Trump's 'disloyal' jab may boost base, not Jews

President Donald Trump's branding of American Jews who vote for Democrats as "disloyal" to their religion and Israel prompted alarms of...

Hong Kong demo soon to exceed duration of umbrella revolt

There seems to be no end in sight for Hong Kong's mass demonstrations. Looking at the faces of young people overflowing the streets, I was reminded...

Family of missing UK consulate worker rejects ‘made-up’ report

THE family of a staffer at the UK consulate in Hong Kong have rejected a "made-up" report by Chinese state media that he was detained in the...

Taiwan's new centrist political party is struggling for space

How can we trust the state when its enemies keep dying before trial?

NEW YORK – There is no other way to say it: It was a political assassination. Osama bin Laden was unarmed. SEALs captured him alive. Following...

South Korea to scrap military intel-sharing pact with Japan

SOUTH Korea said Thursday it will terminate its military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, sparking protest from both Tokyo and Washington amid...

Strategic decision

Ending GSOMIA can determine nation's future South Korea has refused to renew a bilateral agreement it signed with Japan in 2016 to share sensitive...

Abe's provocation backfires

Dwindling Korean visitors deals blow to Japan's tourism industry The state-funded tourism agencies of Korea and Japan have released their...

The Power of Cash for Refugees

ROME – The world is experiencing the highest levels of forced migration on record. Conflict, natural disasters, and other emergencies have driven...

Trump’s Economy

The Unsustainability of Inequality

George Orwell's '1984' revisited: rise of the civilizationalists

By James M. Dorsey The rise of a critical mass of world leaders including Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and others in Europe, Asia and Latin America who...

Trump rule makes immigration classy

By Martin Schram The little boy was warned: SSHHH! He, his sisters and his parents were hiding from the guys with badges. They were stowing away in...

Vast Asia ― and US

?By Arthur I. Cyr On August 2, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with his counterparts from Japan and South Korea. He is working to mitigate...

Doing Sex Right in Nepal: Activist Language and Sexed/Gendered Expectations

This is an excerpt from Sexuality and Translation in World Politics. Get your free copy here. As I met S. back in 2009, he introduced himself as a...

The pitfalls of Malaysia’s palm oil defence

As palm oil trade tensions drag on, Malaysia has slated another round of EU lobbying and a joint World Trade Organization (WTO)...

China extends terrestrial rivalries into orbit with new space race

Of Courage and Cowardice in Israel's Election Campaign

The chairman of the Joint List, MK Ayman Odeh, demonstrated courage. In an interview with the daily Yedioth Ahronoth, parts of which were published...

Donald Trump's tariffs and threats raise chances of a US recession

Macron warns UK could become US vassal state. I bet he asked Merkel first

Of course, what Emmanuel Macron didn’t admit during his meeting with the PM in Paris is that the situation is little better for him. Neither...

The flame of hatred still burns around Al-Aqsa Mosque

On the fiftieth anniversary of the infamous act of arson at Al-Aqsa Mosque, when the flames of hatred were ignited and engulfed the Noble...

TEPCO should be open in dealing with storage of tainted water

An industry ministry subcommittee has started debating a new proposal for the long-term storage of radiation-contaminated water being generated by...

Fascists' Terrifying Solution to the Climate Crisis

“Our lifestyle is destroying the environment of our country. The decimation of the environment is creating a massive burden for future...

Whither Central Banking?

CAMBRIDGE – The world’s central bankers and the scholars who follow them are having their annual moment of reflection in Jackson Hole, Wyoming....

Israeli Arabs Want In, Center-left Says No

In a week that featured the horrific specter of the ruling party advocating for the disqualification of Arab political representation in the...

Israelis, Demonstrating Isn’t Enough – Strike!

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abhors strikes. In his failed coalition negotiations following the April 9 election, he was presented with a...

China holds the key to 5G technology’s growth

The most closely watched technology in the information and communications field today is the next-generation superfast mobile network. The...

Korea's UNESCO man: Paik Seung-gil

By Kim Ji-myung On July 26, 2001, my conference organizing company ConvEx Korea was selected as the planner-organizer for the "ICOM Seoul 2004"...

Korea's UNESCO man

By Kim Ji-myung On July 26, 2001, my conference organizing company ConvEx Korea was selected as the planner-organizer for the "ICOM Seoul 2004"...

GSOMIA decision: Moon Jae-in's nuclear option

President Moon Jae-in receives a briefing on the National Security Office's recommendation to scrap the Korea-Japan military intelligence-sharing...

Aggravation in the Korean-Japanese Relations: the Japanese Angle

The trade war between Japan and South Korea is going on, and the author needs to clarify why Tokyo lost its temper at last. The South Korean mass...

Epstein is Dead, But His Legacy Will Be Inflicted On Us All

The alleged suicide of Jeffrey Epstein has become one of the few things the currently very divided US population can broadly agree on. Epstein and...

Right-wing Populism and the Attack on Cooperative International Security

The contemporary political environment has seen a paradoxical hijacking of key liberal peace and security concepts which helped to secure the post-...

Is Peace with the Taliban Possible?

CANBERRA – Despite ongoing peace negotiations between the United States and the Taliban, the bloody conflict in Afghanistan continues to take a...