Ayman Odeh, the Israeli Left’s Natural Leader

Ayman Odeh apologized to his followers Wednesday for seeming to take a break from politics on that stormy day, which marked the deadline for...

Hamas and Iran: More than an understanding, not quite a complete alliance

The Palestinians and Iranians are still reading the consequences of the US assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Qods Force on...

After US killing of Iran’s Soleimani, narrative control on social media is getting worse

Attempts by American-based social media behemoths to silence or censor voices critical of the establishment-approved narrative is nothing new, but...

Impeachment circus begins in earnest, and will change nothing

Thursday saw the culmination of a process that began in August, when an anonymous intelligence agency whistleblower first complained about a...

‘Mendacity & lies’: After 19 years America admits to itself that it NEVER could have won war in Afghanistan

The recent publication by the Washington Post of more than 2,000 pages of “Lessons Learned” interviews, conducted by the Office of the Special...

Patriotism or negligence? Why modern Poland rewrites its past

Units of the Red Army and the First Polish Army entered Warsaw on January 17, 1945, ending more than five years of German occupation. Seventy-five...

Keeping stories of loss and love alive 25 years after Kobe quake

A survivor of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck Jan. 17, 1995, wept while eating "onigiri" rice balls at an evacuation center. Another, who...

Japan must modernize omotenashi while respecting its philosophy

Technology enables balancing of tradition and agility

As Indonesia stands up to China in the Natuna islands, can Japan come to the rescue?

As Indonesia faced off against China in the Natuna Sea earlier this month, it agreed to strengthen maritime cooperation with Japan, in a sign of...

Israel's Settler Right Should Be Called Religious anti-Zionists

The novelist Haim Be’er was wrong to call religious Zionism a “cancerous growth.” It isn’t right to pin an image of disease on a large swath...

We Need to Get the Qataris Out of Here, and Fast

When Mohammed Al-Emadi, Qatar’s envoy to the Gaza Strip, told the deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau in Gaza, Khalil al-Haya, “we want...

Wanted: A New Israeli Right

Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked had pretensions of creating “a new right”; a right that unifies while maintaining ideological purity and...

Individual tours to North

Seoul, Washington should cooperate in inter-Korean issues The Moon Jae-in government is considering allowing South Koreans to travel to North Korea...

Disregarding safety

POSCO should have keener sense of social responsibility When POSCO Chairman Choi Jeong-woo took office in 2018, he put a managerial priority on...

Round one to Trump in U.S.-China trade war

FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA – It is too early to give a final assessment of the U.S.-China trade deal, the details of which have just been published, but...

The Truth About the Trump Economy

NEW YORK – As the world’s business elites trek to Davos for their annual gathering, people should be asking a simple question: Have they...

Tsai’s challenges will intensify in her second term

Democrats in Taiwan and their supporters overseas were delighted with the re-election of President Tsai Ing-wen last week. Tsai crushed the...

Hostages of History

NEW DELHI – During the recent flare-up between the United States and Iran, US President Donald Trump tweeted that he was prepared to bomb “52...

Who benefits from the Henoko delay?

KOBE – The recent announcement by the government that the Henoko project would take at least another 10 years (thus, twice as long as originally...

The New Davos Challenge

DAVOS – The World Economic Forum’s annual flagship meeting this year will focus on how to build a more cohesive and sustainable world. As always,...

Work in the Twenty-First Century

Never mind Iran, impeachment: Pay attention to Taiwan

By Trudy Rubin A dramatic election that produced a stunning victory for democracy got too little attention here last weekend, as Americans focused...

Who really wrote the Bible?

By Steven L. Shields God did not write the Bible. Neither did Moses. The content of the Bible is not consistent. The Bible, as we know it, existed...

Action and imagery in Middle East could be worth it

By Michael R. Czinkota President Donald Trump ordered the termination of Major General Quassim Soleimani of Iran in retribution for his terrorist...

Taiwan's democracy

By Arthur I. Cyr President Tsai Ing-wen has been reconfirmed dramatically as leader of the government of Taiwan. The election of Jan. 11 gave her...

Back from brink, again

By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS ― An eagerly anticipated U.N. Security Council meeting came in the nervous aftermath of America's targeted...

It’s inhumane of Poland to obscure the memory of the ocean of blood the Soviet Army shed to defeat Hitler

On 29 December, the Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, issued a blistering attack on President Putin, accusing him of “lying” about the...

Anime song diva Mitsuko Horie to celebrate 50th anniversary in style PREMIUM

Revisiting OPEC’s Democratic Roots in the Age of Climate Emergency

On 14 September 1960, representatives from Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, gathered in Baghdad and signed their names to a treaty...

When Military Coups D’état Become Acts of Social Justice

Military leaders and policy makers have long been preoccupied with the ethical and just conduct of the military in times of conflict (Jus in...

In Israel's Next Election, It's Either Sanity or Corruption

The alliance on the left, of the Labor Party, Gesher and Meretz, and on the right, of Hayamin Hehadash, National Union and Habayit Hayehudi, bring...

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Vedno večja obremenjenost in upravičeno razžiranje zaradi krivde ultrabogatih - ali v vsakem primeru teh z nekaj občutka - ogroža drobljenje...

Naftali Bennett Has Made Itamar Ben-Gvir a Political Pariah

1. Ben-Gvir. The big loser in the race for the Knesset is Itamar Ben-Gvir. In the end he received two punishments instead of one. It was fun to see...

25 years after Kobe quake, victim support plans deficient

The Great Hanshin Earthquake, which struck the Kobe area early on Jan. 17, 1995, and eventually claimed 6,434 lives, prompted Japan to review its...

China's growth does not guarantee yuan’s outsize influence in markets

Fragmented world means currency will struggle to become truly liquid

New year begins with more workplace deaths in Italy: here are their stories

Report. We need to tell the stories of the victims as a way to try to do them justice when faced with unacceptable events, which are never the...