Netanyahu is messing with history and geography

Netanyahu’s zealous statements regarding his intention to annex land from the Jordan Valley and the West Bank did not come as a surprise to many....

Israel Election 2019: Netanyahu Has No Immunity

The election held Tuesday, only five months after the previous one, is very much a vote about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s continuation in...

Maybe, Just Maybe, the Age of Netanyahu Has Come to an End

The unimaginable may have happened in tonight’s Israeli elections. Based on initial exit polls, the age of Benjamin Netanyahu may have come to an...

Trump Clearly Wants Rapprochement With Iran. Israel Can’t Let That Happen

As the opening of the United Nations General Assembly approaches this week, there's speculation about a grand summit featuring the presidents of...

People's Republic of China's 70th anniversary demands honest reflection

What Ethiopians can learn from Sidama's thorny statehood journey

By the end of November 2019, Ethiopia may have one more autonomous regional state within its borders. Late last month, the National Electoral Board...

What peace means for Afghanistan's Hazara people

On September 2, the Taliban kidnapped Abdul Samad Amiri, the acting provincial director of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission in the...

Netanyahu lost Israeli vote, but Palestinians were bound to lose whoever won

Equally, whatever the outcome of the Israeli elections, the Palestinians will be the big losers. According to preliminary results, Netanyahu has...

Considering the Whole Ecosystem in Regulating Terrorist Content and Hate Online

The last few years have seen a range of proposals to counter terrorist and extremist content online. From the European Commission’s Code of Conduct...

Illiberal Undemocrats say ‘boll**ks’ to the people in the name of ‘liberalism’ and ‘democracy’

Britain in 2019 presents a topsy-turvy political landscape straight out of a Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy Opera. ‘Conservatives’ who don’t...

In Israel, Political Success Comes Through Crushing Minorities

No matter how this election turns out, with a Likud or a Kahol Lavan victory – there’s one loser for sure, the ultra-Orthodox community, which...

Masayoshi Son's WeWork troubles undermine his sharp reputation

Galkova sliepka, Sulíkovo vajce

Alebo najprv Sulík odjachal po ostatných voľbách do Bruselu a prestal si všímať každodenný chod strany, ktorú založil, a až potom sa toho...

African swine fever outbreak

Swift disinfection measures key to containing virus early The agriculture ministry Tuesday confirmed the first case of African swine fever (ASF) at...

Energy, Employment, and Migration in Africa

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE – Africans are increasingly unsettled. Since 2010, at least one million Sub-Saharan Africans have migrated to Europe, and...

Asia’s Multilateral Balancing Act

SEOUL – After World War II, Asia emerged from years of conflict and centuries of colonialism. The United States quickly became the main guarantor...

Na mzdách záleží

Opatrenie z dielne Mosta-Híd zvýši čistú mzdu priemerného zamestnanca asi o osem eur mesačne a zníži narastajúci podiel daní a odvodov na...

Attack on Saudi oil supply demands measured response

The Strange Case of the Burning Saudi Refineries

The September 2019 attack that cut Saudi Arabia’s oil production by up to 60% and has thrown the world into chaos was not a surprise.  The claim by...

Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel’s visit to China

A 3-day visit to China by Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, who was accompanied by a sizable delegation, began on 6 September. The visit itself...

Is today’s digital society democratic or authoritarian?

The digital revolution and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing not only the economy — but also societies. Not all political systems can...

The little monarch: Matteo Renzi’s schism from the Democratic Party

Commentary. The timing of Renzi’s exit from the Democratic Party might have surprised many, but it is not at all surprising in terms of...

John Bolton was to Trump as Grigori Rasputin was to Tsar Nicholas

Will John Bolton be the downfall of Donald Trump? Is what is now in the news but a prelude to a greater story? It all depends whether you want to...

Saudi oil attack part of dangerous new pattern

The assault on the beating heart of Saudi Arabia's vast oil empire follows a new and dangerous pattern that's emerged across the Persian Gulf this...

Real Voter Fraud Will Be a Third Israel Election

Unless you woke up on Wednesday morning after about 70 years being clinically brain dead, it would be hard to totally believe the results of the...

