Singing in Europe's last Middle Eastern colony

With less than two months to go till the song contest Eurovision kicks off in Tel Aviv, controversy surrounding the host country is bound to...

An Israeli Soldier Killed in West Bank Attack Died in Vain

Israel lies that Staff Sgt. Gal Keidan who fell in the settlement of Ariel was defending his country. He died guarding injustice

May pitching the people against parliament is a new low in Brexit mess

I don't think you'll find anyone who will argue MPs aren't to blame for what we're all seeing in British politics, but Theresa May's timing does...

Kdo nam je ukradel evropsko vizijo

V pol leta se je izkazalo, da evropska in zunanja politika nista med prioritetnimi področji premierja Marjana Šarca. Kajti obstoj in preživetje...

Will Thai stock exchange’s transformation help it catch up with Singapore?

STOCK exchanges in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region are not all equal. Some, like Singapore and Hong Kong, are quite advanced in the way they're...

Italian ports are open – to close them is illegal

Analysis. Rescue ships in similar situations in the future will still have to fear attacks from government officials and threats to close the...

The EU fortifies its track record of aligning itself with Israel

A business seminar in Tel Aviv themed “Doing business with the European Union” leaves no doubts as to where the institution’s loyalties lie....

Is that OK to Take a Piss on One's National Pride?

In their public speeches Western policymakers would go above and beyond in a attempt to stress their particular fondness of Washington’s vassals...

Israel's Labor Ministry Must Act on Rising Death Toll at Construction Sites

Three workers were killed this week in two separate construction-site accidents in the town of Harish. An additional three workers were killed on...

Israel Banning Kahanist Played Straight Into the Right's Hands

The attack at Ariel junction and the Supreme court ruling disqualifying Kahanist Ben Ari but allowing Balad and Cassif is good luck for Bennett and...

Sánchez gets results, but can he keep the socialists in power?

Analysis. In Spain, the number one concern is not the European elections, but rather the national elections on April 28, which will dictate whether...

He Said, Xi Said: Is Trump Sending the World Into Recession?

The incumbent American and Chinese presidents aren’t exactly the kind of people we should want in charge just as the U.S. economy is looking...

What would (and should) a city of autonomous cars look like?

A UNIQUE opportunity exists for infrastructure investment in Australia as transport as we know it faces disruption from autonomous vehicles. The...

Chinese companies must Europeanize for Europe

The Science Behind Snowflakes & The Danger of Over-Socialization

The millennial generation of Americans is often mocked for perceived emotional weakness and insecurity. What critics of liberal “safe space”...

A stalemate in Crimea

MOSCOW - Five years after Russia annexed Crimea, there is no reason to believe the peninsula’s status will change anytime soon. Today, it is easier...

Will the Thai elections be free and fair?

BANGKOK - On March 24, more than 40 million registered Thai voters are expected to go to the polls for the country’s first elections since 2011...

This month in history

By Hyon O'Brien One of the things I do regularly each week is to share with my Rotary Club members in Bal Harbour, Florida an eclectic list of...

Macron adds personal touch to Africa ties

NAIROBI (Reuters) — On a trip to East Africa last week, a beaming French President Emmanuel Macron was driven through the grounds of the Kenyan...

V pričakovanju angleške pomladi in razglasitve izrednih razmer

Na novo bo treba definirati, kaj je demokracija. Države, po katerih smo se zgledovali, so postale bolj zmešane od tega, kar smo si sami znali...

A Free and Open Indo-Pacific: The South Korean Perspective

The concept of a “free and open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP) means many different things to different regional stakeholders in Northeast Asia, Southeast...

Can Thailand’s junta manage the election’s outcome?

FOR Thailand’s junta, the 2019 election is to be carefully managed so that the government can return to power with enhanced legitimacy, both among...

Despite early death, poet’s dream home built 65 years later

Michizo Tachihara (1914-1939), a poet of the early Showa Era (1926-1989), also had a promising future as an architect. He had been a brilliant...

