Indonesia's plan for G-7 status is not bold enough

Growing Asian economies breed high expectations among citizens

Extortion Under the Rabbinate’s Aegis

The president of Israel’s rabbinical courts, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, issued an unprecedented order Tuesday: not to bury a woman because...

Judaism Hasn’t Learned Anything

To paraphrase Benjamin Netanyahu’s deathless slogan “They’ve forgotten what it means to be Jewish,” one might say, following the deportation...

Love and serious commitment are key to preserving the countryside

I was recently presented with an illustrated reference book titled "Mitsukeyo Shizen no Nakama--Narayama no Konchu to Shokubutsu tachi" (Let's find...

Cho Kuk's daughter

Her dubious academic career frustrates young people Suspicions are swirling over justice minister nominee Cho Kuk and his family while President...

Trump's folly

Trade protectionism is like US cutting its own throat U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook had voiced concerns...

Opposition alliance needs to first fulfill vital watchdog role

A broad political alliance is a natural strategic choice for small and weak opposition parties that have little chance of holding their own against...

Japan’s Indo-Pacific dream or nightmare?

The Indo-Pacific has become marked by substantially increased geopolitical instability. Unfinished political reform, militarization, technological...

Palestinian narratives must be protected from PA exploitation

Official Palestinian media are playing a major role in disseminating Palestinian narratives, according to Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, that...

Managing the Next Gold Rush

WASHINGTON, DC – The International Seabed Authority (ISA) sits perched above the concrete boardwalk of Jamaica’s Kingston Harbor, across the bay...

Waging rhetorical war

By Donald Kirk MANILA ― The Philippines president, Rodrigo Duterte, has a lot in common with President Donald Trump. He upsets people with tough...

Another Tiananmen Square in Hong Kong?

The protests in Hong Kong are increasingly becoming a thorn in Beijing's side. How much longer will the Communist Party leadership sit back and...

'Ars moriendi'

By Kim Ae-ran "We are here to connect. Life is about people. Advertising is about illuminating how our products and services will improve people's...

Unleashing entrepreneurs good for us all

By Tom Purcell Here's some great news: The American entrepreneur is flourishing again. From 1980 until 2017, "the number of new startups formed...

The case for government

By Alex Gratzek In the past and even today, some have been making the argument for smaller government along the lines of libertarianism. This may...

Chinese Army Modernization a Huge Pain for Washington

The hegemony that the United States enjoyed during the transition period in the wake of the Cold War has ended. The bipolar world is on its way...

BREXIT – or Not? Masters of Manipulating Public Opinion

BREXIT deadline is 31 October 2019. On 23 June 2016, the British people voted 52% against 48% to leave the European Union. In England alone, the...

G7 or G5? Trump and Johnson add unpredictability to French summit

Brexit Britain's overtures to U.S. President Donald Trump risk further complicating the search for common ground this weekend at a Group of Seven...

The Forgotten Occupation

This election looks as though someone finally gave up and decided to unveil the mechanism that activates elections in Israel, revealing them in...

Doubts over fresh Rohingya repatriation attempt to Myanmar

ROHINGYA refugees living in camps in Bangladesh said Wednesday they did not want to return to their homes in Myanmar, raising doubts about a fresh...

On Iran, Japan faces a difficult decision

WASHINGTON – In mid-July, as tensions between the United States and Iran continued to simmer, the possibility of Japanese participation in a...

Where are the local peace initiatives for Libya?

It is notable that, in Libya’s current violence, there is an absence of serious local peace initiatives. In previous conflicts across the...

Asexuality, the Internet, and the Changing Lexicon of Sexuality

This is an excerpt from Sexuality and Translation in World Politics. Get your free copy here. According to the Asexual Visibility and Education...

The Anatomy of the Coming Recession

NEW YORK – There are three negative supply shocks that could trigger a global recession by 2020. All of them reflect political factors affecting...

Will Democracy Die Last?

PARIS – In the late 1970s and early 1980s, prominent international relations experts such as the late French political philosopher Pierre Hassner...

'The Proud Boys Show' Reveals the Far-right Tactics for Infiltrating Mainstream Politics

Portland, Oregon on Saturday saw its biggest far-right rally since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency. Organized by the Proud Boys and a...

North Korea dismisses nuclear talks if US ‘hostile military moves’ continue

NORTH Korea said Thursday it has "no interest" in dialogue unless Washington stops "escalating hostile military moves", as a senior US envoy...

Changing economic trends in Taiwan

TAIWAN'S economic growth has long been based on exporting intermediate goods to mainland China for final assembly, but this is now showing signs of...

Whatever the CIA's been up to in Afghanistan it's nothing good

First some context, beginning with the fact that the tortured history of this landlocked country, whose geographic location as a land bridge...

The Middle East Strategic Alliance is just another marginalised initiative

The US creation called the Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA) — dubbed widely as “Arab NATO” — has made no progress in the two years since...

Nixon's Nightmares Coming True as Russia and China Seek Further Rapprochement

O ver the past few years, the United States has been going beyond itself in a bid to somehow demonstrate its military prowess to the rest of the...

Could the Fall of Khan Shaykhun begin the End of Jihadi Idlib?

As I began typing this new NEO submission reports were coming in that SAA forces and its allies had cut the M5 road to Aleppo just north of Khan...

How Israel’s Labor Engineered the Illegal Jewish Colonies in Palestine

Following the Israeli victory in the 1967 war, it became impossible for Zionist ideologues to mask the true nature of their state – an unwavering...

Philippine online casino ban highlights Duterte's unwise China policy

Ko v raju zasmrdi...

Hodila je vzravnano, v dizajnerskih belih kopalkah, z rožnato tančico čez boke in tetovažo Love na zagoreli koži. Nisi je mogel spregledati. Ko...

American Jewry’s Misplaced Loyalty

Donald Trump is right: The Jews really are disloyal. Donald Trump is wrong: Most of them are loyal to the wrong values. >> Subscribe for just $1...

Fed Up With Trump, Fed Up With Israel

Our tweeter-in-chief’s call to another country to sanction his domestic political foes (and our duly elected representatives) is a business that...

Displacement in Gaza and Israel’s demographic obsession

The statements made by a senior Israeli political source, which is likely to be Prime Minister Netanyahu himself, published in Israeli media,...

Es hora de que Colombia abandone el peso

El peso colombiano está en problemas otra vez. En relación al dólar de EE.UU. el peso colombiano ha perdido 20% de su valor en poco más de un...

Turkish Democracy Is Down, But Not Out

MADRID – Relations between Turkey and the West are clearly going through an extremely delicate phase. Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the...

Italia: el premio al tonto útil se lo lleva el Movimiento 5 Estrellas

¿Acaso creyó alguien que el actual Gobierno de coalición italiano sería más longevo que los previos? En ese país sureuropeo, la expectativa de...