The coronavirus has shown us the global economic system is no longer fit for purpose

By now, three hard truths about the Covid-19 crisis should have become apparent to policymakers around the world.The first is that every major...

Doctors are sending out ‘do-not-resuscitate’ forms telling people like my disabled daughter to sign them, I find that chilling

As the parent of a disabled child, you need to become an expert at juggling all the balls you must keep in the air if you want to become the parent...

Ethiopia: Dam dispute stokes anti-Egypt feelings

For the last 12 years, around four days a week, when the light appears over the skies of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Tsehay Wulo, 55,...

Don’t lose the Afghan Hindu and Sikh Community, Protect Them

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Agnes Callard on the agency of becoming

Let’s say you’ve decided to enrich yourself by learning to appreciate classical music, even though you didn’t have much previous interest in it....

How dancing helps me think, and thinking helps me dance

Photo by Ahmad Odeh/Unsplash I’m a lifelong dancer and a political theorist. ‘Work’ and ‘thinking’ in one part of my life are entirely...

Setting the Worst Example

Kahol Lavan chairman Benny Gantz’s official excuse for breaking his election promise – which was not to serve in the same government with Prime...

Nazaj k temeljem

Nič več ne bo, kot je bilo. Oliver Bogatinov, novi športni direktor nogometašev Maribora, ni bil ne prvi ne zadnji, ki se je s temi besedami uzrl...

Japan needs to improve legal system to punish all sexual crimes

It is clearly time for Japan to step up public debate on eliminating sexual crimes, and take steps to ensure that sex offenders are properly...

Will Europe Lead or Lag?

Israel tells Palestinian prisoners, ‘Use your socks to make masks,’ as neglect continues

Within the next few days, Palestinian prisoners held by Israel may be hit by the coronavirus pandemic, causing major unrest in the prisons. This is...

As Singapore heads towards coronavirus tipping point, what would Lee Kuan Yew have done?

In a perverse sort of way, Covid-19 is a godsend for the Singapore government.Its slow-motion and calibrated approach to cushioning the...

Tokyo202ONE: The potential to be the greatest ever Olympics

Tokyo will be my 20th Olympic Games. Ever since Sarajevo 1984, I have worked with every organizing committee, attended every Games, and experienced...

Japanese companies can no longer expect lifetime loyalty from workers

Millennials want career mobility and stimulating work, not slow progress

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Justice not being served by legal system that relies on confessions

Pedestrians, especially children, who are constantly at risk of traffic accidents, are the focus of "Jidosha no Shakaiteki Hiyo" (The social cost...

COVID-19 and mass layoffs

Preemptive move needed to prevent sweeping job cuts The worst fears about mass layoffs resulting from the coronavirus shock have become a reality....

The Boredom Pandemic

LONDON – As people around the world find themselves in confinement to control the COVID-19 pandemic, look out for another affliction with an even...

Kakšen novi kapitalizem je pred nami?

Ta kriza, čeprav sprožena brez nekega posebnega notranjega razloga, vseeno utegne imeti dolgoročnejše posledice na prihodnost kapitalizma. Zgodila...

Hospitals as loopholes

Mass infections continue, requiring drastic measures The number of confirmed COVID-19 patients here surpassed 10,000, Friday, 74 days after the...

Will coronavirus undermine democracies?

By Trudy Rubin Early last year, Daniel Ziblatt co-authored a New York Times op-ed titled "Why Autocrats Love Emergencies." His thesis now has great...

Collective philosophy

By Kim Jong-nam I am currently involved in eight consulting projects for which I am helping to create organizational cultures. The projects involve...

Cancelation of 2020 Pyongyang Marathon

Marathoners kick off their race during the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon at Kim Il-sung Stadium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on...

To the least of these

"… Whatever you did for one of the least of these … you did for me. / Depart [from the presence of God] … you who are cursed / For I was hungry...

G20 key to coronavirus response

By Andrew Hammond G20 leaders promised recently to do "whatever it takes" to tackle the coronavirus crisis. With the pandemic spreading, 2020 has...

Securitizing ‘Bare Life’? Human Security and Coronavirus

The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) which has infected more than a million people and resulted in more than 50,000 deaths worldwide since its...

Witnessing Wuhan

AUSTIN – Dr. Li, a heart specialist at Wuhan No. 4 Hospital, spent the third week of March preparing for the reopening of the hospital’s...

China’s coronavirus ‘victory’ and Britain’s threat of a ‘reckoning’ show two countries out of touch with the post-Covid-19 future

Late in March, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang warned local officials not to hide new cases of the novel coronavirus. His warning sounded more like a...