Guidance-center setup needs big changes to save abused children

A bill to amend the Child Welfare Law and other legislation to strengthen measures against child abuse has been submitted to the Diet. The amended...

Let’s Talk About Geoengineering

CAMBRIDGE – Negotiations on geoengineering technologies ended in deadlock at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, last...

The 1948 Palestinians: The battle of steadfastness, identity and national role

The village of Al-Araqeeb has perhaps summarised the story of the Israeli insistence on uprooting the Palestinian people, and that of the...

Toward a New Global Charter

STOCKHOLM – In August 1941, even before the United States had entered World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President...

Italy’s BRI Blunder

BERLIN – Barring any sudden reversals, Italy will formally endorse China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) during Chinese President Xi...

New Zealand massacres bring back memory of Ibrahimi Mosque attack

The horrendous terrorist attack against Muslim worshippers at two Mosques in New Zealand evokes a chilling memory of one of the first terrorist...

Vladimir Putin as Mad Max and the Impending Oil Disaster

The US withdrawal of all remaining diplomatic personnel from its embassy in Caracas means the real geostrategy show is about to start. For months...

Gazans Are Fed Up With Fearing Hamas

The economic situation is not the only thing driving the Gazans’ uprising, but also, and primarily, a sense of humiliation

Xi and Trump Miss Their Chance

CAMBRIDGE – President Donald Trump has postponed until at least April the supposed deadline for concluding the United States’ current trade...

Record-breaking Cooperation between Russia and India in Defense Technology

Military and technical cooperation (MTC) between the Russian Federation and the Republic of India is developing at a powerfully rapid pace. Many...

Krivé voľby?

Zuzana Čaputová sa doteraz nijako špeciálne neprejavila. Rozpráva, že je za dobro a proti zlu. Stačí to? Zdá sa, že áno, v prvom kole...

Respect for freedom of press

By Park Moo-jong The Republic of Korea shall be a democratic republic, so stipulates Article No. 1 of the Constitution. In this democratic country,...

US-Philippine defense tensions weaken regional security

Odklad

Európski ľudovci zastali na polceste z prozaického dôvodu. O necelé dva mesiace sa konajú voľby do Európskeho parlamentu a najsilnejšej...

The reality about ‘we want to live’ riots in Gaza

On 14 March, scores of Palestinians in the starving Gaza Strip took to the streets in several cities carrying the slogan “We Want to Live”,...

Designer babies: Moratorium on genome editing needed, say experts

Experts from seven countries have called for a moratorium on the kind of genetic manipulation -- known as germline editing -- used last year to...

Trump snuck into Iraq. Rouhani was welcomed with open arms

US President Donald Trump had to sneak in to Iraq, a supposed US ally, arriving at the Ein Al-Assad airbase for an unannounced visit on 26...

Social media is making Americans unhappy, but can they ditch it?

It’s bad news for the United States, which dropped in the ranking to 19th position, the unhappiest the US has been since the study began. This...

Bayer: el gigante de la química y la sombra de Monsanto

El veredicto de los accionistas y analistas es más que contundente: ¡Saquen las acciones de Bayer de sus carteras! El valor de las acciones de la...

Las socialdemocracias nórdicas tumban la tasa Google

Que Irlanda, el país con menor presión fiscal de toda la Unión Europea (26,3% de ingresos tributarios sobre el PIB), haya bloqueado la...

Why did Bush go to war in Iraq?

Sixteen years after the United States invaded Iraq and left a trail of destruction and chaos in the country and the region, one aspect of the war...

The hypocrisy of New Zealand's 'this is not us' claim

In response to what has been described as New Zealand's biggest terrorist attack, in which 50 people were gunned down in two mosques in the city of...

Coco Martin is one of the Philippines’ biggest stars – because he’s an everyman

Coco Martin is a Filipino everyman. In person, he’s shorter than you’d expect. Disarming; he’s also trim, handsome (but not too handsome) with...

