A Biden presidency would not be good news for Palestine

I do not take too kindly to people telling me that I am an anti-Semite. Though the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for president, Joe Biden,...

The 'green' new deal should not be a new imperial masterplan

As countries in the Global North move past the peak of the novel coronavirus pandemic and start to gradually reopen their economies, the talk of a...

Dear Amy Cooper, it is not your fault

Dear Amy, It is not your fault. You do not deserve this. The internet is a hellscape of hatred. No. That is unfair. The internet is simply a tool....

Beijing's Hong Kong squeeze

By John J. Metzler The crisis has been brewing for months. Storm clouds were gathering around Hong Kong's splendid bay as China's communist...

Containing the Anger Virus

PARIS – The small landlocked Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, which lies between China and India, is not only a tourist mecca. The country has also...

Britain must address unlawful harm to civilians in Yemen

The war in Yemen has left many innocent civilians dead and is described as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Despite the ongoing scale...

Let's not shame the infected

By Jacco Zwetsloot The government and citizens of South Korea have performed admirably fighting the COVID-19 outbreak, or at least the first wave...

Palestine, Julius Nyerere and international solidarity

“I believe very strongly in unity,” said Tanzania’s founding President Julius Nyerere. “Sometimes, I am accused of supporting unity for its...

Let's not return to business as usual after coronavirus

The coronavirus crisis has provided us with the opportunity to make our economies more sustainable. We should be courageous and seize this moment...

Racism Rules America

Amid the recent surge in Russophobic politics in the US, mainly premised on fake news (the failure of “Russiagate” makes a particularly good...

Legal Representation for Asylum-Seekers and Refugees: Much Needed yet Sparse

In times of emergency when states restrict individual rights and freedoms, the marginalised, vulnerable and disadvantaged members of society will...

Trust in Interstate Intelligence Sharing

As we continue our 2020 ‘coronacaster’, intelligence agencies have their hands full and it has never been more difficult to judge whom and what...

Consciousness regained

The first time I saw Valerie (not her real name) she was lying on a hospital bed completely still, staring at the ceiling. She didn’t react as we...

The Post-COVID State

CAMBRIDGE – The world is experiencing one of the most transformative moments of the last 75 years. The social, economic, and political consequences...

Malaysia cautious over US role in disputed South China Sea

In April, reports emerged of a “stand-off” in the South China Sea between the West Capella, an exploration ship hired by Malaysian national oil...

American Exceptionalism in the Age of Trump

CAMBRIDGE – In my recent study of 14 presidents since 1945, Do Morals Matter, I found that Americans want a moral foreign policy, but have been...

Hong Kong is no longer British, never really was, and it’s time to let go of all our hypocritical, nostalgic colonial nonsense

Having left Hong Kong in the lurch once already, when it handed the colony over to China following the expiration of its 99-year lease, Britain is...

Russia’s rising dawn over Libya, or is it another Syria in the making?

Russia’s role in the Libyan crisis has been rather slow to develop, because Moscow was deeply busy with Syria’s civil war.  Sometimes, Russia...

Končno hamiltonovski trenutek za EU?

ZDA so bile po »revolucionarni vojni« in zmagi nad britanskimi silami leta 1783 papirna konfederacija. Konfederacija s šibko vlado brez skupne...

Why Israel Must Remove West Bank Annexation From Its Agenda

+ (VEČEROVIH 75 LET) Fukal na Večerovi ladji

Ladja. To je bil naslov mojega prvega avtorskega članka v Večeru, pred davnimi 32 leti. Govoril je o ladji, ki sameva na Dravi. Na počitniško...

West Bank Annexation Is Doomed to Fail. Just Look What Happened in East Jerusalem

Why did the Israeli police kill a Palestinian with special needs?

Last Saturday, Israeli border police officers opened fire at a disabled Palestinian man in Jerusalem’s Old City because they thought that he was...

Avoid diplomatic debacle

Japan, Tokyo should find compromise over forced labor South Korea and Japan are showing signs of reigniting their diplomatic row over the latter's...

White House race becomes digital dogfight

The 2020 U.S. presidential race is becoming a digital-first campaign as the coronavirus pandemic cuts candidates off from traditional organizing...

Japan needs to step up policy efforts to boost lagging birthrate

The Cabinet on May 29 agreed on an outline of the policy efforts in the next five years to stem Japan’s demographic decline due to low birthrates....

Full Strawberry Moon may bring some relief from corona fatigue

Based on their ancient calendars for hunting and farming, Native American tribes historically gave every full moon a fun nickname, if you will. ...

Ban on anti-North leaflets

Activists should stop acts that threaten residents' safety, cause tension North Korea demanded Thursday that the South keep defectors from the...

America Boils Over

The U.S. presidential election: Four surprises, four challenges

Washington – With fewer than five months remaining until the presidential election on Nov. 3, developments in the United States since February...

Need for new history

By Mark Peterson When I first arrived in Korea, in November 1965, Korea was a very poor country. It had hardly begun to recover from the Korean War...

Give Argentina a Break

LONDON – Last month, Argentina technically defaulted on its debt, following a 30-day grace period for the latest interest payments. Needless to...

Trump trade deal lacks US worker protections

By Joe Guzzardi A few years after President Bill Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, Rolling Stone sent investigative reporter...

Korean deliverymen and 'palli-palli' culture

Noh Kyung-nam, a barogo food deliveryman, drives through southern Seoul on a scooter in this photo taken on April 10. / Courtesy of Richard...

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Central banks must connect climate change and financial inclusion

Extreme weather can wash away people's livelihoods

India’s Appeasement Policy Toward China Unravels

NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “not in a good mood,” US President Donald Trump recently declared, as he offered to mediate...

Education Is Crucial to Africa’s COVID-19 Response

WASHINGTON, DC – African political leaders have their hands full: rising COVID-19 infections, fragile health systems, increasing food insecurity,...

Is the end of the German car republic nigh?

The country that was once governed by auto-industry-friendly chancellors is witnessing an end to bonuses for buyers of all new cars — except for...

Why we need the spirit of Bobby Kennedy now

The Long Hot Summer Returns

The expression ‘long hot summer’ was born in the nineteen-fifties, when American Blacks first rebelled, eventually leading up to the appearance...

What do Turkey’s capital owners want?

Following Turkey’s ‘Economic Stabilization’ policies of 1980, the prestigious business association TÜSIAD had expressed its views in the...

We Cannot Justify Israel’s West Bank Annexation

In an unprecedented letter to Israel’s UK ambassador, prominent British Jews warn that annexation ‘poses an existential threat to the traditions...