Stop Blaming Poland for the Second World War

Shlomo Avineri's recent article on Poland's "responsibility" for the outbreak of WW2 (Germany Is Guilty – but Russia and Poland Both Bear...

Sławomir Dębski

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Existential angst over ‘Westlessness’ at Munich conference leaves out the West’s responsibility for its own decline

This weekend’s conference has chosen to focus on the theme of “Westlessness,” as cover for touting the virtues of “liberal interventionism,”...

Helen Buyniski

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Gogol tale of politicians’ fear of investigation resonates today

Russian dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) penned a satirical play whose title is translated as "kensatsukan" (public prosecutor) in...

Vox Populi

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With prosecutor retirement issue, Abe ignores rule of law, again

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's response to criticism about his Cabinet's decision to postpone the scheduled retirement of a top public prosecutor seen...

Editorial

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Turkey-Syria crisis points to risky post-American Mideast

LONDON – In parts of Syria dubbed “de-escalation zones” by the government, what could yet prove a new regional conflict is escalating fast....

Peter Apps

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Impeachment energizes Trump, drains Democrats

CANBERRA – At this point in the four-year U.S. presidential election cycle, the 2020 election is President Donald Trump’s to lose. In parallel,...

Ramesh Thakur

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The first offer is the best offer in negotiations

A small meeting was held last Friday at the Japan Arab Association for its 171st issue of The Arab Quarterly magazine. The association, established...

Kuni Miyake

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Pariah India

NEW DELHI – After India launched far-reaching economic reforms in 1991, its stature in the world rose steadily. The country was already recognized...

Shashi Tharoor

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A new place for Tokyo on the international stage

Last weekend, more than 450 national security experts descended on the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Germany for the 56th Munich Security...

Brad Glosserman

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Strong liberal arts education is key to success in Society 5.0

KIZUGAWA, KYOTO PREF. – High school students nowadays are divided into two courses in their second year: humanities and natural sciences. The...

Takamitsu Sawa

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Is political change coming to China?

By Yuen Yuen Ang ANN ARBOR ― In contemporary China, profound political transformation can ― and has ― taken place in the absence of regime...

Yuen Yuen Ang

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Transgender Korea: The body as a battleground

By David Tizzard and Han Jeongmun Han Jeongmun and David Tizzard Dr. Kim Seok-kwan is a name that many might not know, but he is a revolutionary...

David Tizzard And Han Jeongmun

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Giving Up!

Is there anyone, in one situation or another, who has not given up? The words used may be different: “I just give up,” “I give this up,” or...

Betty Luceigh Phd

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Election Tie Would Be as Good as a Victory for Netanyahu

People want to win elections. Victory isn’t a means to more effective government, it’s an end in itself. Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t invent the...

Uzi Baram

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Has Rodrigo Duterte squandered his one chance to transform the Philippines?

On Monday, February 10, Philippine Solicitor General Jose Calida filed a “quo warranto” petition against ABS-CBN – a perceived critic of...

Karim Raslan

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Sudan moves to distance itself from Gulf regional powerhouses

The exuberance of Sudan’s revolution that overthrew long-serving dictator Omar Al-Bashir has died down after a series of disappointing moves that...

Anjuman Rahman

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How K-pop is taking over global streetwear

Chyung Eun-ju and Joel Cho By Joel Cho and Chyung Eun-ju As the phenomenon of K-Pop spreads outside South Korea, the most popular artists of the...

Joel Cho And Chyung Eun-Ju

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By Inviting Placido Domingo, Israeli Opera Proved It Has a Lot to Learn About Sexual Harassment

The Israeli Opera is making efforts to remain relevant, but it’s enough to glance at their embarrassing PR announcement welcoming opera star...

Shira Makin

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Merkel’s defence of Israel’s war crimes undermines the ICC and the rule of law

Shortly after her visit to South Africa earlier this month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government made a shocking announcement in defence...

Iqbal Jassat

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Epidemics political as well as medical

By Tom Plate The creepy coronavirus out of Wuhan is obviously one tough enemy of the people, as those doctors of medicine with the tired microscope...

Tom Plate

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Movie magic

By John Burton Hollywood producers call it "capturing lightning in a bottle" ― trying to create a film with unique characteristics that...

John Burton

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Meaning of impeachment

By Arthur I. Cyr Only the third impeachment trial of a president in our history. These are the sort of words used by various media people to...

Arthur I. Cyr

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Did pope acquiesce to conservatives on married priests?

By Michael McGough Conservative Catholics, including some critics of Pope Francis, are doing a victory lap because the pope has not, as expected,...

Michael Mcgough

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Abbas Spoke With Courage at the United Nations

“We are not against the Jews. We are Muslims. A Muslim who says ‘I’m against a Jew or against the Torah’ is a heretic.” The person who said...

Ronit Marzan

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Yes, Ukraine matters to the U.S.

WASHINGTON – The impeachment drama is now over, but one of its key foreign policy subplots is not going away. Underlying the competing claims...

Hal Brands

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Who is to blame for Tunisia’s political stalemate?

On Friday evening, Tunisia’s Ennahda movement announced its withdrawal from the talks on the formation of the government. “Ennahda has decided not...

Motasem A Dalloul

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‘OK, Boomer’ mentality: Academics want to label old age a disease, in case you had any respect left for the elderly

In their wisdom, 30 experts – from prestigious universities like Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Cambridge Imperial and UCL – have decided that ageing is...

Frank Furedi

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India, a coronavirus catastrophe waiting to happen?

As the novel coronavirus spreads alarmingly through China, with reports suggesting more than 70,000 infected, and the number of fatalities slowly...

Shashi Tharoor

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Doctors aren’t enough – to fight the new coronavirus, we need an all-of-science response

In April 2019, humanity saw what was previously thought unseeable when Nasa released our first picture of a black hole. Black holes are so dense no...

Swee Kheng Khor

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Approval of satellite party

It's up to voters to judge which side is right in April 15 election The National Election Commission (NEC) has approved the registration of the...

Editorial

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New THAAD controversy

US should not undermine alliance with Korea The tricky issue regarding the U.S. deployment of an anti-missile battery in South Korea is likely to...

Editorial

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The ‘Sudan First’ policy ignores the Palestinians to normalise relations with Israel

Details of the meeting between Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sudan’s transitional head of state General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan...

Khalil Charles

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Palestinian prisoner Khalida Jarrar in her own words: The age of freedom will come

Khalida Jarrar is a Palestinian feminist, a lawyer, educator and an elected parliamentarian. Over the years, she came to symbolize Palestinian...

Khalida Jarrar

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My way or the M4-M5 highways

Twist and turns, a sharp u-turn, a clean break, starting over -you name it. These all may depict maneuvers of some sort, and yes you guessed right,...

Aydin Selcen

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Benjamin Netanyahu, the Editor in Chief

Benjamin Netanyahu: “I met with Eli Azur,” owner of The Jerusalem Post and Maariv. “I told him the following, and listen well: ‘How you’ve...

Raviv Drucker

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The Monetarist Fantasy Is Over

LONDON – The forced resignation of the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, is the latest sign that macroeconomic policy...

Robert Skidelsky

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Social Democracy Beats Democratic Socialism

CAMBRIDGE – It used to be an unwritten rule of US politics that a socialist could never qualify for high national office. But now a self-proclaimed...