The hypocrisy of New Zealand's 'this is not us' claim

In response to what has been described as New Zealand's biggest terrorist attack, in which 50 people were gunned down in two mosques in the city of...

Coco Martin is one of the Philippines’ biggest stars – because he’s an everyman

Coco Martin is a Filipino everyman. In person, he’s shorter than you’d expect. Disarming; he’s also trim, handsome (but not too handsome) with...

Pop songs bring back bittersweet feelings related to graduation

I am immediately transported back to my teenage years when I hear on the radio or the Internet songs such as Hi-Fi Set's "Sotsugyo Shashin" (...

Thailand’s democratic dictatorship

Analysis. After five years, the military rulers of Thailand, with help from the new king, have created a thoroughly undemocratic form of...

How to Stop America's Swastika Problem

Scraping the swastikas off our public spaces still leaves a mark. Ditching Steve King - re-elected nine times - from Congressional committees still...

Roger Waters Can Continue to Growl, but Eurovision Has a More Serious Problem

Forecasts of the number of foreign visitors for May’s song competition in Tel Aviv have now been cut to about 20,000 amid high ticket prices and...

Indonesia has a lot in common with the Philippines – maybe too much, as Widodo and Prabowo take pages from Duterte’s playbook

In The Possessed (1872), Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky warned: “In turbulent times of upheaval or transition low characters always come to...

Hero to zero — exports turn to source of fragility in Asia

NEW YORK - Exports have gone from a plus for Asia to a real drag. Almost daily, trade data from somewhere show a deterioration. Monday was...

Back to the Nuclear Precipice

MADRID – Ten years ago, during his first trip to Europe as US president, Barack Obama delivered an historic speech in Prague. Much to the delight...

The Blind Spot in the Trade Debate

BERKELEY – Negotiations to resolve the Sino-American trade conflict have so far centered on soybeans, natural gas, and an assortment of...

Whatever Israel wants, Israel gets

On 4 March, the newly formed Israeli Blue and White party’s leaders, Gabi Ashkenazi, Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz and Moshe Ya’alon, declared that...

Chemicals giant Bayer stuck in Monsanto trap

A second US court ruling on weed killer glyphosate's potential to cause cancer has dealt a severe blow to German chemicals company Bayer. DW's...

Security coordination is a synonym for collusion

Coordination usually occurs between equal or comparative parties, or parties that are similar in strength, weight and competency. Coordination also...

Definiendo las organizaciones del futuro

Si me hubieran dicho, diez años atrás, que los mayores generadores de contenido web en la actualidad serían los usuarios, no lo habría creído....

Entregas autónomas: La infraestructura también importa

En un futuro cercano, las entregas autónomas predominarán más que los vehículos autónomos. Hoy día, ya existen tiendas en los EE.UU. que han...

Yet Another Victor Cha's Attempt to Stall US-DPRK Talks, or was it John Bolton's?

Not long ago, we examined two attempts which were made by Victor Cha—failed US Ambassador to South Korea and one of the most odious foreign...

Reopen the Investigation Into the Submarine Affair

In November 2016, just about two weeks after the case regarding Israel’s purchase of German submarines was made public, an unusual announcement...

China’s latest sci-fi blockbuster is a manifesto of Chinese exceptionalism

AS CHINA demonstrated its space credentials by landing a lunar probe on the far side of the moon in January 2019, a science fiction movie was...

The Great Thaw: Climate Change and the Post-Cold War World

This article is an abridged version of a forthcoming article for The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, School of Diplomacy and...

The Philippines’ dilemma over Chinese capital

SINCE the end of the commodity boom, Asia’s developing countries must keep up with domestic growth expectations and regional competition by...

Election highlights crisis of Thai junta rule

Italian killed fighting ISIS in Rojava: ‘I have no regrets’

Reportage. ‘I died doing what I believed was right,’ said Lorenzo Orsetti, 33, from Florence, who died in Syria this weekend. Meanwhile, the...

It’s Good to Die for the West Bank

A settler and a soldier forced to protect him are a symbolic combination of victims that in the Israeli reality seems entirely natural

Why did Bush go to war in Iraq?

Sixteen years after the United States invaded Iraq and left a trail of destruction and chaos in the country and the region, one aspect of the war...

To reclaim Philippines from Beijing’s grasp, US must look beyond the South China Sea

International talk about the Philippines often focuses on the South China Sea and disputes that the country has with China. Speculation then...

Recipe for civil war? 17.4 million voted for Brexit & are being denied it (by G. Galloway)

By all objective standards Bercow has been a poor speaker of the Commons. What you perhaps don’t know is that is testimony to the chilling effect...

Govori ženska

Govori ženska, starejša zbirka nežnih pesmi Jurija Hudolina, mi je v mesecu žensk v kombinaciji s svetovnim dnevom poezije priplavala v...

Italy’s Risky Silk Road

VENICE – Is China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) “a train that Italy cannot afford to miss,” as Italian Finance Minister Giovanni Tria...

Tension in Belgrade as protesters demand Vucic’s resignation

Reportage. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic pardoned most of the people who commandeered a public television station Saturday, but he refuses to...

This is Peak Japan -- Letter to the editor

Technocracy replaces philosophy

LONDON - Among the unending flood of global news in recent weeks, there was one item that received almost no media comment but which could in the...

JOC needs vast overhaul to solve the mess from the Takeda scandal

The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) needs to restructure itself immediately. Its total cluelessness to the mess of its own making is beyond...

How media discourages Japan’s youth from traveling abroad

Foreign travelers visiting Japan often speak of how different the country is from any other country they have ever visited. “It is as if they live...

Problem EPP ni Viktor Orban

Črna internacionala, evropska ljudska stranka (EPP), bo danes morda izključila madžarski Fidesz, stranko predsednika vlade Viktorja Orbana. A...

Empathy is what makes us human

Humans deserve dignity — regardless of their nationality, race or religion. It is shocking that this fundamental principle is ignored in many parts...

Five observations regarding the New Zealand massacre

New Zealand has become part of the Jordanian debate lately. In the past, the name of this remote and quiet country was only mentioned at butchers...

Thuggery Returns: UK Sold Out Its Soul 2 Brexit

On Sunday March 10th Birmingham City F.C. met fierce local rivals Aston Villa F.C. in an English Championship fixture. About nine minutes into the...

US and Soros Take Stab at Thai Elections

Western regime change efforts have intensified ahead of upcoming elections in Thailand. Opposition groups attempting to take power and remove...

Conservationists fight for ‘critically endangered’ status for Bornean wild cattle

AT THE headwaters of the Belantikan River on the island of Borneo, an organisation committed to protecting orangutans is extending its efforts to a...