Pakistan, China and terrorism

Katere družbene oznake nosijo teroristi?

‘Povsod sem videl mrtve. Trije so ležali na hodniku in ob samem vhodu v mošejo. Ne razumem, kako lahko nekdo stori kaj takšnega komur koli....

All Trump would do after Brexit is force UK to import American goods for US benefit

It may be that his views have been influenced by the fact that he's a friend of Nigel Farage, the former UKIP leader. During his 2016 presidential...

Christchurch terrorist fits the profile: white, male and angry about ‘replacement’

Report. New Zealand was thrown into mourning and reflection this weekend after a white supremacist killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch....

Hamas Deserves Blame, but Not for Gaza’s Economic Crisis

Gaza has grown completely reliant on outside aid and that has dried up. Now, it faces a humanitarian crisis and there's no one to help it

U.S. version of ‘one country, two systems’

WASHINGTON - I am writing this column in a Washington hotel room at midnight. Whenever my room is upgraded, I always watch two TV sets, one with...

No Choice and No Exit for the UK

LONDON – The United Kingdom’s protracted attempt to leave the European Union has upended the two illusions by which the world has lived since the...

A weekend of peaceful and not-so-peaceful protest in France

Reportage. Friday was the climate march, followed quickly by the March of the Century, organized by trade unions and civil society. The yellow...

The refugee crisis is not as Eurocentric as before, but it still exists

It has been three years since the European Union signed the “one in, one out” deal with Turkey on 18 March, 2016. The ongoing humanitarian crisis...

INSIGHTS into the WORLD / Summit had elements of game and show

History shows there are politicians at all times and places who are shrewd enough to present a trivial thing in a high-flown way to make it looks...

Why Isn't Startup Nation Tapping Palestinian Talent?

Mellanox employs 130 Palestinians, which not only provides badly needed jobs but fosters a dialogue of equals between the two sides

BOJ gets extra innings just to hit a single

NEW YORK - Haruhiko Kuroda is miles from where he wants to be. About 200 miles (320 km). That’s the distance from Tokyo to Nagoya, where the Bank...

Fair demands and political exploitation of the Gaza protests against Hamas

The Gaza Strip has just witnessed a series of demonstrations against poor living conditions. They prompted widespread reactions critical of...

Movilidad social o los bemoles de "nadie me regaló nada"

Consultada sobre la propuesta de la congresista Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, según la cual, bajo ciertas circunstancias el gobierno federal debería...

Telling the Story of the Comfort Women

This is an excerpt from Park Statue Politics: World War II Comfort Women Memorials in the United States. Get your free copy here. In the mid-1930s,...

BPO Outsourcing: El reto de la competitividad

El mercado de tercerización de procesos de negocio (BPO), en el Perú, crece a un ritmo de 12% por año y mueve cerca de US$9.600 millones al 2018,...

Indifference to Netanyahu’s Sinister Designs on Democracy Echo 'It Can’t Happen Here'

Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 dystopian novel is a blast from the past that warns Israelis, to paraphrase Herzl’s famous words: 'If you will it, it is...

Neither Israel nor Iran Trust Russia. But Only Putin Can Prevent War Between Them

Neither Iran nor Israel want to place crucial national security interests in the Kremlin's hands. But they need a third party to umpire their...

The Missiles Will Wake Up Tel Aviv

The residents of Tel Aviv are not just indifferent to the distress of the residents of Gaza but also to Israel’s failure of strategic thinking...

Global recession prophets have misread the US and Chinese economies

In the last few weeks the warnings have come thick and fast: the world economy is teetering on the edge of a new global recession, and sooner...

Xi holds key to North Korean nuclear deal

As New Zealand grieves over the Christchurch terrorist attack, it must come to terms with how hatred was able to take root

Last Friday’s terrorist attacks in Christchurch were a devastating and tragic assault on New Zealand’s Muslim community and have shocked the...

