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...

Miri Regev’s Mizrahi Theme Park

Fear is at the root of America’s race problem

London – It’s been a bad week in the United States: six nights of protests, huge anger, rioting and looting in 50 cities, hundreds arrested or...

Neglect of workplace safety

Industrial accident deaths increase despite toughened punishment The number of workers who died from industrial accidents in the first quarter...

Russian derangement syndrome

EASTERN SHORE, MARYLAND – On May 21, the U.S. Department of State announced a $250,000 grant for “Exposing Russian Health Disinformation,” to...

The secret of Japan’s success in combating COVID-19

The government on May 25 lifted the state of emergency declared over COVID-19 as the number of new infections with the novel coronavirus decreased...

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...

Vaša tišina bo naš zvok

‘Veliki glasbenik ni tisti, ki se ga najbolj sliši, ampak tisti, ki najbolj posluša drugega.« Epidemije je konec, in čeprav kdo v vladnih...

Lifting of 2010 Sanctions? No, Just Another Pitiful Move from Seoul.

Several times, when writing about what President Moon Jae-in could have done to develop inter-Korean dialogue, this author has outlined that a real...

Haaretz Cartoon

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....

As Liverpool FC’s footballers take the knee, all hail the champions of hollow gestures and virtue signalling

The aftershocks of George Floyd’s death are still ricocheting in all sorts of directions. And throwing their hat into the ring to be part of it all...

America is burning and the tyrant is barricaded in the palace

Commentary. This national uprising is taking place in a country of 40 million unemployed, after 100,000 dead due to COVID-19, the virus that has...

+ (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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Analyzing Jair Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 War Metaphors

Bolsonaro’s militaristic rhetoric construing the notion that the COVID-19 threat is external gives rise to a false sense of stability and...

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...

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...

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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...

‘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...

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...

‘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...

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”...

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...

Defendant No. 1 Tweets Again