+ (POGLED) Predatorji dolga

Kaj imajo skupnega kalabrijska mafijska organizacija Ndrangheta, Hertz, sečuanski skrbniški sklad in ameriška centralna banka? Vsi so močno...

Too optimistic view

Let figures and the market show housing prices have stabilized President Moon Jae-in got it right when he prioritized housing as his...

Autocratic moment extended

By Bernard Rowan This column follows up on my earlier piece about the autocratic moment. At that time, I commented on the rise of authoritarian and...

The Struggle for Belarus

MINSK – Belarusian opposition leaders knew beforehand that they would be protesting the falsified result of the presidential election this past...

Male Leadership Malpractice

NEW DELHI – The United States, Brazil, and India have surged ahead of the rest of the world in terms of the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases,...

Jesus and Buddha―brothers

By Steven L. Shields I was raised in a typical 1960s U.S. schoolteacher's home and church environment. I was taught to have respect for others, but...

Votlo obdobje neke Pesnice

Včasih sem mislila, da bom morala, če bom pisateljica in hkrati še kmetica, polovico svojega življenja posvetiti razlaganju, da beseda podeželje...

Coronavirus Causes Political Lunacy and Psychosis

“Coronavirus affects almost the whole body including mental health. Researchers have found that some patients suffer from hallucinations and...

Why are we not supporting refugees instead of asking if they are just after our money? 

The UK’s racist Nigel Farage has once again added fuel to the hostile and toxic “debate” on refugees, when he filmed a video patrolling the...

Annexation and the need to be proactive

There are a number of issues that the occupation government is escalating: settlement expansion and demolition orders against Palestinian...

My time with Extinction Rebellion activists showed them to be clueless about the daily injustices faced by working-class people

Last weekend, the sun came out and so did the cranks from Extinction Rebellion, bringing attention to the plight of indigenous people in Brazil,...

As we fight COVID-19, we should turn our gaze to space

Humanity is facing an invasion. In the span of a few months, an invisible outside force we about which we know very little about has killed...

Employers Are Stealing From the Poor, and the Israeli Government Couldn't Care Less

How Qatar Could Trigger the Next Hamas-Israel Conflict

Qatari cash aid for Gaza has kept a fragile peace between Hamas and Israel. With Doha now stalling its downpayments, Hamas is launching incendiary...

Democratizing Innovation

CAMBRIDGE – Innovation is the engine that drives contemporary economies. Living standards are determined by productivity growth, which in turn...

The twin struggles of Hong Kong and the Philippines

Hong Kong's new draconian security law has been occupying headlines around the world since it was forcefully imposed by China on June 30. The law,...

Disaster relief outlays

Consider fiscal health in devising extra budget A fourth extra budget for this year appears inevitable to help people recover from flood damage in...

Haaretz Cartoon

Reading Toni Morrison offers insight into Black Lives Matter

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) civil protest movement continues to rage in the United States. Why is the anger not abating at all? I would have loved...

Should Tokyo ban TikTok and WeChat?

I had not used TikTok until yesterday. My niece in her mid-20s said she had stopped using the TikTok app — a Chinese-owned video-sharing social...

The Dictator’s Two Dilemmas

NEW YORK – Authoritarian regimes often enjoy more public support than democratic governments do. To discover why, my colleagues and I administered...

An Interview with Javier Solana

Reading the Dollar Doldrums

LAGUNA BEACH – A near-10% drop in the value of the US dollar since its March high has given rise to two distinct narratives. The first takes a...

Would a new Iran deal be tougher than the one Trump left?

Washington – Speaking at a fundraiser in New Jersey over the weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump predicted that he would have a new nuclear deal...

In the Pentagon and China’s propaganda wars, greedy Hollywood is a happy helper for both – the people and art are the victims

Hollywood won’t choose between the totalitarian Sauron of China and the authoritarian Darth Vader of the US military, but instead will support...

Iraqi protesters need lasting, not interim, solutions

The Iraqi government claims to be investigating the killing of peaceful protesters only from last month. It is thus ignoring the 800 victims who...

Beirut and Tianjin blasts: a toxic mix of incompetence and corruption

On August 12, 2015, a series of explosions occurred at Tianjin’s port, killing 173 people. Improper storage of hazardous chemicals – the result...

Susan Greenfield on neuronal assemblies

The UK research scientist Susan Greenfield believes that neuronal assemblies – coalitions of millions of brain cells that activate and disband over...

What do shoes do?

I am at the beach, enjoying that elemental pleasure – walking barefoot outside, when the texture of sand slipping through my toes and crunching...

COVID-19 will shake ASEAN relations with China and US for years ahead

Aid to relieve mounting debt will force individual countries to make lasting choices

Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties while preparing a car bomb for a deadly attack

The Taliban militants suffered heavy casualties while preparing a car bomb for a deadly attack in south-eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan. The...

Putin is pushing dangerous views about Stalin's inhumane acts

Aug. 9 marked the 75th anniversary of the start of the Soviet Union's invasion of Japan in the closing days of World War II. Japan and Russia have...

‘Jenin, Jenin’ Article Is Propaganda Clothed as Journalism

Haaretz piece on soldiers suing Mohammad Bakri is completely one-sided. Are you trying to please right-wing readers?

Tanzania's media law muzzles free speech

A new law in Tanzania has placed strict controls on cooperation between local and international media outlets. The change enforces the government...

Fashion icons? Lionising the people who’ve turned Portland into a battleground shames the proud history of the Washington Post

If your city had been terrorised by masked thugs for months on end, you might expect the media coverage of the rioters to be, at the very least,...

Scandal between South Korea and New Zealand over Alleged Sexual Assault

On July 28, 2020, South Korean President Moon Jae-in held talks over the phone with New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. According to...

Beirut Tragedy: Down the Rabbit Hole?

Focus on Beirut for a moment. What did we just witness happening at the port there? The massive explosion that rocked the whole city felt like an...

U.S., U.K. and Israeli Democracies Paralyzed by Delusion: ‘It Can Never Happen Here’

They are unburdened by World War II trauma that compels European democracies to oppose fascism and protect themselves

Why China has so few options to hit back over US ban on TikTok

Beijing quietly building up its Noah's Ark in case of a total US-China "Splinternet"

Európska kvapka pre mačky a psy?

Pretože odhodených, vyžitých, využitých a zničených zvierat je po celom Slovensku dosť. Peniaze sú potrebné na karanténne stanice, na ich...

As Russia announces coronavirus vaccine, mainstream media suddenly discovers the meaning of skepticism

Russia has registered the world’s first vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus. Russian President Vladmir Putin announced the breakthrough on...

Čo bude po lete?

Niet divu, počas horúceho leta oslabla naša ostražitosť. Na začiatku júla sme sa na základe výborných čísiel ešte nazdávali, že...

Co-option of religion by Saudi’s MBS spells disaster

The misuse of religion has become something of an art form in the Middle East. On the one hand many of the region’s autocrats and dictators,...

‘Guns and oil do not mix in Libya’

Oil as a commodity is intertwined intimately with national strategies, power and global politics. This was a central theme in Daniel Yergin’s The...

Más sosteniblidad y mejor diálogo

La práctica empresarial hoy más que nunca necesita evolucionar para liderar los grandes cambios que el mundo y los mercados están teniendo en...

Coronavirus, Trade and Peace

Why choice of running mate matters more than usual this year

For all the secrecy and speculation that typically surrounds the search for a vice presidential candidate, the decision rarely sways an election....