Why Zionists are afraid of Ilhan Omar

Over the past week, yet another recently-elected progressive congresswoman found herself in the eye of a media storm. On February 10,...

Netanyahu's Fight Against the State Knows No Bounds

To hear Benjamin Netanyahu, his request to receive millions of dollars from two tycoons who testified in Case 1000 (champagne and cigars) to pay...

US–South Korea military negotiations could cost the alliance

INTER-Korean rapprochement, ushered in by the series of North–South summits and working-level meetings that took place in 2018, is changing the...

Emmanuel Macron should save his virtual sympathy and clean up his own act first

Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his country is making 24 April a National Day for the commemoration of the Armenian...

Taking Vaccines the Last Mile

GHAZIABAD, UTTAR PRADESH – A four-year-old girl recently came to the emergency room where I work as a resident doctor. She was writhing in pain,...

What Next for Venezuela?

MEXICO CITY – The world has witnessed many sharp economic declines over the years, but Venezuela’s is surely one of the worst to date. The country...

No joke! Ukraine’s presidential choice: an oligarch, a gas princess or a comedian

For Ukrainians able to vote in next month’s presidential election, the choice is now pretty clear. There are three options: the incumbent...

Israel’s anti-BDS strategy simply peddles more myths and lies

Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs has released a report called Terrorists in Suits: The Ties Between NGOs promoting BDS and Terrorist...

Saudi Arabia and the Upcoming Secret Nuclear War

With Israel issuing direct threats against both Syria and Iran of thermonuclear devastation if either nation retaliates against Israeli bombing...

Heads of Israel's Labor, Meretz Parties Falling Victim to Chronic Leftist Syndrome

This pathology grows stronger in the face of the stability of right-wing rule, especially the imperial kind like that of Prime Minister Benjamin...

One day, we may mourn a robot's death, the way we do a friend's

When an old tool is ready for retirement, a traditional ritual known as "dogu kuyo" is practiced throughout Japan to thank it for years of service....

U.S. spies say China and Russia are getting closer

WASHINGTON - Substance often runs a distant second to drama in the age of U.S. President Donald Trump. So it was when America’s intelligence...

Hong Kong anthem law almost impossible to violate – unless you want to

The national anthem bill was introduced into the Legislative Council last month. We can expect heated debate and controversy in the months ahead as...

Hong Kong Sevens must learn vital lesson from best in the world Vancouver

As a Canadian, I don’t like to boast much, but sometimes it’s tough. A World Rugby internal evaluation has my hometown of Vancouver atop the list...

Modi: promises, promises

Iran and investment in the survival of Daesh

The geographical area occupied by Daesh is diminishing, according to the Pentagon, but the organisation itself will not disappear. The US Secretary...

Bezos v. Trump: 3 Major Divisions in the American Ruling Class

Jeff Bezos, considered to be the richest man on earth in terms of measurable wealth, and Donald Trump, arguably the most powerful man on earth as...

The Hypocrisy of the University Cartel

The fuel that is igniting the campaign against Ariel University is purely political and ideological

Reasons for cautious optimism in Hanoi

CANBERRA - Last year’s Singapore summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was a global ratings success as...

Capitalism works for communist Vietnam. Why not North Korea?

As everybody knows, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has a lot to learn from the capitalist success of nearby communist countries. No example is...

Dostojni protesti

Besede iz naslova – ki se bodo morda komu zdele kot oksimoron (saj, za božjo voljo, kako so lahko protesti spodobni, bi rekli tako imenovani...

Mahmoud Abbas has just made an openly defeatist speech

In his speech at the Forum on Freedom and Peace at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah on Wednesday, in the presence of Israeli politicians,...

Korean soups and stews

By Bernard Rowan It's winter in much of the Northern Hemisphere, and despite the growing effects of global climate change, it's cold. In Chicago,...

Iran and the investment in Daesh’s survival

The geographical area occupied by the Daesh organisation is on the verge of diminishing, according to Pentagon assertions, but the organisation...

How US hardliners ensured Soviet withdrawal did not lead to peace in Afghanistan

February 15, 1989. The date when the Soviet Army left Afghanistan for the last time. Trying to defend the left-wing government in Kabul from...

The spectre of Cambridge Analytica still haunts African elections

Elections are big business, and look no further than the ongoing frenzy over the upcoming Nigerian election for proof. It is hard to miss how much...

All the rage… Constant barrage of ridiculous outrage is getting me really angry

Here are a few outrage-triggering mundanities I’ve noticed over recent weeks. Some muslims in Britain, and by ‘some’ I mean hardly any, were...

The Looming Taiwan Crisis

NEW YORK – Much of lasting significance happened in 1979. There was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Iran’s Islamic Revolution, which...

Gender Troubled? Three Simple Steps to Avoid Silencing Gender in IR

In many respects, the development of feminist and gender scholarship in the discipline of IR is nothing short of a success story. Since the 1990s,...

How Come the World is Suffering from Stockholm Syndrome

It may sound incredible, but it is true: in countries that have been damaged, even totally robbed and destroyed by the West, many people are still...

Abe’s gripes on cooperation with SDF recruitment way off the mark

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has started arguing a new flimsy case for his drive to amend the Constitution. He says codifying the constitutional...

The resistible rise of the Lega in the South

Letter. How is it possible that so many—more and more—southerners are voting for the party that is their worst enemy? The explanation is that they...

Ugly Hongkongers who demonise migrants

One-way permits for mainland migrants into Hong Kong are not the cause of overcrowding in public hospitals, lengthening queues for public housing,...

How is China’s economy doing? Don’t look to the GDP numbers

“Crosscurrents” seems to be the buzzword for global markets in 2019. And one of the oft-mentioned risks for 2019 is the ongoing slowdown in...

Europe’s Power Deficit

WARSAW – Former German Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigmar Gabriel and Zaki Laïdi of Sciences Po deserve credit for writing dueling commentaries...

Electronic waste is recycled in appalling conditions in India

More than 95 percent of India’s e-waste is processed by a widely distributed network of informal workers of waste pickers. The post Electronic...

Australia: well placed to join the Moon mining race … or is it?

Australia has a well-earned reputation as a mining nation. But do we have the drive and determination to be part of any mining exploration of the...

The Road From Thatcherism

LONDON – The last few years, with the rise of populism across the developed world, have seemed like the ending of an age. This is perhaps most true...

The World Must Save the Uyghurs

“Son, they are taking me.” Those were the last words 34-year-old Kuzzat Altay heard from his father, in a WeChat message almost exactly a year...

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The Crybabies on the Left Are Preparing for the Day After

Disdain for Netanyahu and the right reflects the ideological collapse of the left. Don’t be surprised if in a few years Gideon Sa’ar, Gilad Erdan...

Access rules needed on youth database

When it is anyone’s guess where the next leak of personal information will come from, a proposal to collate the data of 1 million Hongkongers under...

How Hong Kong can strengthen its anti-corruption agency

Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption celebrates its 45th anniversary on February 15, so it is perhaps an appropriate time to...

Asian Cup win is a victory for Qatar’s soft power

A dusty suburb on the outskirts of a city in the Gulf region would seem to be an unlikely epicentre for some of the world’s most compelling...

Dátumy klamári

Slovensko má všetky dôvody považovať sa za zakladateľský štát OSN, od 26. júna 1945. Slováci Vladimír Hurban, Ján Papánek, Ivan Krno a...

Prehod v pomlad kot čudež narave

Kadar me kdo vpraša, kateri čas leta mi je najbolj všeč, vedno rečem, da nimam najljubšega dela leta. Vsak mi je po svoje pri srcu, vsak ima...