Why Israel Must Remove West Bank Annexation From Its Agenda

Why did the Israeli police kill a Palestinian with special needs?

Last Saturday, Israeli border police officers opened fire at a disabled Palestinian man in Jerusalem’s Old City because they thought that he was...

American Exceptionalism in the Age of Trump

CAMBRIDGE – In my recent study of 14 presidents since 1945, Do Morals Matter, I found that Americans want a moral foreign policy, but have been...

Dear Amy Cooper, it is not your fault

Dear Amy, It is not your fault. You do not deserve this. The internet is a hellscape of hatred. No. That is unfair. The internet is simply a tool....

The 'green' new deal should not be a new imperial masterplan

As countries in the Global North move past the peak of the novel coronavirus pandemic and start to gradually reopen their economies, the talk of a...

Malaysia cautious over US role in disputed South China Sea

In April, reports emerged of a “stand-off” in the South China Sea between the West Capella, an exploration ship hired by Malaysian national oil...

Britain must address unlawful harm to civilians in Yemen

The war in Yemen has left many innocent civilians dead and is described as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Despite the ongoing scale...

+ (VEČEROVIH 75 LET) Fukal na Večerovi ladji

Ladja. To je bil naslov mojega prvega avtorskega članka v Večeru, pred davnimi 32 leti. Govoril je o ladji, ki sameva na Dravi. Na počitniško...

West Bank Annexation Is Doomed to Fail. Just Look What Happened in East Jerusalem

India’s Appeasement Policy Toward China Unravels

NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “not in a good mood,” US President Donald Trump recently declared, as he offered to mediate...

Russia’s rising dawn over Libya, or is it another Syria in the making?

Russia’s role in the Libyan crisis has been rather slow to develop, because Moscow was deeply busy with Syria’s civil war.  Sometimes, Russia...

How’s this for hypocrisy? ‘Lockdown breakers are killers, but it’s OK to break the rules for protests I agree with’

There’s a lot we still don’t know about the Covid-19 virus, but after this week one thing is very clear. The virus is super-intelligent. Rather...

Full Strawberry Moon may bring some relief from corona fatigue

Based on their ancient calendars for hunting and farming, Native American tribes historically gave every full moon a fun nickname, if you will. ...

White House race becomes digital dogfight

The 2020 U.S. presidential race is becoming a digital-first campaign as the coronavirus pandemic cuts candidates off from traditional organizing...

Palestine, Julius Nyerere and international solidarity

“I believe very strongly in unity,” said Tanzania’s founding President Julius Nyerere. “Sometimes, I am accused of supporting unity for its...

The Long Hot Summer Returns

The expression ‘long hot summer’ was born in the nineteen-fifties, when American Blacks first rebelled, eventually leading up to the appearance...

How to recover from worst economic falloff PREMIUM

Avoid diplomatic debacle

Japan, Tokyo should find compromise over forced labor South Korea and Japan are showing signs of reigniting their diplomatic row over the latter's...

Japan needs to step up policy efforts to boost lagging birthrate

The Cabinet on May 29 agreed on an outline of the policy efforts in the next five years to stem Japan’s demographic decline due to low birthrates....

Ban on anti-North leaflets

Activists should stop acts that threaten residents' safety, cause tension North Korea demanded Thursday that the South keep defectors from the...

Korean deliverymen and 'palli-palli' culture

Noh Kyung-nam, a barogo food deliveryman, drives through southern Seoul on a scooter in this photo taken on April 10. / Courtesy of Richard...

Need for new history

By Mark Peterson When I first arrived in Korea, in November 1965, Korea was a very poor country. It had hardly begun to recover from the Korean War...