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Revitalization of Shipbuilding Industry: Counter Chinese, S. Korean Competitors through Technological Innovation

Revitalization of Shipbuilding Industry: Counter Chinese, S. Korean Competitors through Technological Innovation

17:01 JST, February 16, 2026 Can Japan’s shipbuilding industry launch a counteroffensive and regain its position, having been overshadowed by...

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The Japan News

Editorial

Why is everyone so self-righteous?

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The Japan Times

Steven Sloman

فضيحة ميونخ.. حين تعترف السلطة بجريمتها!

في "مؤتمر ميونخ للأمن"، حيث تُصاغ أبجديات السياسة الدولية وتُرسَّخ تراتبية...

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العين الإخبارية

عبدالمنعم سليمان

As America Celebrates 250, We Must Help Iran Celebrate Another 2500

Over the past several weeks, I have been contemplating my own life growing up in Iran in the context of the daily reports of protests of the Iranian...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Marziyeh Amirizadeh

Parshas Terumah – No Torrent Can Smother Love

וְנוֹעַדְתִּי לְךָ שָׁם וְדִבַּרְתִּי אִתְּךָ מֵעַל הַכַּפֹּרֶת מִבֵּין שְׁנֵי...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gedalia Walls

Valentine’s Day: Palestine’s Greatest Love Poem Was Written for an Israeli

Valentine’s Day: Palestine’s Greatest Love Poem Was Written for an Israeli

Mahmoud Darwish, Palestine’s greatest modern poet, fell in love with a Jewish Israeli woman named Tamar Ben-Ami in the early 1960s – a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Adil Faouzi

Why Negative Reinforcement Isn’t a Bad Thing

Why Negative Reinforcement Isn’t a Bad Thing

What negative reinforcement really means and why it can help habits stick.

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Psychology Today

Theo Tsaousides Ph.d

Cuba is home alone in Latin America

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The Japan Times

Juan Pablo Spinetto

Selective Outrage and the Silence Around Weaponized Rape

Selective Outrage and the Silence Around Weaponized Rape

This week, Arbel Yehud spoke publicly about her experience in Hamas captivity. She described relentless sexual abuse—from the very beginning of her...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ariana Mizrahi

Levin refuses to say he’d obey court order to convene Judicial Selection Committee

Levin refuses to say he’d obey court order to convene Judicial Selection Committee

High Court has ordered justice minister to explain refusal to convene the panel for past year, despite dozens of vacancies; he vows to change court...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Majority Rules

The Torah tells us that we are to follow the majority of judges in settling disputes. There is a special analysis of the wording in the text, that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Restoring Somaliland: The Case For Re-Recognition

Restoring Somaliland: Legal Foundations, Strategic Imperatives, and the Case for Re-Recognition The campaign for Somaliland’s re-recognition is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mohamed Osman

US conducts 1st air transport of nuke microreactor in bid to show technology’s viability

US conducts 1st air transport of nuke microreactor in bid to show technology’s viability

Device flown on cargo plane from California to Utah to demonstrate potential to quickly deploy nuclear power for military and civilian use

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The Times of Israel

Valerie Volcovici

Tracing Stamford’s Rich Orthodox Jewish History

Tracing Stamford’s Rich Orthodox Jewish History

In the past 10 years, the Stamford Orthodox Jewish community has experienced geometric growth.  Several new kosher restaurants have opened, Torah...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Feldstein

Freedom does not arrive on a cruise missile

Freedom does not arrive on a cruise missile

When Reza Pahlavi spoke on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference this week, he did not simply criticise the Islamic Republic. He urged...

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Middle East Monitor

Alice Johnson

Peace Cannot Be Built on a Terror Infrastructure

Peace Cannot Be Built on a Terror Infrastructure

When President Donald Trump publicly demanded that Hamas disarm before the rebuilding of Gaza could begin, he was right about one essential principle....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Japan after Snap General Election

Japan after Snap General Election

Japan after Snap General Election As a result of the snap election to Japan’s lower house held on 8 February, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party...

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New Eastern Outlook

Vladimir Terehov

The Value of Learning in the Era of AI

The Value of Learning in the Era of AI

I just read an article claiming that artificial intelligence is advancing so quickly that it could put half the population out of work within five...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Aaron Zimmer

Israeli police say they’ll deploy around Temple Mount compound during Ramadan

Israeli police say they’ll deploy around Temple Mount compound during Ramadan

PA says it was informed that permits for Palestinians will be restricted to men over 55 and women over 50, mirroring last year’s criteria; Waqf...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Lebanon says next phase of Hezbollah disarmament to take around 4 months

Lebanon says next phase of Hezbollah disarmament to take around 4 months

Minister sats timeframe is extendable, depending on available capabilities, hindrances on the ground and attacks from Israel, which rejects that 1st...

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The Times of Israel

Afp

Gérard Bensussan Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #314.4

Gérard Bensussan Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #314.4

Gérard Bensussan is a philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of Strasbourg. The Japanese translation of The Two Morals (Vrin, 2019) ...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexandre Gilbert

AI Spots Brain Disorders in Seconds From Scans

AI Spots Brain Disorders in Seconds From Scans

First-of-its-kind AI rapidly identifies over 50 neurological disorders.

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Psychology Today

Cami Rosso

Deni Avdija’s All-Star Moment Didn’t Need Politics

Deni Avdija’s All-Star Moment Didn’t Need Politics

I grew up in Chicago in the 1990s when Michael Jordan was cementing his legacy as the greatest to ever do it. When I was a kid I remember listening to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joe Bergovoy

Regime Survival Is Not Social Survival

Thought is dangerous: it comes from outside. It obeys no subject and no demand. It is the singular event that passes through the living — witness...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

To Defeat Antisemitism, Target the Lies of Anti-Zionism

To Defeat Antisemitism, Target the Lies of Anti-Zionism

Are efforts to combat antisemitism useful? Do they help reduce antisemitism? Or are they just a waste of time and resources? Those questions have...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Henry Kopel

Are Jewish Camps in Canada Training Grounds for the IDF?

