Lebanon is experiencing a social revolution

Since October 17, Lebanese citizens from all walks of life have been taking to the streets in unprecedented protests that transcend not only...

Reporting on the silence of siege in Kashmir

I have witnessed multiple clampdowns in my 10 years as a journalist in Kashmir, but this year has been the worst. Life was turned upside down, for...

Nuclear energy as risk factor

By Eugene Lee The media today are full of discussions that have arisen after a chain of catastrophes at nuclear facilities around the world. The...

Justice Meir Shamgar’s Legacy

Former Supreme Court President Meir Shamgar, who died Friday at the age of 94, represented a complex worldview that incorporated the many tensions...

How China loses friends and alienates people

CALIFORNIA – The Chinese folk saying “lift a rock only to drop it on one’s own feet,” or its English equivalent — “to shoot oneself in the...

Israeli Post-Election Countdown – Can Bibi Survive?

“Just societies cannot be run by big money or armed forces with their too narrow agendas. Limitless desire for wealth and blind ambition must be...

Indonesia's Jokowi needs to boost fight against corruption, not hinder it

Neutering Corruption Eradication Commission would harm economy and society

One Netanyahu and 19 Years of Incitement

Not long before Rosh Hashanah I saw the movie “Incitement,” which describes the events before the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the night of...

Opozičné účty bez hostinského

Takýchto subjektov by sa v Národnej rade našlo viac než dosť: PS/Spolu, Za ľudí, KDH, DS, aj nezaradený poslanec Zsolt Simon sa už zaradil,...

Je Boris Johnson klaun alebo Joker?

Je však jasné, že premiérovi to vôbec neprekáža. Vo svojej novinárskej a politickej kariére ukázal, že je schopný bez mihnutia oka...

Of Fools, Wickedness, and the “European Florida”

The America I grew up in is long gone. That luminous dream so many whispered for so long, it became impossible decades ago, if I’m honest. The...

Ending the War by Coming to Terms with Yemen’s Political History

While Saudi Arabia sits only days away from a political agreement with Yemen’s STC forces (Southern Transitional Council) in its bid to salvage...

Four Days and Counting

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has until Thursday before the time he was given by President Reuven Rivlin to form a new government runs out. As...

Chinese soft power is a carrot being undermined by a stick

China’s policymakers are well aware of the importance of soft power in shaping a nation’s standing in the world. Indeed, its leaders have often...

Remembering the death of Muammar Gaddafi

What: Death of Muammar Gaddafi When: 20 October 2011 Where: Sirte, Libya Following the Libyan uprising and revolution in 2011, the long-time...

Worsening food shortage

North should accept South's humanitarian aid offer North Korea faces a worsening food shortage due to adverse weather conditions, prompting an...

Time to find an exit

Korea, Japan should return to dialogue Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon is scheduled to begin a three-day visit to Tokyo on Tuesday to attend Japanese...

Mixed messages on nuclear deterrence

HIGASHIOSAKA, OSAKA PREF. – The credibility of the U.S. extended nuclear deterrence is a critical issue that goes beyond the question of Japanese...

Brexit show extended for another season

In an unexpected twist, the British House of Commons put off a vote on PM Boris Johnson's plan for the UK to leave the EU. The entire Brexit...

Time to bite bullet in Syria

By Carl Bildt CANBERRA ― Recent events in Syria have naturally raised two questions: Who lost the country? And where might the international...

Scottish independence

By Andrew Hammond Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon confirmed Tuesday that she will ask the U.K. government to approve another...

GOP hopes for happy holidays get Trumped

GOP hopes for happy holidays get Trumped By Martin Schram Last week was remarkably challenging for President Donald Trump's ever-fearful, fawning,...

Is United Nations going broke?

By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS ― Is the United Nations going broke? Well yes and no. The 193-member organization is facing a serious cash...

Regarding the Kurds

The Kurds – 30-45 million strong — are a Persian people who have inhabited various areas of the Middle East for centuries, speaking various...

Negative rates forever? Central bankers look for an exit

The world's most powerful policymakers are struggling to alleviate the pain of a slowing global economy with few levers left to pull and growing...

Wianbu Issue and Risk of Pushing it Too Far

On 14 August, commemorations for the International Memorial Day for the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Victims during World War II were held in...

Recep, Baby, Don’t Be a Tough Guy, OK?

The letter that Donald Trump sent to Recep Tayyip Erdogan underwent biased editing by elements of the Deep State within the State Department before...

Who Needs the Strategic Affairs Ministry?

The expected change of government is an excellent opportunity to reassess the function of and need for the Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public...

The War on Truth: How Israel’s social media trolls conquered Facebook

On October 9, the social media platform, Facebook, deleted the page of the popular Palestinian news website, the Palestinian Information Center...

Forefather of the ‘Administered Territories’

Israel’s 1967 occupation owes a very large debt to former Supreme Court President Meir Shamgar, who died on Friday. Were it not for his...

Four steps for Jokowi to save Indonesian democracy

Over the past two months, as President Joko Widodo prepared to embark on his second term in office, students took to the streets across the country...

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Johnson has a Brexit deal based on vague promises and tax tricks

Report. Juncker called the deal ‘fair and balanced’ but others called for caution: ‘History tells us parliaments may not like the agreement.’...