Can Asians Think? 19 Years Later

BEIJING – A controversial book published in 2001 entitled Can Asians Think recently surfaced on my China…

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To go or not to go? A tough decision for Bon this year

Many people must have had a difficult time deciding whether to make their annual trip to their hometown for the Bon holidays this year because of...

The Last Refuge of the Man From Balfour Street

Explaining Japan’s policy debate on strike capability

In recent years, the Japanese government has attempted to upgrade its ballistic missile defense (BMD) capability to an integrated air and missile...

Why young adults are driving Europe’s coronavirus curve

New York – In parts of Europe, new coronavirus cases have been creeping up again. While this is by no means a second wave, and case numbers are...

The TikTok ownership dance

Even before President Donald Trump signed an executive order that could soon smother social network TikTok, Microsoft emerged as a potential savior...

Turkey has a legitimate presence in the Mediterranean Sea

The Turkish ship Oruc Reis set off from the port of Antalya and reached its destination on Monday morning where it is to carry out seismic surveys...

Svoboda, demokracija in Huawei

Ali v mednarodni politiki Bog obstaja? Nekdanji britanski premier Tony Blair je vedno verjel, da je odgovor pozitiven in da Vsemogočni skozi njega...

Zea

Winner of the Jury Prize in the 1981 Cannes Film Festival’s Short Films competition, Zea is an impressive and exhilarating piece of macro...

Catastrophes and calms

In certain places around the world – in the Badlands near Drumheller in Alberta, Canada, in the Geulhemmergroeve tunnels in the Netherlands, or in...

Blogger Deserves Reporter’s Protection

+ (POGLED) Mame v politiki

Pred kratkim mi je v debati moški sogovornik povedal, da so naredili raziskave, ki so pokazale, da ženske ne volimo žensk. Če izhajam iz sebe, to...

Can Lebanon Rise from the Rubble?

WINCHESTER, UK – Haram Lubnan, poor Lebanon. As if hosting more than a million refugees from the Syrian war next door, an economy in free-fall,...

Greening Sovereign-Debt Restructuring

BEIJING – Many developing countries have so far avoided the high COVID-19 infection and mortality rates that are being experienced elsewhere....

Priorities for Saving the Private Sector

WASHINGTON, DC – For most countries, navigating the protracted economic slump brought on by COVID-19 is starting to look more like a marathon than...

Coronavirus leaves Australia’s international students in dire straits, study shows

Many international students in private rental housing in Sydney and Melbourne were struggling before Covid-19 hit. Our surveys of these students...

US health chief's Taiwan visit calibrated to incense China

Beijing's retaliation options include scrapping US-China phase one trade deal

'Conflict of interest' ruling

Insider info should not be used for personal gains A court ruling against a former lawmaker is drawing attention as it has made clear that insider...

+ (KOMENTAR) Bolje zaupati Američanom. Ampak kaj je že razkril Snowden?

Ameriški državni sekretar Mike Pompeo je v slovenskih sogovornikih na Bledu našel voljne poslušalce za ameriške načrte o omejevanju predvsem...

Palestinians are deprived of a political voice, and their leaders do nothing about it

Palestinian refugees are at the core of Palestinian narratives. The international community has, however, classified Palestinian refugees as a...

Media freedom at stake

By Donald Kirk If "truth is the first casualty," newsrooms around the world are piled high with the wounded, the dying and the dead. The whole...

How to Count Humans

NEW YORK – New research published this July in The Lancet forecasts that continued growth “through the century is no longer the most likely...

Demographic winter? Korea is not alone

By Richard Pennington Hardly a day goes by without my opening The Korea Times or one of Seoul's other newspapers and finding a story or two about...

Debate over regulating leaflets to North Korea

By Sandip Kumar Mishra On Aug. 4, the attempt by South Korea's ruling party to regulate South Koreans sending leaflets to North Korea was sent back...