Govori ženska

Govori ženska, starejša zbirka nežnih pesmi Jurija Hudolina, mi je v mesecu žensk v kombinaciji s svetovnim dnevom poezije priplavala v...

Five observations regarding the New Zealand massacre

New Zealand has become part of the Jordanian debate lately. In the past, the name of this remote and quiet country was only mentioned at butchers...

Thuggery Returns: UK Sold Out Its Soul 2 Brexit

On Sunday March 10th Birmingham City F.C. met fierce local rivals Aston Villa F.C. in an English Championship fixture. About nine minutes into the...

Reopen the Investigation Into the Submarine Affair

In November 2016, just about two weeks after the case regarding Israel’s purchase of German submarines was made public, an unusual announcement...

The Philippines’ dilemma over Chinese capital

SINCE the end of the commodity boom, Asia’s developing countries must keep up with domestic growth expectations and regional competition by...

China’s latest sci-fi blockbuster is a manifesto of Chinese exceptionalism

AS CHINA demonstrated its space credentials by landing a lunar probe on the far side of the moon in January 2019, a science fiction movie was...

Election highlights crisis of Thai junta rule

(VEČERNO BRANJE) Hruška v državnem grbu

Slovenija tistega 20. marca 1994 ni dobila le najbolj znane vasi - ki je bila do takrat, ko še ni bilo avtoceste, za potnike na cesti med Mariborom...

'Fort Trump' shows U.S. serious about making allies pay

U.S. President Donald Trump might be rolling back U.S. military commitments in Syria, Afghanistan, South Korea and much of mainland Europe, but...

Haščák, Kočner, kamaráti?

Pritom ťažko povedať, ako by sa dal taký dôverný vzťah udržiavať tým, že by sa stretávali len nepravidelne párkrát do roka, ako to...

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Taiwan -- unlikely beneficiary of the trade war?

Obchádzaná chudoba

„Okvitka“, ako sa hovorievalo lacnej pálenke, mala pevné miesto aj vo formovaní politiky. Najčastejšie sa problém alkoholizmu a s ním...

Entregas autónomas: La infraestructura también importa

En un futuro cercano, las entregas autónomas predominarán más que los vehículos autónomos. Hoy día, ya existen tiendas en los EE.UU. que han...

Definiendo las organizaciones del futuro

Si me hubieran dicho, diez años atrás, que los mayores generadores de contenido web en la actualidad serían los usuarios, no lo habría creído....

A Lost Decade Under Netanyahu

Benny Gantz’s Kahol Lavan are focusing on the submarines affair, but should focus on the other failures and fiascoes of the Netanyahu decade

Back to the Nuclear Precipice

MADRID – Ten years ago, during his first trip to Europe as US president, Barack Obama delivered an historic speech in Prague. Much to the delight...

This is Peak Japan -- Letter to the editor

Italian killed fighting ISIS in Rojava: ‘I have no regrets’

Reportage. ‘I died doing what I believed was right,’ said Lorenzo Orsetti, 33, from Florence, who died in Syria this weekend. Meanwhile, the...

The Great Thaw: Climate Change and the Post-Cold War World

This article is an abridged version of a forthcoming article for The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, School of Diplomacy and...

Roger Waters Can Continue to Growl, but Eurovision Has a More Serious Problem

Forecasts of the number of foreign visitors for May’s song competition in Tel Aviv have now been cut to about 20,000 amid high ticket prices and...

Indonesia has a lot in common with the Philippines – maybe too much, as Widodo and Prabowo take pages from Duterte’s playbook

In The Possessed (1872), Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky warned: “In turbulent times of upheaval or transition low characters always come to...

Conservationists fight for ‘critically endangered’ status for Bornean wild cattle

AT THE headwaters of the Belantikan River on the island of Borneo, an organisation committed to protecting orangutans is extending its efforts to a...

