Lessons learned need to pave way for possible next wave of infection

The ending of a nationwide state of emergency over the new coronavirus outbreak marks a major step forward in returning the nation to a normal...

Japan's virus deaths low, but health care is on verge of collapse

"Jishuku keisatsu" (literally, "self-restraint police") was an expression I heard frequently while the government's state of emergency declaration...

The pandemic is unlikely to cause a food crisis

Export restrictions imposed by Russia, India and other countries in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic have led some people to insist that a food...

Will the PA really end security coordination with Israel?

The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has announced its withdrawal from agreements with Israel, including security...

On thoroughness

By Kim Ae-ran In one of the dreams during my annual spiritual exercises, I saw my mother looking through the leftover ears of sorghum that I put...

‘Japan’s democracy’ at fault for insufficient coronavirus measures PREMIUM

This article was created based on an interview with Shinichi Kitaoka, professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, by Yomiuri Shimbun staff...

3D-printing coral reefs

3D printing is moving beyond plastics: instead, the American architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello (working together as Rael San...

Elections, a new leadership and BDS are pivotal for Palestine

Ever since President Donald Trump blundered blindly into the Middle East with his woefully inexperienced team of advisors, US foreign policy has...

The End of Europe’s Chinese Dream

BERLIN – A paradigm shift is taking place in relations between the European Union and China. The COVID-19 crisis has triggered a new debate...

Media could ask Cummings about needless deaths & crashing economy. But their ‘gotcha!’ moment is a stupid car trip

Today in the UK, we ‘celebrate’ nine weeks of lockdown – a series of measures that has robbed us of great swathes of our long-held rights and...

Rush to approve remdesivir highlights public health failings

Politicians are seizing on anything which seems to help COVID-19 fight

New Wars and New Practices in Contemporary Armed Conflicts

In IR, the statement that war has played a central role in the formation, expansion, and maintenance of the international order is widely accepted,...

China is its own worst enemy

New Delhi – The global backlash against China over its culpability for the international spread of the deadly coronavirus from Wuhan has gained...

How the Hong Kong calamity will play out

Claremont, California – China’s decision to crack down on Hong Kong with a new security law has shocked the world. But to those who read the...

Putting the Pep in PEPP

LONDON – The European Central Bank’s €750 billion ($818 billion) Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP) was hailed at its inception in March...

A tale of two Trumps

You have to admire US President Donald Trump's persistence. Almost 100,000 Americans have died under his watch in the last 100 days, and he is...

Who deserves to be a billionaire?

Everyone has it tough during the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are all in the same boat - this has been a common refrain throughout the crisis. It is...

Australia is US’ most loyal military ally, but when it trades with China, Trump BULLIES it like anyone else

While there appears to be this unfaltering assumption that America’s greatest ally whom must be protected at all costs can be found in the Middle...

Gantz, Wake Up and Give Netanyahu an Ultimatum

Political ambiguity or a doomsday weapon: Why Abbas abandoned Oslo

This time, we are told, it is different and that President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, is absolutely serious about his decision to...

White House is in the hands of a sociopathic megalomaniac, says Noam Chomsky

The United States is on a chaotic path with no federal plan against the coronavirus pandemic as it reduces public health funding and ignores the...

New US-China new Cold War

By Lee Seong-hyon Just short of calling it a "Cold War," the U.S. formally announced the onset of a new Cold War with China, with the public...

Joe Biden, mass incarceration and the 1994 crime bill

Peter Y. Paik By Peter Y. Paik The controversy over Joe Biden's recent remarks has brought attention to a contradiction in the Democratic Party...

Afghan Refugees and the Coronavirus Pandemic

Afghanistan has neither the medical facilities nor the organizational structure to deal with these returning refugees and the pandemic they bring.

Norway's Manshaus case and freedom of speech

On August 10, 2019, then-21-year-old neo-Nazi Philip Manshaus made his way to al-Noor mosque in the suburban municipality of Baerum near the...

Slepi in brezzobi – idealni državljani

Veliko stvari v zvezi z zdravstvom v tej krizi, ki se je začela kot zdravstvena, a je za seboj logično potegnila ekonomsko in po nemarnem tudi...

COVID-19 and Democracy in the European Union

without reform, the transformative power of Europe risks providing a false sense of renewal that will only help nationalists and populists in the...

+ Med manjšino in desnico

Pragmatičen kot vedno. To tudi tokrat velja za tržaškega župana Roberta Dipiazzo, sicer učinkovitega in še kar priljubljenega voditelja...

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Hong Kong: What went wrong

London – “We are the meat on the chopping board,” said Martin Lee, founder of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party. “They have set a precedent for...

Expectations for 21st

Legislators from both aisles should not fall short The 21st National Assembly will host legislators chosen by voters who quintessentially called...

'Warlike economic situation'

Expansionary fiscal operation needed to overcome COVID-19 shock? While comparing the economic shock of COVID-19 to a "warlike situation," President...

The pandemic is exposing the limits of science

New York – The 2008 financial crisis led the public to discover the limits of economics. The COVID-19 pandemic risks having the same effect on...

Future of global power

By Joschka Fischer BERLIN ― The COVID-19 pandemic is arguably the first truly global crisis of the 21st century. The only modern historical...

Israel’s Michael Jordan has all the shots

New York – Last week, Benjamin Netanyahu was just sworn in for his fifth term as Israel’s prime minister. This week, at the District Court in...

PS Say More: Nicholas Agar

Project Syndicate: If, as you recently noted, human ingenuity is tied to our desire to understand and control nature, has hubris contributed to the...

Pandemic's impact on NK's trade with China

By Troy Stangarone North Korea's decision at the end of January to close its border with China likely minimized any outbreak of COVID-19...

LA is no day at the beach

By Michael Reagan Don't tell the people in charge, but my friend's wife is a member of the L.A. resistance. She's been regularly going out into the...

Rakugo: Storytellers go online amid pandemic PREMIUM

The prophecy of Giovanni Falcone in the fight against the mafias

Commentary. There is no lawfulness without social justice. If fundamental social rights are lacking—work, housing, education, health care—mere...

Oportunismo en México

La evidencia muestra que el proyecto es el poder, no el bienestar o el desarrollo; en este contexto, la crisis ciertamente cae como anillo al dedo....

Tienes 66 días para cambiar tu vida

Es la primera vez que la vida nos ha dado un giro de 180 grados a todos, de un tirón. Sin previo aviso, se ha llevado los planes sobre nuestro...

The good scientist

The Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s academy of sciences, was founded in 1660. At its earliest meetings, scientists shared travellers’...

How Courts Will Shape the Post-Pandemic World

NEW YORK – In just a few months, COVID-19 has stricken millions and effectively shut down the global economy. But at the same time, the pandemic...

Building South Korea’s Post-Pandemic Economy

SEOUL – South Korea seems to be winning the battle against COVID-19. It has been recording little more than a handful of new cases per day for...