A Letter to G20 Governments

LONDON – We are writing to call for immediate internationally coordinated action – within the next few days – to address our deepening global...

NATO’s nemeses Russia & China help its member-states amid Covid-19 pandemic FAR MORE than the alliance itself

During a NATO foreign ministers meeting, held earlier this month by secure video conference, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared, “NATO...

Netanyahu Is Handling the Coronavirus Crisis Like a Sole Ruler

A day after he presented the economic assistance plan to deal with the coronavirus crisis – an unprecedented plan that will cost 80 billion shekels...

Crisis offers an opportunity for radical educational reform

With no end in sight to the COVID-19 outbreak, and having just declared a state of emergency, the Japanese government is now deliberating whether...

Will COVID-19 Derail the African Century?

NEW YORK – In The Fortunes of Africa, author Martin Meredith describes a Dutch sailing ship that dropped off a load of laundry for the Khoikhoi,...

Česar ne moreš povedati policaju

V avto sedem s čudno tesnobo: do njive me ločita dva mejna prehoda, tri občine. Pripnem si varnostni pas. Po Jurovskem Dolu že dneve kroži...

Taiwan and China attempt civility in coronavirus crisis

Cross-strait relationship has defrosted with mercy flights and exports

Planning needed for a disaster occurring during virus outbreak

The new coronavirus pandemic that is ravaging Japan and the rest of the world is a fresh, painfully graphic reminder of the need to recognize the...

Coronavirus tests Abe’s leadership as economy stalls

New York – For a man who swept to office almost eight years ago vowing to restore Japan’s economic vitality after two decades of malaise, going...

The fatal mistakes of the ‘Italian model’

Interview. 'There was a lack of courage and determination to close down everything, immediately.' We spoke with Nino Cartabellotta, who studies the...

Political emend Imperatively Needed In Afghanistan

DISCLAIMER – The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of The...

O armádnych hliadkach a vedľajších účinkoch vládneho uznesenia

Vláda totiž okrem iného rozhodla, že na dodržiavanie poriadku má dohliadať ďalších 1 500 vojakov. Igor Matovič si vo svojom zápale boja...

Open Letter to the Next Generation: The Opportunity of Calamity

Israeli politicians did not invent the term “keep ‘em barefoot and pregnant,” but they have surely turned it into an art form. Merging...

PS Say More: Kemal Derviş

Neither yesterday nor tomorrow

By Grace Oh By one point in my life, when I was attending three-hour practices four times a week, traveling to out of state competitions during the...

Nie je to po prvý raz

Rómovia žijúci v najrozličnejších kultúrach, sociálnych podmienkach a jazykových celkoch sa prihlásili k tomu, čo ich spája –...

Japan should lead G-20 in devising global coronavirus rescue package

Former prime ministers of UK and Australia urge Abe to organize pledging conference

Pro-Palestinian, Without the Corbynist Kneejerk anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism

In normal times, the election of the leader of Her Majesty's opposition would be front-page news in Britain. In the age of the coronavirus, Sir...

When humanitarian aid demeans political rights for Palestinians

As Gaza tries to impede the spread of coronavirus, humanitarian aid, albeit necessary, is yet another reminder of how the international community...

Can Latin America Afford to Fight COVID-19?

WASHINGTON, DC – Confronting a pandemic is a grueling trial even for the most advanced economies. For indebted governments in Latin America and...

Remembering the Douma chemical attacks 

Two years ago on this day, a chemical weapons attack was carried out on the people of Douma, south-western Syria, killing around 85 people and...

Libya’s Government of National Accord in its Death Throes

As reports focus on the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic worldwide, stories regarding the state of affairs in Libya have all but disappeared from pages...

Japan elects its youngest female mayor, but men still rule politics

Sawako Naito was an aspiring lawyer studying at the University of Tokyo, when she was shaken by a sudden attack of vertigo and leg weakness. Naito...

When will the cure be worse than the disease?

MELBOURNE, Australia/OXFORD, England – As of today, almost half the world’s population, nearly 4 billion people, are under government-mandated...

How to embrace the spirit of altruism

Kagoshima – Second in a series The result of life or work is determined by one’s attitude multiplied by effort and ability. That’s the...

The Private Sector Steps Up

NEW YORK – If the 2008 global financial crisis laid bare the worst of capitalism, the private sector’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is...

Israel's Right-wing Annexationists: Beware the Wrath of Trump

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s supporters have made it clear what their priority is for the new government whose terms are still yet to be...

Mapping the COVID-19 Recession

CAMBRIDGE – With each passing day, the 2008 global financial crisis increasingly looks like a mere dry run for today’s economic catastrophe. The...

Death in the slum: India holds its breath as coronavirus spreads to tightly-packed shanty town

The alarm was raised on Wednesday following the death of a 56-year-old man. The man was not a prominent official or local celebrity. Indeed, he was...

Coronavirus: how language of disease produces anti-Asian racism, hate and violence

Self-isolation. Quarantine. Lockdown. The outbreak of Covid-19 and its subsequent dissemination across the globe has left a shock wave of disbelief...

What going home and staying there means for the Palestinians

“Stay at home” is the global command to curb the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19. It has a very different meaning for the people of occupied...

As scientists break down borders to fight Covid-19, nationalist leaders build them back up

The contrast between the world of politics and governments with that of science could never be starker. While governments have been quick to close...

It’s still hard to predict who will die from virus

New York – In every epidemic, some die, others become ill and recover, and the luckiest live through infection without symptoms. In today’s...

COVID-19 Will Not Reduce Global Reliance on China

SHANGHAI – The global recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is almost certain to be far deeper and more protracted than the one that...

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Relations between China and the United States

The global panic over the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to have an extremely negative impact on all aspects of people’s lives. The impact that...

Afghanistan needs a Government of National Reconciliation

Several weeks after the historic United States-Taliban agreement in Doha, the situation in Afghanistan seems more intractable than at any time in...

Without rights for farm workers, EU's food supplies are at risk

European Union institutions and national governments are scrambling to address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for European farming,...

Now or Never for Global Leadership on COVID-19

LONDON – This week, leaders from medicine, economics, politics, and civil society are uniting to demand immediate and coordinated international...

Japan's state of emergency has dark history

Should Boris Johnson have gone to the hospital earlier?

Johnson was admitted to hospital for testing on Sunday, ten days after he was diagnosed with the Covid-19 coronavirus. After his condition worsened...

Opinion – Iran’s End Game Beyond Coronavirus

As the global community is occupied with the coronavirus pandemic and saving lives, the regime in Tehran is focused on using the crisis for its own...