Italy’s Risky Silk Road

VENICE – Is China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) “a train that Italy cannot afford to miss,” as Italian Finance Minister Giovanni Tria...

US and Soros Take Stab at Thai Elections

Western regime change efforts have intensified ahead of upcoming elections in Thailand. Opposition groups attempting to take power and remove...

Pop songs bring back bittersweet feelings related to graduation

I am immediately transported back to my teenage years when I hear on the radio or the Internet songs such as Hi-Fi Set's "Sotsugyo Shashin" (...

Technocracy replaces philosophy

LONDON - Among the unending flood of global news in recent weeks, there was one item that received almost no media comment but which could in the...

The Blind Spot in the Trade Debate

BERKELEY – Negotiations to resolve the Sino-American trade conflict have so far centered on soybeans, natural gas, and an assortment of...

Whatever Israel wants, Israel gets

On 4 March, the newly formed Israeli Blue and White party’s leaders, Gabi Ashkenazi, Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz and Moshe Ya’alon, declared that...

Tension in Belgrade as protesters demand Vucic’s resignation

Reportage. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic pardoned most of the people who commandeered a public television station Saturday, but he refuses to...

To reclaim Philippines from Beijing’s grasp, US must look beyond the South China Sea

International talk about the Philippines often focuses on the South China Sea and disputes that the country has with China. Speculation then...

Recipe for civil war? 17.4 million voted for Brexit & are being denied it (by G. Galloway)

By all objective standards Bercow has been a poor speaker of the Commons. What you perhaps don’t know is that is testimony to the chilling effect...

Thailand’s democratic dictatorship

Analysis. After five years, the military rulers of Thailand, with help from the new king, have created a thoroughly undemocratic form of...

Yet Another Victor Cha's Attempt to Stall US-DPRK Talks, or was it John Bolton's?

Not long ago, we examined two attempts which were made by Victor Cha—failed US Ambassador to South Korea and one of the most odious foreign...

It’s Good to Die for the West Bank

A settler and a soldier forced to protect him are a symbolic combination of victims that in the Israeli reality seems entirely natural

How to Stop America's Swastika Problem

Scraping the swastikas off our public spaces still leaves a mark. Ditching Steve King - re-elected nine times - from Congressional committees still...

JOC needs vast overhaul to solve the mess from the Takeda scandal

The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) needs to restructure itself immediately. Its total cluelessness to the mess of its own making is beyond...

Hero to zero — exports turn to source of fragility in Asia

NEW YORK - Exports have gone from a plus for Asia to a real drag. Almost daily, trade data from somewhere show a deterioration. Monday was...

How media discourages Japan’s youth from traveling abroad

Foreign travelers visiting Japan often speak of how different the country is from any other country they have ever visited. “It is as if they live...

Problem EPP ni Viktor Orban

Črna internacionala, evropska ljudska stranka (EPP), bo danes morda izključila madžarski Fidesz, stranko predsednika vlade Viktorja Orbana. A...

Empathy is what makes us human

Humans deserve dignity — regardless of their nationality, race or religion. It is shocking that this fundamental principle is ignored in many parts...

Chemicals giant Bayer stuck in Monsanto trap

A second US court ruling on weed killer glyphosate's potential to cause cancer has dealt a severe blow to German chemicals company Bayer. DW's...

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Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro tries to woo Donald Trump

Although Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump seem to share a similar far-right ideology, neither have much in common when it comes to policymaking....

Should media avoid naming the gunmen in mass shootings?

A few months after teen shooters killed 12 classmates and her father at Columbine High School, Coni Sanders was standing in line at a grocery store...

Humiliation That Affects Everyone

The traumas that Palestinian teenagers and children experience in Israeli jails can cause lifelong scars, for them and their communities alike

Unending Reform Attempts at the IMF: Organised Hypocrisy or Bricolage?

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) seems to have undergone an unexpected shift in its policy advice in the aftermath of the 2008 global...