Japan’s rugby fever all started with a king’s love for the abacus

Tonga's King Taufaahau Tupou IV (1918-2006), who ascended the throne in 1965, was a Japanophile who started sending students to Japan in the 1980s...

300 more Chinese arrested in Philippines crackdown

PHILIPPINES immigration agents, backed by troops, have arrested more than 300 Chinese for alleged cyber crimes, a week after a similar number were...

Last chance to rethink new English tests for varsity entrance

Both high schools and universities still harbor deep concern about an education ministry plan to introduce private-sector English language tests as...

Putin’s trolling of Trump isn’t just about missiles

BERLIN – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer to sell air defense systems to Saudi Arabia is about more than mere trolling, even though it...

The safe zone deal in Syria has wider implications for the region

Relations between Turkey and the US have worsened in recent years. Of the aggravating factors in the relationship, the US policy towards Syria, in...

Iraq and‌ ‌Kuwait‌ ‌are at‌ ‌loggerheads‌ ‌over‌ ‌conflicting‌ maritime border ‌claims‌ 

Efforts‌ ‌to‌ ‌resolve‌ ‌a‌ ‌slow-burning‌ ‌maritime‌ ‌boundary‌ ‌dispute‌ ‌between‌ ‌Iraq‌ ‌and‌...

Can Direct Democracy Defeat Populism?

SARAJEVO – Ever since the double disasters of 2016 – the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum and US President Donald Trump’s election – there...

Islands of Climate Ambition

KINGSTON/SUVA – Small island developing states like ours are barometers of the world’s commitment to climate action and sustainable development....

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

CAMBRIDGE – Once a year, the leadership of both the European Central Bank and the United States Federal Reserve go to the mountains for policy...

Could Netanyahu be on the way out?

The morning after Israel’s second election of the year failed to offer clarity about who exactly will form the next government, or whether Prime...

Doubts remain about the attack on Saudi oil: 10 ‘invisible’ drones arrive from the north

Analysis. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Iran of attacking ‘the world’s oil supply,’ but the warmongers of the hour have again...

Netanyahu Will Pull Out All the Stops - Including Military Action - to Hold on to Power

The final results from Israel’s do-over elections are not yet in, but barring entirely unrealistic developments, Benjamin Netanyahu’s long reign...

Will Lieberman Go All the Way and Take Down Netanyahu?

It appears that all the commotion, the suspense, the money spent, and the energy invested, all of it was in vain. The entire festival of Israel's...

The Return of Fiscal Policy

LONDON – As we enter the last quarter of 2019 (and of the decade), cyclical indicators point to a slowing world economy amid wide-ranging...

Netanyahu Suffered Defeat Despite the Center-left’s Abysmal Campaign Flop

It could have ended far worse. If Netanyahu had won a few more Knesset seats, he would have secured immunity from prosecution, set up the most...

Fukushima dumping plan

Contaminated water is not just Japan's problem South Korea has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to conduct an on-site inspection...

‘Lord of the Rings’ show to start filming in New Zealand

US-BASED streaming giant Amazon announced Wednesday its big-budget "Lord of the Rings" series will within months start filming in New Zealand, home...

Who is behind Saudi oil attack?

By Gwynne Dyer U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dismissed the Houthi claim that the Yemeni rebel group had carried out Saturday's strike on two...

Saudi Arabia, Japan and the world beyond oil

WASHINGTON – Late last month I flew from Washington, across Europe, Turkey and Iran to the Strait of Hormuz and beyond. After three days in...

Governmentality and the politics of exclusion in Xinjiang

CHINA is undertaking a program of mass incarceration of the Uyghur population in its far north-western province of Xinjiang (East Turkestan to...

The Economic Consequences of Automation

LONDON – While Brexit captures the headlines in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, the silent march of automation continues. Most economists view...

Blížia sa voľby – začne sa sľubovanie

V tejto oblasti vládne veľká nespokojnosť. Dlhoročné sľuby sa plnia veľmi pomaly a kvalita života ľudí v regiónoch tým veľmi trpí....

Will the US Farming Crisis Determine the Next President?

The American farm sector is undergoing its worst crisis since the 1980’s. Extreme snow and then unusually heavy rainfall across the Midwest farm...