Assange and WikiLeaks: A view from Kenya

In August 2007, very few people in Kenya had heard of Julian Assange or WikiLeaks, his "uncensorable system for untraceable mass document leaking...

North Korea’s Kim oversees test of new weapon with ‘powerful warhead’

NORTH KOREA's Kim Jong Un has supervised the test-firing of a new tactical weapon with a "powerful warhead", state media reported Thursday, in the...

On Looming US-China Trade Deal, Actions Speak Louder Than Words

On April 13, speaking to reporters during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin...

‘Lupin III’ manga creator never forgot his Hokkaido roots

The hugely popular manga series “Lupin III,” whose eponymous protagonist is an indomitable master thief who never fails to pull off even the...

Musings / March 27, 2019

I once asked Yasushi Akashi, 88, the first Japanese citizen employed by the United Nations, about his struggles learning English. Akashi replied...

Innovation needs to be a Reiwa goal

BEPPU, OITA PREF. - Emperor Akihito will abdicate on April 30 and his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, will ascend the throne on May 1, with the...

Nismo sami

Z madžarskim kolegom Joszefom Makaiem sva hodila po Ulici kneza Miloša v Beogradu, ko mu je zazvonil telefon. Šla sva proti skupščini Srbije,...

Donald Trump: world’s greatest expert on… almost everything

PRESIDENT Donald Trump raised eyebrows when he told French firefighters to move "quickly" and possibly use aerial water tankers to save Notre Dame....

Why are we so moved by the plight of the Notre Dame?

SCROLLING through news of the Notre Dame fire on social media feeds was like watching a real-time archive of grief in the making, as people...

The Case for a Global Constitution

NEW YORK – In my book The Republic of Beliefs: A New Approach to Law and Economics , I was eager to demonstrate how the methods that have emerged...

We Don’t Need a Bigger Particle Collider

FRANKFURT – Between Lake Geneva and the Swiss Jura, more than 100 meters (328 feet) below the surface, lies a circular tunnel, 27 kilometers (17...

Time for emerging Asian powers to help set global rules

This Is the Only Effective Way to Push Back Against Netanyahu's Israel

Forget lobbying to cut non-existent U.S. 'economic aid,' getting arrested outside Birthright, sending angry tweets. If you actually want change,...

Israel's Future Saviors Wear IDF Uniforms

Israel's youngest voters were four times more likely to go for Netanyahu. But there's hope – in the most unexpected place

No compromise possible in principles of free trade with U.S.

Japan and the United States recently held a first round of bilateral trade talks under an agreement reached between the leaders of the two...

End of Western-led global order is approaching

Confusion Dominates as Algeria Heads into Troubled Waters

With the presidential election day approaching in Algeria, the sheer number of political forces aiming to secure power in this troubled state...

Germany in the UN Security Council: The Past as Prologue

Since the beginning of 2019, Germany holds a non-permanent seat at the Security Council for the term of 2019/2020. Its last membership in 2011/12...

US Coalition Boot Remains on Syria’s Neck

We all have heard enough Trump flip-flops on policy to not get too excited about anything reasonable that occasionally comes out of his mouth. Such...

Ocasio-Cortez Is Right About Cutting Aid to Israel, for the Wrong Reasons

Israel should take advantage of the friendly climate in Washington to engineer convenient cuts, rather than wait for it as a punishment

Ode to our lady of Europe

BERLIN - As I write this from Berlin, I am prostrate before the images of fire, devastation and ash engulfing Notre Dame de Paris — Our Lady of...

The Eternally Optimistic IMF

PRINCETON – In April 2018, the International Monetary Fund projected that the world economy would grow robustly, at just above 3.9% that year and...

A symphony of spring

By Park Moo-jong Spring has sprung into full swing with the temperatures rising day by day to a more bearable degree, freeing the people of the...

Memorializing Sewol tragedy

By Donald Kirk The sinking of the Sewol ferry five years ago was one of the greatest tragedies in Korean history. The memory for me, along with...

Trade war with China: US will make sure it causes major ruckus before losing the fight

Just a month ago, the European Union (EU) appeared to have jumped aboard the anti-Chinese bandwagon of the Trump administration, when it labelled...

Is the health insurance system fair to all?

The Revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law went into effect on April 1 with the goal of facilitating the acceptance into Japan of...

El juego del Brexit

Un ejemplo pionero de teoría de juegos aplicada al estudio de las relaciones internacionales fue el del juego a dos niveles. En el primer nivel,...

Human Rights and Climate Change in the Philippines

In the past decade, we have seen the successful infiltration of human rights discourses into the conventionally physical science-dominated climate...

Alan García: punto de quiebre y luto para la democracia del Perú

Día triste y complejo para la historia republicana del Perú. Este miércoles el ex presidente Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (69), quien fue...

Trump: World's greatest expert on... almost everything

President Donald Trump raised eyebrows when he told French firefighters to move "quickly" and possibly use aerial water tankers to save Notre Dame....

Trump Now Expects Payback From Netanyahu. It Could Blow Up the Middle East

A National Unity Government Will Serve No Purpose

The Man Who Rescued the Israeli Left

Thanks to MK Issawi Freij, tens of thousands of Arab citizens voted for Meretz, and it passed the electoral threshold

How Can Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller Honestly Celebrate Passover?

No Democracy Without Peace in Israel

MADRID – Having secured a fifth term (and his fourth in a row) as Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu is on his way to surpassing David...

Haftar has clearly been given the green light to conquer Tripoli

When the Libyan National Army (LNA) launched its current offensive on Tripoli on the orders of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, his regional backers...

How can Israelis celebrate Passover while denying Palestinian Christians the right to travel?

One of the greatest religious stories shared by Jews, Christians and Muslims is the Exodus of Moses and the children of Israel from bondage in...

By Cutting Off Relations, South Africa Has Branded Israel With the Mark of Cain

The two most dangerous Arab governments

If we ask the question today about the source of the greatest threat to the Arab states that prevent the people from realising their will, most of...

The IMF Is Fueling an Argentine Crisis – Again

BUENOS AIRES – Argentina first needed to borrow from the International Monetary Fund back in 1958. In the six decades since, the country has signed...

(BRANJE) Zakaj je nekaterim težko javno razpravljati o evtanaziji?

Zakaj je nekaterim težko javno razpravljati o evtanaziji v javnem zdravstvu? Za mnoge zato, ker menijo, da morajo biti odločitve ob koncu...

The Scariest Thing About Election Day

It may be easy for whites in the U.S. to install cameras in black neighborhoods – but how is it that cameras were installed by Likud supporters...

The new PA government fits the UN agenda for reconciliation and suppression of political

The new Palestinian Authority government has been welcomed by the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, who...

The Structure of a Diplomatic Revolution

NEW YORK – It has been nearly 60 years since the philosopher and historian Thomas Kuhn wrote his influential book The Structure of Scientific...

America’s tactic in Syria

For several months now, the Syrian issue has witnessed a political and military stalemate. The Idlib front has been the same since last...

Trump and Bolsonaro: Much Ado About Nothing?

Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, the presidents of the two largest countries in the Americas, met in Washington in March, arousing high...

Putin’s answer to population drain: hand out passports in Donbass

Report. A Moscow newspaper confirmed reports this week that Russia is distributing passports to citizens of the Ukrainian breakaway region. The...