(VEČERNO BRANJE) Kako sem spoznal Petro Majdič

Petro Majdič sem spoznal na najbolj nepričakovanem možnem kraju: pri notarki. Tam sem bil s svojim nepremičninskim agentom, za katerega se je...

The Last Truly Zionist Institution and Most Jewish Newspaper in the World

From its launch in 1919, Haaretz was never just about building the Jewish state. It was also about ensuring the state always lived up to its Jewish...

Bez hlavnej prísady

Nechcená (a vlastne smutná) komickosť jedného názvu tu však isto nie je podstatná. Napokon, stačí pozrieť napríklad na našu politickú...

With the ‘taboo’ lifted on the Israel lobby, now it’s time to register AIPAC a foreign agent 

Since US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar stirred controversy with tweets about the power of the US’ Israel lobby, a flood of articles has followed...

North Korea needs to say sorry

By Donald Kirk Advocates of a "peace treaty" with North Korea believe, unanimously, that such a treaty would serve some real purpose other than...

India's economic hangover

On World Refugee Day, Italy investigates Sea Watch for saving migrants

Analysis. The prosecutor in Agrigento, Italy, this week opened an investigation into the German NGO for ‘favoring illegal immigration.’...

There’s no such thing as a ‘normal nation’ anymore

Commentary. The death of Mohammed Morsi shows the cynicism of international politics: how a democratically elected president grabbed more power,...

Campaign help from Russia? Trump says it's no problem

By Trudy Rubin What do Queen Elizabeth II and Vladimir Putin have in common? Well, according to President Donald Trump, there is no difference...

US democracy remains resilient

By Mahmood Elahi American political leaders seems to be engaged in a rhetorical war of words with violent undertones. Referring to the calls for...

Ley de desincentivo agrario en el Perú

Fue hace menos de 20 años. Viajaba por la costa de Chile conduciendo un automóvil. A la derecha e izquierda de la carretera veía kilómetros y...

El asesinato del político Walter Lübcke, un ataque al sistema

Hacer comparaciones es tan tentador como riesgoso: éstas pueden terminar siendo poco certeras y desorientando tanto al que las hace como al que...

Rivals Competing over Sri Lanka’s Seaports

[Dr Dushni Weerakoon] China’s geopolitical rivals, particularly India and Japan, are intent on catching up and making their own claims to Sri...

Massive blackouts and the risk of cyberwarfare

Electricity supplies across Argentina, Uruguay and parts of Paraguay were blacked out for several hours on June 16 when the regional power grid...

International consensus has stripped Palestinians of their legitimate rights

The Palestinian Authority’s spin on “legitimate Palestinian endorsement” is equivalent to its fast fading status. Since US President Donald...

Haftar has bet his career on taking Tripoli, but victory won’t mean a democratic Libya

When commander Khalifa Haftar ordered forces loyal to him, known as the Libyan National Army (LNA), to march on the capital Tripoli on 4 April, he...

Ghost’s Gaze: Direwolves, War, and Interspecies Relations in Game of Thrones

“The Last of the Starks” episode of Game of Thrones begins with scenes of mourning the dead and a mass funeral following the Battle of...

ASEAN leaders told to get serious on Rohingya issue

Southeast Asian leaders must use an upcoming summit to hold unvarnished talks on Myanmar's treatment of the Rohingya, rights groups urged...

Facebook’s Libra Must Be Stopped

NEW YORK – Facebook has just unveiled its latest bid for world domination: Libra, a cryptocurrency designed to function as private money anywhere...

Russia’s Strategic Priorities, Viewed from Within

STOCKHOLM – While the European Union gears up for new leadership this fall, and while US President Donald Trump has just launched his 2020...

Southeast Asia needs long-term solutions to overcome potential haze crisis

Southeast Asia has largely been spared a recurrence of the haze that blanketed Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta in 2015. Good weather and better...

Modi’s new India: inclusive, except for Muslims? Not so fast

The landslide victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the India’s recent parliamentary elections led many to believe the country’s...

