Medical colonialism in Africa is not new

Last Wednesday, a French doctor caused controversy when he proposed that vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic be tried on Africans because they lack...

Passover Seder Night Lockdown

On this seder night lockdown, millions of Israeli Jews will sit down to celebrate Passover in an entirely new format. This most family-oriented of...

Mobilizing Development Banks to Fight COVID-19

NEW YORK/PARIS – There is no historical precedent for the current worldwide shutdown of most “non-essential” economic activities in response to...

We need to uncover the origins of the coronavirus – and the US has many questions to answer

China and the United States may have stepped back, for now, from their war of words on the origins of Covid-19 and the labelling of it as the...

EU misses another chance to lead as countries take different paths to lifting lockdowns, threatening a new spike in Covid-19 cases

As the lockdown continues to take its toll on the mental well-being of millions of people around the globe, and social isolation is made even more...

(COVID-19 IN GOSPODARSTVO) Italijani, oprostite nam!

V dobrem in slabem, bi rekli tisti, ki zagovarjajo unijo več entitet, bodisi govorimo o dveh ljudeh bodisi o skupini držav, kot to vidimo v EU ali...

Asia-Pacific response to COVID-19 and climate emergency must build a resilient, sustainable future

The unprecedented public health emergency triggered by the COVID -19 pandemic and its multi-faceted impact on people’s lives around the world is...

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The Good Things the Coronavirus Situation Brings

Singapore's coronavirus stimulus package has lessons for ASEAN

Its speed is positive, but its size could be bigger to boost isolated economy

Japan stands at turning point in coronavirus battle

Israel failure to deal adequately with the pandemic could have long-term effects

Israel is possibly one of the few countries in the world that carries out regular military and security drills to check its readiness to face...

The coronavirus catastrophe and public outrage reach South Africa

Reportage. The social tensions are running very high, and will only increase if the spread of COVID-19 and its impact on the economic life of the...

Coronavirus Causing (Egg) Shell Shock

Police were called to two grocery stores in the central Israeli city of Rishon Letzion after a fight broke out because of a shortage of eggs. Other...

U.S. and Iran inch toward a clash in Iraq

Washington – At the beginning of the year, the United States and Iran came close to war following a series of attacks in Iraq. Now, as all three...

Reality of the pandemic may be worse than any movie or novel

A viral outbreak turns schools into emergency hospitals. The government imposes a nighttime curfew. Anyone who becomes sick is required to hang a...

Israel’s main virus threat comes from its ultra-Orthodox community 

Israel’s first confirmed case of the Covid-19 virus was on 21 February, after a citizen returned from Japan, since when the number has increased...

On Turkey’s New Plans for Syria

That Turkey was forced to do yet another deal with Russia to avoid a military humiliation in Syria unmistakably showed the limitations of using...

Egyptian prisons are filling up with anyone who speaks out

Analysis. The UN appealed to Cairo to free prisoners in light of the epidemic. Instead, they arrested 15 people accused of spreading false news...

Community-Based Natural Resource Management and Global Climate Change in Namibia

Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) is a system of resource governance that has developed across much of southern Africa as a way...

Matovič ochraňujúci a vinu zvaľujúci

Niekoľkohodinové zápchy a kolóny na hlavných dopravných ťahoch v celej krajine opäť potvrdili pravdivosť výroku, že cesta do pekla býva...

Will one of the consequences of the pandemic be the end of OPEC?

Giant oil tankers have changed into floating warehouses for oil following the sharp drop in the price per barrel. The dispute between Russia and...

Kto to pokašlal, pán premiér?

Nie je problém, že sa v stredu ráno tvorili hodinové kolóny pred každým väčším mestom. Ani to nie je problém, že každý mal pri sebe...

Covid-19: Alemania se sigue quedando en casa, hasta nuevo aviso

"Sería una mala canciller si anunciara ahora una fecha concreta", dijo Angela Merkel este lunes (06.04.2020) en Berlín. Es decir que todo sigue...

Police, Fire, EMT, First Responders All

This blog was written by my good friend Dr. Richard Lumb. Richard is now a criminologist, but when I met him many years ago, he was the chief of...

The East-West Divide in COVID-19 Control

NEW YORK – East Asian countries are outperforming the United States and Europe in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the fact that the...

The Philippines is fighting the COVID-19 crisis head on

Central bank governor says arsenal of relief measures will see country through

Oil price war came at the worst possible time, and a truce between Moscow and Riyadh can’t come too soon

In almost a month since Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ramped up production – ostensibly to punish Russia for refusing to accept...

The Real Economic Fallout of COVID-19

BERLIN – Governments around the world are pursuing extremely expansive monetary and fiscal policies to combat the economic fallout from the...

Lessons from Crises Past

STANFORD – The unprecedented shutdown of much of the US economy that has been ordered by federal, state, and local governments is understandable...

Bernie Sanders betrayed his supporters the second time. There won’t be a third

Bernie Sanders dropped out of the presidential race on Wednesday, endorsing Joe Biden as the Democrat challenger to President Donald Trump in...

Cryptocurrencies’ Time to Shine?

SAN FRANCISCO – Even as all of humanity mobilizes against COVID-19, thoughts are turning to how the world will be different after the crisis. As...

Setting ‘simple’ standards is critical diplomacy

China and Huawei have proposed a “redesign” of the internet to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the international body that...

Biden’s call to ease Iran sanctions fits a bad pattern

New York – The most charitable explanation for Joe Biden’s call for the easing of sanctions on Iran is that it is a combination of...

Preparing for a post-Covid world? China and India settle old scores and team up

When India and China marked the 70th anniversary of formal diplomatic ties this month, the usual political formalities were exchanged. Chinese...

Corona – The Aftermath

What will be next? Is a question on many people’s minds. Very likely the world will never be the same again. That might be god, or not so good,...

Abe needs to gain public trust during state of emergency

The month ahead will sorely try the patience and endurance of residents in Tokyo and six prefectures under a state of emergency that Prime Minister...

Emerging threats

New measures are needed for new challenges The government faces fresh challenges in its response to the COVID-19 outbreak as the spread of the new...

Avoid coercive measures

Forcing quarantine violators to wear electronic tag is problematic Electronic government is considering the use of electronic tagging bracelets to...

How do you lift a coronavirus lockdown? Ask Austria

New York – We are seeing glimmers of light at the end of the tunnel that is the COVID-19 crisis. China, where the pandemic first struck, had its...

China and the Japanese sage

Beijing – Last in a series In China, demand for Kazuo Inamori’s philosophy keeps on growing. More than 4.2 million copies of Inamori’s 2007 book...

Sanders sinks again: The populist Democrat departs the race just when his message was most relevant

Like the Grand Old Duke of York, though with far more than 10,000 men, he has marched his army of young and blue-collar activists – which once...