Why Indonesia won’t let Beijing forget the Philippines’ South China Sea arbitration win

Indonesia’s low-key diplomatic protest at the United Nations against China’s disputed claims in the South China Sea last week made some analysts...

+ (POGLED) Je prav, da voditeljico kdo kliče gospa Erika?

Ko moderatorka pri osrednji informativni oddaji nemške ZDF najavi katerega od politikov, pa naj je to zunanji minister Heiko Maas, gospodarski...

Americans fight to breathe as society again chokes on racism

In the United States, the name Karen has lately become social media shorthand for a white woman who typically demands to “speak to the manager”...

Detailed records must be kept to assess response to virus outbreak

How should the government act to protect the lives and livelihoods of the public from outbreaks of infectious diseases? To answer this, it is...

How one man’s efforts saved Japan’s postwar democracy and the SDF

Kobe – Sixty years ago this month, as the protest demonstrations raged over the ratification of the revised Japan-U.S. Security Treaty,...

There is no place for us in a system that was not made for us

It is reasonable to believe that the official end of state-sanctioned segregation and black disenfranchisement would mean a corresponding reduction...

White Supremacist Provocateurs Are Tipping U.S. Protests Into a Race War

Palestinian Refusal to Negotiate With Israel and Trump: A Cowardly, Fateful Mistake

As a former Palestinian negotiator, this is my urgent message to the old, stale, failed Palestinian political elite: Rejectionism won’t stop...

Down on one knee, boy! White penitence over racism and George Floyd’s murder plunges new depths of piousness and pointlessness

Footage and photos have emerged of an open-air prayer group being held in Houston, Texas. The images of black and white Texans praying together as...

Trump is the only person in Washington who wants India and China to reconcile. Here’s why his plan won’t work

As India and China engage in another round of their decades-old border dispute in the Himalayas, Donald Trump could not resist the temptation to...

Matica samostatná

Napríklad na jeseň minulého roku usporiadala MS „vedeckú“ konferenciu pri príležitosti 80. výročia nástupu Jozefa Tisa do...

Who should try Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga?

The legal battles over where Felicien Kabuga should be tried have begun. The former businessman accused of being a major financial backer of Hutu...

Correa's trial is an attack on Ecuador's democracy

On April 7, a top court in Ecuador sentenced the country's former left-wing President Rafael Correa to eight years in jail in absentia for...

‘Looting is the price of freedom!’ Washington has conveniently forgotten its cynical advice to post-invasion Iraq

Just yesterday Washington DC was the cock of the walk, sufficiently drunk on power to scold foreign governments for the way they were manhandling...

India and China's border skirmishes bring giants closer to clash

Xi Jinping is growing aggressive, but Narendra Modi should not overreact

The Strange Case of an America in Flames

For a decade or more, the world has seen riots that weren’t riots at all, Maiden Square, Hong Kong, Tripoli, Cairo and they have seen terror...

With annexation on the horizon, Europe must not remain indifferent and apathetic

After clinging on incessantly for years, the end is nigh for Europe’s two-statists. Armed with a new mandate, In July this year Israel’s Prime...

Asia shouldn’t underestimate America’s ability to counter China

Middle powers worried that America’s leadership within the international order will succumb to China’s strong-arm tactics abroad should take care...

UK opposition to Russia’s return proves that Trump is right on the G7/G8 being past sell-by date

If you point one finger at someone, you have three pointing back at yourself. The truth of that old adage was proved once again with the news that...

What lies behind the keen support for a one state solution?

A number of media outlets, some of them linked to the Palestinian Authority, have deliberately played down Israel’s decision to annex areas of...

Zuckerberg won’t censor Trump, but don’t mistake Facebook for a bastion of free speech

Zuckerberg’s decision to leave up a Trump post condemning the riots in Minneapolis that warned “when the looting starts, the shooting starts”...

US racism part of everyday life

The wave of protests in American cities after the death of George Floyd shouldn't come as a surprise. Despite the two-term presidency of Barack...

Zápach z čistenia

Na mnohých miestach je potrebná očista, ale vo viacerých prípadoch vzniká zápach z čistenia. Čo už znamená, že ide o neprijateľné...

Can China Silk Road Survive Coronavirus?

China’s priority infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), faces enormous problems just seven years after it was proclaimed in...

Observaciones y aprendizajes

Nada como una crisis para aprender cómo somos realmente. Las crisis sacan lo mejor y lo peor de las personas, de los gobiernos y de los países....

China’s border invasion will push India toward the U.S.

Washington – A flare-up in a long-running border dispute between China and India has raised the temperature in their bilateral relationship. Yet...

China steps up its offensive against the Senkaku Islands

On May 8, two China Coast Guard (CCG) ships intruded into the territorial waters of the Senkaku Islands and pursued a Japanese fishing boat that...

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What lies behind Cambodia's surprise coronavirus success?

Government's strong hand and international aid have led to zero deaths from COVID-19

Latest Acts of Piracy by US Against Iran

A new intense confrontation between Iran and the United States is expected to take place in the future. And it could very well turn into a full-on...

Violence breeds violence: As law and order breaks down, Americans’ obsession with firearms grows stronger than ever

Over the past week, surreal scenes have been broadcast from America’s major cities. Watching from the relative comfort and safety on the other side...

‘Will I be next?’ Coco Gauff leads athlete protests

'Am I next? I am using my voice. Will you use yours?' The violent subordination of black people is a subject on which sports stars often speak...

Saving the Most Vulnerable from COVID-19

CAMBRIDGE – In Massachusetts, which has a population of close to seven million, over 6,000 people have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of...

Next year in Jerusalem 

In the Jewish Diaspora, the prayers for Passover and Yom Kippur end with the plea: “Next year in Jerusalem.” At least since roughly the 15th...

Instagram narcissists, please tell us how exactly Blackout Tuesday helps address structural inequalities of US society?

You will be relieved to know that the internet attention-seekers of the world have found a way to make George Floyd’s death all about themselves....

What the Democrats Must Do

BERKELEY – Like almost all other countries, the United States has become poorer since the COVID-19 pandemic began, because Americans can no...

After Turkey, Iran and Israel, is it Ethiopia's turn to penetrate the Arab world?

Border skirmishes between Sudan and Ethiopia are nothing new; they date back decades and are frequent. The causes are both countries’ failure to...

America’s Mis-Police State

MILWAUKEE – George Floyd’s death at the hands – and under the knee – of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has triggered a wave of...

Why We Need the Spirit of Bobby Kennedy Now

NEW YORK – As a hospital physician in New York City, I see the clinical impact of COVID-19 daily: failed lungs, inflamed hearts, and blocked...

Defendant No. 1 Tweets Again

+ (POLEMIKA OB ZAPIRANJU BANK) Država je za državljane, ne banke

Ob novici, da bo Nova Ljubljanska banka (NLB) spet ukinila nekaj svojih bančnih poslovalnic po Sloveniji, med drugim tudi na Koroškem, v Mislinji,...

Africa’s Disproportionate COVID-19 Pandemic

The African continent shows that the coronavirus does not affect everyone equally and the pandemic intensifies existing lines of social segmentation.

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