A chance to showcase Japan’s leadership

The upcoming Group of 20 summit in Osaka will be an opportunity for Japan to demonstrate its leadership and commitment to multilateralism and a...

Why GDP Still Matters

ALLINGE, DENMARK – New Zealand is being lauded for introducing the world’s first Wellbeing Budget, which aims to shift the focus from GDP toward...

Making Migration Work for Everyone

GENEVA – In a globalized world, migration is a fact of life that should be governed accordingly. To that end, it is time to establish what I call...

Kaj bo Šarec povedal papežu Frančišku

Zakaj sploh potrebujemo mednarodni sporazum s Svetim sedežem; zakaj mora demokratično državo k spoštovanju lastne zakonodaje in ustave...

Challenging the rise of discrimination in Israel

Seventy-one years since the Nakba the State of Israel finds itself at the height of its self-confidence and pride. The change in US administration,...

How a disastrous conflict between Israel & Lebanon can be avoided

The greatest fear of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United States, and of course, Israel, is the formation of what has been dubbed for years the...

IMF bailout a bitter pill to swallow for Pakistan’s Imran Khan

LAST month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced a staff-level agreement for a new three-year, US$6 billion bailout package for...

American Power Without Wisdom

MADRID – In Greek mythology, it was prophesied that Zeus’s first wife Metis, the goddess of wisdom, would bear a son who, equipped with his...

From Versailles to the Euro

LONDON – This month marks the centenary of the Treaty of Versailles, one of the agreements that brought World War I to a close. In a sense, the...

Business will go on in Hong Kong but the city will not be the same

Extrémni liberáli

Hoci všeobjímajúci názov jeho novej strany má za cieľ prilákať čo najviac voličov, Kiska je v skutočnosti konzervatívec s veľmi...

The Saudi-UAE axis has destabilising plans beyond the Gulf

As the situation in the Middle East continues to escalate, with Iran and the US-Saudi axis trading accusations over sabotaged vessels in the Gulf,...

Israel repeats Arafat scenario with Abbas

Senior officials in the Israeli security forces have launched an inflammatory campaign against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, which began in...

(POGLED) Primer Daniele Ružič: Ko formalni sektor neha delovati

Moje napovedi so se žal uresničile. Dobili smo primer Ružič. Nedopustni napad na sodnico, ki po brutalnosti in poškodbah, ki jih je v napadu...

Officer’s swindle of man in 70s raises troubling question of trust

Matsukichi Tsumaki (1901-1989), aka "Sekkyo Goto" (The lecturing burglar), broke into numerous Tokyo homes in the early years of the Showa Era...

Xi heads to North Korea to meet Kim ahead of Trump talks

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping left China on a historic trip to Pyongyang Thursday, rebooting a troubled alliance as he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...

Iran's game

By Gwynne Dyer The evidence is far from conclusive, but on balance Iran probably is behind the attacks on four oil tankers in the Gulf last month...

Musings / June 3, 2019

Some might mock it as “only a monster movie for children,” but there are probably a variety of reasons why it has many fans. Recently, I watched...

Ruling camp can’t keep avoiding pension system debate

With just one week left in this regular Diet session, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe engaged in his first one-on-one debates with opposition leaders...

Core technology leaks

Nuclear power industry faces deepening woes The country's nuclear phase-out policy is shaking the foundations of the atomic energy industry to its...

Manufacturing revival

Ambitious plan should push Korea back to industrial powerhouse The Moon Jae-in administration announced its "Manufacturing Renaissance Vision,"...

The Experts We Need

LONDON – In the midst of the debate on the most crucial decision the United Kingdom has faced in a generation, then-Minister of Justice Michael...

Look at the SOFA pool of labor

KOBE - Over the years and particularly in recent months, there has been an increasing debate about the need for foreign workers and/or immigrants...

Why UBI?

Joe Biden is Trump’s biggest asset in 2020

“By seeking and blundering we learn,” the renowned German thinker Johann Wolfgang von Goethe asserts is the recipe for progress. It’s just a...