“We were granted the right to exist by the God of our fathers at the glimmer of the dawn of human civilization nearly 4,000 years ago. For that...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steven Teplitsky

DW, Leni and Spike: They Got Shame

In August 1990, Spike Lee penned a defensive op-ed in The New York Times titled “I Am Not an Anti-Semite,” responding to accusations that his film...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jon Taub

High Court to hold hearing on Western Wall egalitarian services for first time in years

High Court to hold hearing on Western Wall egalitarian services for first time in years

Liberal Jewish groups seek to ensure full rights for egalitarian prayers despite ultra-Orthodox opposition, long after government nixed compromise on...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

Cynická obluda: Sebavedomý ako Fico

Že či mu zo seba už nie je troška aj hlúpo. Alebo nám je aj zaňho.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

To je verejná vec, politiku musíš sledovať

Aj starkú trápi korupcia

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SME.sk

Vanda Rozenbergová

FDA’s Abraham Accords Friendshoring Initiative Builds On Rebuild America’s Medical Manufacturing

FDA’s Abraham Accords Friendshoring Initiative Builds On Rebuild America’s Medical Manufacturing

On February 3, 2026, Congress enacted the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, and tucked inside it was a consequential health-security measure: the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Robert Goldberg

Cynická obluda: Ako sa správne vyhnúť väzeniu

Fico s kajúcnikmi zdieľa spoločný cieľ, akurát majú rozdielne metódy.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

Opozícia má problém. Matovič to nie je (píše Samo Marec)

Hrobárom demokracie nemusí byť len Fico.

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SME.sk

Samuel Marec

Brániť Českú televíziu a Český rozhlas neznamená len brániť nezávislé spravodajstvo

V skutočnosti je v hre oveľa viac.

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SME.sk

Hospodářské Noviny

Australian Muslims: Second-Class Citizens?

Australian Muslims: Second-Class Citizens?

In reaction to the NSW Police’s crackdown on anti-Israel protests, Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi, who is Muslim, made the following comments: “We...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Savvakis

The Barzanis: West’s Last Stronghold

The Barzanis: West’s Last Stronghold

In a Middle East addicted to volatility, the Barzanis built something unfashionable: a sharp alignment with the West that actually delivers. For...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

The Rational Myth: Why Great Leaders Lead From the Heart

The Rational Myth: Why Great Leaders Lead From the Heart

Rethinking leadership in light of emerging science

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Psychology Today

Mark C. Crowley

When Africa Led In — Kinship Systems, Constrained Rulers, Sustained Power, Part 17

How African Kinship Systems Structured Power, Constrained Rulers, and Sustained States History is often taught as if political order followed a single...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

Európa sa preformuje bez nás. A deje sa to práve teraz

Okno, v ktorom môže Slovensko byť súčasťou jadra Európy, sa zatvára.

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SME.sk

Vladimír Šucha

Bnei Brak riot shows that to integrate Haredim, Israel should expect strife

Bnei Brak riot shows that to integrate Haredim, Israel should expect strife

A recent study found that by 2050, nearly one in four Israelis will be ultra-Orthodox; leaders have only started to grapple with how that will change...

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The Times of Israel

Ben Sales

Európa sa naozaj odpútava od Ameriky. Zatiaľ však viac slovami než činmi, ukázal Mníchov

Západ ako politické spoločenstvo je mŕtvy. Vitajte v dvojrýchlostnej Európe!

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SME.sk

Martin Ehl

Responding to Anti-Semitism? Ask a Holocaust Survivor.

Responding to Anti-Semitism? Ask a Holocaust Survivor.

The commenter was completely assured that there is no left-wing in Israel or the Jewish diaspora, and that any nuance to views on Israel is a lie. ...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Susanne Katchko

Democracy in Retreat

On January 4, 2023, Israel’s Minister of Justice convened a press conference to announce the launch of a ‘governance reform’. The plan was...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ofer Chen

Obžalované štruktúry spojené so stranou Smer vracajú úder

Ak nás Fico nezabije, tak nás posilní.

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SME.sk

Peter Tkačenko

Rubio nie je bábka. Európa sa len nechce prestať báť

Fico počúva, ale nepočúva dosť.

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SME.sk

Peter Schutz

To je verejná vec, politiku musíš sledovať

Aj starkú trápi korupcia

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SME.sk

Vanda Rozenbergová

Karikatúra dňa: Treba konať!

Kreslí Mikuláš Sliacky.

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SME.sk

Mikuláš Sliacky

Mediterranea on EU deportations: ‘We must do as they did in Minneapolis’

Mediterranea on EU deportations: ‘We must do as they did in Minneapolis’ European legal, civil, and political culture was born out of the...

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Il Manifesto Global

Luciana Cimino

(PISMO) Friderik Klampfer: Razsvetljenstvo lite. Avtonomija po meri oblasti ali univerza z vklopno‑izklopnim gumbom

(PISMO) Friderik Klampfer: Razsvetljenstvo lite. Avtonomija po meri oblasti ali univerza z vklopno‑izklopnim gumbom

V svojem slavnostnem nagovoru ob letošnjem rektorjevem dnevu (Večer, 29. 1. 2026) se je aktualni rektor UM Zdravko Kačič lotil izziva, ki ga...

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Večer

Friderik Klampfer