Vilify Netanyahu as Much as He Deserves, but Who Are You Proposing Instead?

What Trump leaves unspoken carries consequences

President Donald Trump seems to rarely leave a thought unspoken. Of late, though, it is increasingly clear there are things Trump won’t say — and...

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O lepotah in grdotah Slovenije

Ko znancem iz tujine pripovedujem o lepotah Slovenije, recimo o Šunikovem vodnem gaju v Soči ali o milini dvojine, sem vedno nekako ponosna. Ne...

Russia may get Vladimir Putin for life

Referendums can have unpredictable risks and side-effects, as Vladimir Putin may yet discover. He has just had the people endorse changes to the...

In French elections, a green turning point: ‘The landscape is reordering itself’

Analysis. The second round of the municipal elections on Sunday confirmed the polls, with the Greens winning several prominent victories. However,...

After Covid-19, universities will play a more critical role than ever

June is usually a period of revelry for many university students. Lecture halls and classrooms are emptied out as undergraduates finish their...

Annexation Leaves Palestinians Nothing to Discuss

Despite the trust of Haaretz's finest, no phone call from Abbas will overcome Trump’s scorched earth approach to international peace, or the...

Still not too late for China to rethink Hong Kong law

Why has Sisi threatened to intervene in Libya?

Why did Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi threaten to intervene in Libya when it is unlikely that such a threat will be translated into...

Setback to tripartite dialogue

Progressive union should make compromise A lack of compromise has dealt a setback to the dialogue between unions, management and government. It is...

Fixing the World Trade Crisis after coronavirus

Is the US using its NATO ally Turkey to counter Russia in Libya? 

Watching the recent military development in Libya, the obvious question is: does the US have a coherent strategy to counter the fast-growing...

'Can I trust Korean judges?'

By Song Sang-yep Foreign friends doing business in Korea often ask me "Can I trust Korean Courts?" When we go to a foreign country for the first...

Celebrating July 4th

By Donald Kirk Most people hardly need reminders of their mortality. Mere mortals know there's a time to live and a time to die, but surely a...

Hong Kong's young crusaders should stand down to fight another day

By Tom Plate I wouldn't mind being 20-something again. That was about the only time in my life that I considered myself blunder-immune, and ― as...

Political progression

By Alex Gratzek Over the centuries, a positive development among international relations and domestic politics has been the increased respect of...

Ascendant progressives face three big obstacles

By Chris Reed The emergence of a bipartisan consensus following weeks of protests about racial injustice ― that police departments need either...

Strengthening Africa's best pandemic defense

By Assia Sidibe JOHANNESBURG ― COVID-19 is having a devastating impact on the global economy. Like every continent, Africa has been bracing itself...

Politics of upside-down America

By Michael Reagan There was even more yelling and screaming than usual in Washington last week. I'm not talking about the "peaceful" demonstrators...

Korea's 'Forgotten War' key to future Asian peace

By John J. Metzler Seventy years ago, on June 25, 1950, North Korean troops attacked South Korea launching an unexpected military blitz. Kim...

+ (GLOBALNA ARENA) Razredna vojna zaradi covida

Krizo na območju evra, ki je izbruhnila pred desetletjem, so dolgo prikazovali kot spopad med varčnim severom Evrope in razsipnim jugom. Pravzaprav...

A final reprieve for the KSK

The soldiering skills of Germany's elite commando unit KSK are exceptional. But the fostering of far-right extremist tendencies in the unit left...

Problem-ridden PEFs

Fund managers, sellers should pay price for deceiving investors The Financial Dispute Settlements Committee has told banks and brokerages to fully...

‘We will take you to Italy, now sleep’ – the secret shame of Italy’s mass returns

Reportage. Hundreds of refugees were returned to Libyan detention camps to face death and torture after the intervention of private Italian ships...

Spanish coal plants shut down, saying the economics aren’t worth it

Report. Since 2018, the price of CO2 in the EU market has risen sharply, reaching a record €30 per ton in 2019, which has made it no longer...

July 2 marks the 70th anniversary of the burning of Kinkakuji temple

Kinkakuji, one of Kyoto's most famous Zen temples, was destroyed in a fire exactly 70 years ago today. Taizan Egami, 84, who was a 14-year-old...

Japan, S. Korea should take quick action to defrost chilly relations

When do Japan and South Korea intend to start fixing their dysfunctional political communication system to mend their deeply strained relationship...

The US-Russia blame game: Afghan Diplomacy Needs to be Active

US and Russia agreed on not accepting or supporting the restoration of the Taliban regime what is so-called “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan”,...

Netanyahu Is Lying Again