Putin faces hurdles of his own in territorial spat

MOSCOW – Last Wednesday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had a meeting with Russian President Putin on the sidelines of the latest round of ASEAN...

A cry for sobriety amid the planet’s drunken online shopping frenzy

The inaugural China International Import Expo wrapped up on the 10th of November with US$57.83 billion worth of deals agreed for the year ahead....

The world must clean our own mirrors to make headway in trade

Over the past week in Papua New Guinea at the annual talkfest of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum, the region’s leaders have...

How to navigate the forbidden sexual tension in a friendship

If friendship and chemistry are the core components of a long-lasting romantic relationship, could it be assumed that two people in a strong...

After midterms, Donald Trump has no incentive to quit his trade war

US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China might make him the most unpopular US leader among the Chinese since before Richard Nixon’s...

Middle East: Who is Actually Fighting Terrorism

Terrorist organizations the Islamic State (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda suffered a catastrophic defeat in the Middle East, which was brought about with...

Brexit Replaces Sovereignty With Terrorism

During the long years of political violence in Northern Ireland, British governments of every complexion routinely insisted that they “would not...

Avoiding Early Elections Is Good for Netanyahu, Bad for the Country

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not want early elections. This is despite the fact that Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigned and...

Is Xi’s Manila trip the start of a golden age for China, Philippines?

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s forthcoming visit to the Philippines, his first as leader to one of Southeast Asia’s most strategically vital...

Why the Khashoggi Murder Really Matters

Every day, the US administration drops new sanctions on Russia for the alleged poisoning of the Skripals, two former Russians living in Britain. A...

NATO's Military Buildup along Russia's Borders is No Joke, or is It?

The massive military games code named Trident Juncture have just come to a close in Norway, marking a new milestone in the rapid military...

Three Cheers for the Queen of the United States of America

President Donald Trump has one ace up his sleeve if worse comes to worst. Many people in America would gladly support First Lady Melania Trump for...

NATO’s Greatest Enemy is Itself

Accidents happen. For Norway at the conclusion of NATO’s Trident Juncture 2018 military exercises, such an accident occurred with its Lockheed...

An outlook on Turkey-US ties in the post-Brunson era

It has been more than a month since Turkey and the United States have left the Brunson affair behind and engaged in a new diplomatic campaign to...

Computers may reshape jobs, but they won’t eliminate them

HIKONE, SHIGA PREF. – Readers of this column must have had plenty of hands-on experience with rapidly advancing technological and social...

The prolonged torture that is Brexit

BBC political correspondent Chris Mason stood outside of the mother of parliaments on Monday morning and said he didn’t have the “foggiest idea”...

Keď elitní policajti klamú

Už vo chvíli, keď prepukol huriavk okolo vypočúvania organizátorov protestov a skúmania ich účtov, bolo zrejmé, že sa Lučanský, ktorý...

No lack of drama in Turkish-US-Kurdish triangle

This week, Washington hosted the third annual Kurdish conference organized by the Kurdish Policy Research Center (KPRC) since its establishment as a...

A lesson in how we undermine our own interests

For the Hong Kong government, there is no reason to provoke the Americans. For the opposition, there is no need to aggravate Beijing. However, both...

Grasping the grape

Imagine a wine tasting where you can take hold of your glass and start sampling hundreds of different labels side by side--grouped according to...

Challenging the state, Saudi women wear their abayas inside out

Report. ‘We are women who are rejecting all customs and laws that obscure our existence and our identity.’ The much-hyped clothing reforms for...

Ill-timed scandal for the 'Republic of Samsung'

Energized debate on N. Korea

By Tong Kim A think tank report disclosing no new critical information about North Korea rarely creates a wave of repercussions, but that was the...

China is too important a market for foreign firms to exit

Chinese President Xi Jinping met a group of entrepreneurs on November 1 and underscored the government’s support for the private sector. Soon...

Greater Bay Area success depends on getting young people on board

The plan to link nine cities in Guangdong province with the Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions to form a Greater Bay Area is an...

Formidable forces are rallying together to resist Trump’s trade war

Donald Trump continues to bang the drum of trade wars with China and others, but he may achieve only a Pyrrhic victory as he pushes the global...

Why I'm Raining on Macy's 'Jewish Unity' Charade-Parade in Jerusalem

A crude and incongruous import of American capitalist excess, and parading Pittsburgh Jews as objects of pity, is certainly no way to repair...

The weighty issue of a more precise standard for a kilogram

Accurate sexing of silkworms is crucial to sericulture. In bygone days, the job was performed by seasoned workers who would closely inspect cocoons...

Ko minister visoko leta in nizko pade

Z mnogimi slovenskimi pregovori imam že dolgo probleme. Ne hvali dneva pred večerom oziroma večerjo mi ne gre v glavo. Zakaj pa ne bi izrekali...

Evropska unija na izpadanje

Ko sem pred dnevi prebral, da je več članic Evropske unije odreklo podporo marakeškemu sporazumu, in ko sem videl, kako zelo so te bolgarije in...

Spoved

Sedela sva v kuhinji, na stenah okoli naju so fotografije očeta, strica, male Maše, mlade Milene, njene mame, majhnega Dušana. Veliko zanj...

Slovensko-hrvaška dinastija

Če sem prav razumel vsebino najnovejše epizode iz telenovele »Bela hiša«, si je soproga ameriškega predsednika Donalda Trumpa nevarno skočila v...

An extraordinary tale of courage from a woman in jail in the UAE

It is a shocking two minutes and fifty-five seconds of audio that was smuggled out of Abu Dhabi’s Al Wathba prison. In the audio, a young female...

British colonial officials fought for Hong Kong, so why can’t Carrie Lam?

President Xi Jinping told Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor that Hong Kong and Macau had played “irreplaceable” roles in the reform and opening up of...

Smartphones raising a mentally fragile generation

San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge sees smartphones and social media as raising an unhappy, compliant "iGen." What is the...

Malaysia and Indonesia are bucking the global trend on democracy

In October, Latin America's most populous nation, Brazil, elected as president Jair Bolsonaro, a former military man and historically fringe, far-...

SDF needs to relearn safety basis to avoid more accidents

A string of serious incidents involving the Self-Defense Forces has underscored the need for a sweeping review of its systems to ensure operations...

Tanzania’s Magufuli, a reformist or dictator?

The latest showdown over rights abuses between the European Union and Tanzanian leader John Magufuli is worrisome. Should Maguful not change his...

Why a good teacher is a great leader and cheerleader

Nineteen years ago, I walked into a modest second-floor apartment in Hangzhou, China, and that visit changed my life. I met a great teacher by the...

It’s good to talk, but Australia and China are worlds apart

The meeting between Australia’s new foreign minister, Marise Payne, and her Chinese counterpart in Beijing in early November was the first...

The importance of keeping the ‘special’ in the Special Administrative Region

Deng Xiaoping promised that Hong Kong people would rule Hong Kong when the British left. We need to continue to take Deng at his word. Management...

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China’s vow to help private firms is plausible – but desperate, too

For China’s private firms, which have long been resigned to their fate as second-class citizens compared with state-owned enterprises, the...

Time for Trump to tell Americans some painful trade war truths

Peter Navarro and Henry Paulson, two Americans with vastly divergent views on trading with China, made speeches last week that indicate a speedy...

It’s time to rethink animal agriculture

TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA – In mid-July, as a brutal drought decimated crops, some European dairy and meat farmers were forced to cull their herds early...