Vertical and horizontal work cultures: first-hand account

By Kim Yeon-ji On my third day working at the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), I found myself supporting my...

World is waiting for Biden to beat Trump

By Tom Plate Almost everyone is waiting, but waiting for what? We are trying to imagine that it's really not as bad as it seems. The Zoom boom,...

'Forgotten War'and warriors

By Yi Woo-won Recently, I became aware of a unique social campaign titled #6037 Campaign that was currently under way in Chilgok County where I...

Will Harris pick bolster Biden?

By Andrew Hammond ? Joe Biden on Wednesday selected California Senator Kamala Harris as the first biracial vice presidential pick in U.S....

Three questions Japan must answer as it seeks missile strike options

Cancellation of $4.2bn Aegis Ashore system raises fundamental defense challenges

Does Egypt have the right to build military bases in Somalia?

In the context of the Renaissance Dam crisis which recently escalated between Egypt and Ethiopia, Somali reservations emerged regarding the fifth...

Opinion – Confronting Israel’s Annexation Plans: From Fear to Hope

The South African example of transformation from the Apartheid system taught us that we cannot give up on the hope that both Israelis and...

To the Brink with China

NEW YORK – Observers of US-China relations increasingly talk of a new cold war. On top of a long-running trade war, the two countries now find...

The curse of the tent: Gaddafi warned us, but we didn’t listen

If the late Muammar Gaddafi came back from the grave he would immediately recognise the new Libya, despite having never seen it. He predicted...

It’s time to rethink the Japan-U.S. alliance

API Geoeconomic Briefing is a series provided by the Asia Pacific Initiative, an independent think tank based in Tokyo. The series will look into...

A Better Alternative to Trump’s WeChat Ban

NEW YORK – Shortly after US President Donald Trump issued an executive order effectively banning the Chinese-owned social-media app TikTok, he...

America's Armed, Antisemitic Far Right Is Prepping to Defend Trump in November

Agitators, infiltrators, white supremacists and civil war accelerationists: How America's far right vigilantes and militias are arming and...

The Arab League is facing the final curtain

The horrific explosion that struck Beirut port on 4 August resulted in a comprehensive humanitarian catastrophe that spread across the entire...

If the ‘Terrorist’ Were Jewish

‘Black rain’ relief program should not be based on zoning criteria

Seventy-five years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the survivors of the nuclear attacks are all elderly. To swiftly provide...

Matovič ako Trump

Nikto si nemyslel, že človek s takýmito „buranskými“ spôsobmi sa môže stať najsilnejším človekom planéty. Stalo sa....

¿Solidaridad racial con la ministra Torres?

El debate político sobre la gestión de la ministra de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mabel Torres, es una síntesis del fracaso del gobierno de Duque-Uribe,...

Communicating Public Health and Social Justice

KIGALI – As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, communication is a double-edged sword. It is one of the most powerful tools for changing behaviors....

Is there a new ‘Sykes-Picot’ race unfolding to shape Lebanon’s future?

Another western breach of the already violated Arab space is being implemented today through the weak portal of Lebanon as France and Britain send...

Britannia used to rule the waves, now it attacks defenceless people in tiny boats to deflect from its own sinking status

“Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.” If you’re not aware, these are the opening lines from...

Seasonal rise in migrants crossing the Channel is nothing compared to surge that awaits the UK when it leaves EU for good

As far as classic British summer news stories go, the arrival on our southern beaches of rubber dinghies overflowing with migrants is right up...

Trust the experts and take your pills, citizen! Meet the nerd who wants to force-feed you ‘morality pills’ to beat Covid

People, or at least those with a spark of vitality and life in them, don’t like following orders. Months into the coronavirus pandemic, leaders...

As DJ quits and BBC boycott is planned over use of the N-word, why don’t black celebs call out the sexism and profanity of rap?

A relatively unknown, minor media personality whipped up a racism debate and has turned himself into a well-known, minor media personality....