...

The impact of accepting unskilled foreign labor

An amendment to the immigration control law with the aim of accepting more foreign workers is being discussed in the Diet. The revision has two...

Lausanne, we have a problem!

Calgary voters have clearly rejected the idea of bidding to host a second Winter Olympics in the Canadian city. If you can't sell the Games to...

Treaties don't guarantee peace

By Andrew Salmon One hundred years ago this Sunday ― at 11 o'clock, on Nov. 11, 1918 ― the guns fell silent across Europe. An armistice had...

Kako je Silicijeva dolina vzljubila svoje kritike

V 20. stoletju, pravi Yuval Noah Harari, izraelski zgodovinar in filozof, sta demokracija in kapitalizem porazila fašizem in komunizem, ker je...

The end of a reckless Israeli jaunt in Gaza

It must be thrilling for Israelis to hear about a group of their army’s Special Forces carrying out a professional operation to kidnap leaders...

For election hackers, a new and more dangerous tool

The election interference tactics originally deployed by Russia against the United States and Europe are now global. Hackers across the democratic...

Brazilian Foreign Policy under President Bolsonaro: What Should We Expect?

The victory of Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election in Brazil will have important implications for the country’s foreign policy. The...

United States Foreign Policy in the Middle East after the Cold War

This is an excerpt from Conflict and Diplomacy in the Middle East: External Actors and Regional Rivalries. Get your free copy here. On 2 August...

India’s Central Bank Under Attack

ITHACA – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has launched an all-out political assault on the Reserve Bank of India, and the barrage...

L'enfant terrible? Macron taunts Trump on Armistice Day amid talk of empire and EU army

Donald Trump's trip to France got off to a bumpy start, and the world is still experiencing the turbulence today. Ahead of Trump's arrival in Paris...

Africa doesn't need lessons in democracy

If what's happening in Florida's mid-term elections had happened in Africa, the condemnation would have been swift. It's time to reverse this, says...

How far will Saudi Arabia go to make sure that Bin Salman survives?

A Saudi campaign to save Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman has been gaining momentum since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on 2 October....

Amnesty fears Ahwaz activists ‘secretly assassinated’ in Iran

On Tuesday, Amnesty International issued a public statement conveying its deep concern over reports of mass executions of Ahwazi detainees by the...

Buildings of the future could be entirely constructed by 3D printers

Disruptive tech like 3D printing can be used to solve problems facing the construction industry such as labour efficiencies and accident rates....

Will Vietnam really adhere to its clean timber deal with Europe?

A deal between Vietnam and the European Union compels the former to ensure only legally-sourced timber is exported to European nations. But noble...

The Case for Compensated Free Trade

LONDON – Almost all liberals support globalization and oppose economic nationalism. They ignore the mounting evidence that, in its current form,...

A pall is spreading over Hong Kong’s freedoms, and Carrie Lam can’t talk it away

It doesn’t matter how many times Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor repeats herself. The same goes for her top aides. Saying over and...

In its embrace of blockchain, China is making up for lost time

Technology investment is big business in China. The country’s asset management sector is one of the world’s largest, crossing the 100 trillion...

The significance of open relations between the Gulf states and Israel

Simple logic dictates that the Arab regimes associated with the US are engaged in an objective alliance with Israel given Israel’s close...

Time to suspend Henoko work while both sides sit down to talk

Intensive negotiations have begun between the central government and Okinawa Prefecture on the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma...

China's plan to end the anonymity of cash

Opening Japan's doors wider to foreign workers is good, but a clearer plan is needed

After a special ops killing, Hamas and Israel trade bombs

Report. The killing of seven Hamas militants, including a military leader, by an Israeli special forces unit triggered a wave of Palestinian rocket...

Xi reveres Marx but despises workers who organize

Analysis. Is this just one of the many contradictions of China today? Student organizers have joined the cause of workers in Shenzhen, but they’ve...

A concert of democracies in the Indo-Pacific region

On his weeklong tour of Asia, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has been promoting a vision of a “free and open” Indo-Pacific region, characterized...

What game is Russia playing in Afghanistan?

Earlier this month, the Russian government hosted a much-awaited peace conference on Afghanistan, which was attended by representatives from the...

Electrifying Africa’s Labor Market

NAIROBI/PARIS – Africa is on the verge of an unemployment crisis portending profound economic, political, and social ramifications. But the crisis...

Some people mistake egoism for bravery

Journalists are often the worst egotists. In our own minds, some of us really think the world of ourselves. In my 20 years at the Post, many...

Poučenie z Líbye

Taliansky predseda vlády Giuseppe Conte zastrešil stretnutie, ktorého cieľom bolo vyriešiť smerovanie krajiny, ktorú v roku 2011 zasiahla...

The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Church Crisis

Over the past two months, one of the most contentious issues in the Orthodox ecclesiastical world, the “Ukrainian issue”, has surfaced and...

Shock de confianza para Costa Rica

Nos agarró tarde. Basta ver los datos recientes sobre las colocaciones de bonos del gobierno, los vencimientos de deuda que enfrenta Hacienda en...

Anna Bugaeva

Anna Bugaeva, associate professor of linguistics at the Tokyo University of Science, specializes in the Ainu language, which is classified as "...

K-pop mega group BTS apologises for atom bomb, swastika blunder

THE management company behind South Korea's largely popular BTS pop group has apologised for a series of offensive outfits worn by its members,...

How China can stem the tide of dodgy online lending

How big is China’s fintech sector? I would say, Britain’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Funding Circle plus payday lender Wonga times 100. In addition...

Alojz Križman: Zakaj ne razumem kandidatov za župane

Nekoč je neki novinar dejal, da zelo nerad gre k matematiku, saj po odhodu od njega ne ve, kaj bi zapisal. Nekako tako bi lahko zapisal, ko sem...

In Palestine, the First World War Has Never Really Ended

Widely seen as a European war, WWI's impact on the Middle East was both devastating and transformative. But there's been no Armistice: A century...

Ease of doing business: The 3 best & worst in Asia

THE World Bank recently released its annual Ease of Doing Business list covering the period from June 2 last year to June 1 this year. The post...

How Not to Fight Income Inequality

CAMBRIDGE – Suppose two people hold different opinions about a policy issue. Is it possible to say that one is right and the other wrong, or do...

Goldman Sachs ‘cheated’ Malaysia on 1MDB, says PM

MALAYSIA says bankers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc has "cheated" the country throughout its dealing on sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development...

A Country Enveloped by Gaza

Israel's military escalation with Hamas wasn’t inevitable. It stemmed from an algorithm that triggers automatic responses by right-wing cabinet...

Palestinian resistance imposes new rules of engagement with Israel

A ceasefire brokered by four international mediators took effect in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon, ending two days of violence which started...