US is Behaving as True Looters Do

According to the agency South Front, the United States has transported approximately 50 tons of gold from the regions occupied by ISIS in the Deir...

Netanyahu’s Latest Victim

The resignation of retired Judge Awni Habash as chairman of the permits committee in the State Comptroller’s Office ought to disturb every...

What’s behind East Asia’s falling birth rates?

EAST ASIAN countries now have the lowest fertility rates in the world. Japan was the first in the region to experience birth rates below...

Attempt to prosecute Assad at ICC is aimed at undermining Syrian peace process

The announcement that “a group of Syrian refugees and their London lawyers” have found “a neat legal trick” to press for an indictment against...

Born in the USSA? Americans cozy up to Socialism as Neocons pursue regime change in Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, under duress from the US and its allies, must have enjoyed a good laugh this week when he read the news out of...

The New Zealand massacre is an example of hateful racism in the West

The Australian terrorist who committed the massacre at a mosque in New Zealand was calmly and even happily listening to music as he committed his...

Christchurch attacks reminds us how toxic politics encourages hate

WHEN lives are tragically cut short, it is generally easier to explain the “how” than the “why”. This dark reality is all the more felt when...

Eastwood's film on Iwojima reflects lingering pain of islanders

Some people possess more finely attuned visual and audio senses that let them catch what others miss when analyzing the same information. As a...

Treat far-right terrorism as the serious threat it is

BERLIN - The deadly attacks on two New Zealand mosques should draw attention to an obvious fact: Terrorists linked to the far right are no less...

America: that awful country that everyone wants to move to

NEW YORK - Mercer, the global human resources consulting firm, last week released its 21st annual Quality of Living list, which ranks cities around...

Modern monetary realism

AUSTIN - Is Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) a potential boon to economic policymakers, or, as Harvard’s Kenneth Rogoff recently argued, a threat to...

Maduro’s Useful Idiots

LOS ANGELES – In his 1982 Nobel lecture, the Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez condemned the West’s insistence on “measuring us with...

Understanding the Fed’s Dovish Turn

NEW YORK – The US Federal Reserve surprised markets recently with a large and unexpected policy change. When the Federal Open Market Committee...

German finance minister, hands off the German banks!

Deutsche and Commerzbank have confirmed they'll hold open-ended talks on a possible merger of Germany's two largest lenders. DW business editor...

Solution to Korea jobless woes

By John Burton President Moon Jae-in faces a host of economic problems. Growth is slowing. Job creation is being hobbled by hikes in the minimum...

Stable Thailand will ride out any election disturbances thanks to economic growth

Thailand’s long-delayed elections to be held on March 24 have stirred concern among some analysts that we will see a fresh round of protests and...

Would the US destroy Venezuela to punish Russia and China?

The lights are coming back on in Venezuela, businesses are starting to reopen and the country seems to have suffered through the worst of the power...

The Answer to Israel’s Tech Labor Shortage Lies Just Over the Green Line

Mellanox employs 130 Palestinians, which not only provides badly needed jobs but fosters a dialogue of equals between the two sides

Water sharing in Indonesia key to smothering transboundary haze

WITH 2019 expected to bring hotter and drier-than-usual El Niño weather conditions to Southeast Asia, concerns are heightened about a recurrence...

The Great War and the Polish Question in Imperial Russia, 1914–1917

This is an excerpt from Great Power Policies Towards Central Europe 1914–1945. Get your free copy here. German‑Russian antagonism was a common...

Japan needs a sound strategy for dealing with North Korea

Japan’s relationship with North Korea is fraught with knotty history-related issues and tensions stemming from the security threats posed by the...

Xi holds key to North Korea nuclear deal

US versus China -- a technology Cold War?

After Bleeding Thailand Dry, Soros is Going in for the Kill

The highly controversial figure of George Soros, the man who created a great many of various hedge funds including Soros Fund Management to become...