China's ascendance must remind us what America stands for

Human freedom has many threats, as we are reminded of today of all days. The struggle for freedom is never finished. It is iterative and...

My young friends in Afghanistan

By Kathy Kelly When I visited Kabul as a peace activist in 2014, at the height of the U.S. troop surge, I spoke with "Esmatullah," a pseudonym for...

The West's unspoken failure in Afghanistan

By Nancy Qian CHICAGO ― The United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan has captured the world's attention. The chaos, distress, and general sadness...

Will TSE reforms boost Japan’s corporate value?

In the face of growing global competition among stock exchanges — and a rising sense of need to change its corporate culture — Japan is reforming...

Seoul doesn’t have Beijing’s crackdown muscle

South Korea’s latest actions against foreign internet giants and local upstarts are drawing parallels with recent crackdowns in China. In reality...

Shadows of 9/11

By John J. Metzler We all remember where we were on Sept. 11, 2001. We all remember with sheer disbelief watching the unfolding horror and the...

Afghanistan’s forsaken gender

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut – Owing to the pandemic and other calamities, many referred to 2020 as a “biblical year.” Now, however, it is starting to...

Reflecting on my tutoring days

By Shin Freedman My very first job was as a tutor when I was in high school. Throughout my college years, I spent my time as a tutor to pay for my...

The Manchuria Crisis Revisited

OXFORD – Ninety years ago, on September 18, 1931, a junior Japanese military officer detonated an explosive that had been carefully laid by a...

IOC gets it wrong on North Korea

By Troy Stangarone Sometimes there are situations where we have the ability to do something, but it isn't wise to do so. The recent decision by the...

Washington’s Rift with Riyadh Grows Deeper

With Joe Biden’s arrival in the White House, several irritants have once again come to the forefront in US-Saudi Arabia relations. The Saudis are...

Bog in paprike v naši zgodbi

Našel sem odgovor za vse, ki me morijo s cepljenjem, maskami in sumničenji, da je medicinska znanost goljufija. Oni imajo drugo kulturo. Točno...

The invention of individual responsibility

‘Personal responsibility’ used to mean our duty to others, now it argues the opposite. How did the idea become inverted? - by Aeon Video Watch at...

Will the BRICS Ever Grow Up?

LONDON – Having created the BRIC acronym to capture the collective potential of Brazil, Russia, India, and China to influence the world economy, I...

How Long Will the Taliban Rule Last?

The Taliban’s (a movement banned in the Russian Federation) first political steps are being watched with particular attention by the...

Turkey is now the destination of choice for Palestinians

The first question asked of you in Turkey is often "Where are you from?" When you say, "Palestine", Turkish eyes light up, because the people love...

The struggle to protect the land is more dangerous in Latin America

Report. The observatory's annual report explains that 75% of at least 227 murders of environmentalists in 2020 were recorded in Latin America....

The UN's scrutiny of Israel deflects from its complicity in its ongoing occupation

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is spearheading an initiative ahead of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, urging governments and...

The Coming Food Fight

Pointless stunts by Britain’s anti-China rabble of MPs will have no real influence on Beijing-London relations

Nearly six years ago, Chinese leader Xi Jinping addressed the House of Commons, heralding what David Cameron’s government described as “the golden...

How two leaders, decades apart, envisioned the African Union

Last week marked 22 years since the African Union (AU) replaced the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) which was created in 1963 with only 32...

Justin Trudeau's botched Asia policy puts Canada at the back of the bus

Liberal Party prime minister has left Ottawa worse off

The stunning betrayal of France by America over nuclear subs for Australia signals a huge geopolitical shift in US strategy

On Wednesday night, America’s Joe Biden, Australia’s Scott Morrison and Britain’s Boris Johnson held a virtual trilateral summit whereby they...

More concern than hope

China should not try to pit Korea against US Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's two-day visit to South Korea raised more concern that hope over...

(POGLED) Občina Radenci ali spreminjanje resnice v "resnico"

Kot izhodišče za sestavek sem si postavil vprašanje: ali predlog sklepa občinskega sveta Občine Radenci z dne 29. 1. 2021 o izstopu te občine...

Win-win carmaker

Government, Hyundai should continue support for job creation Gwangju Global Motors (GGM), a provincial automaker launched as part of the Moon...

Initial Taliban moves fail to convince Afghanistan's neighbors

By James M. Dorsey The Taliban's record in recent weeks of making good on promises to respect human and women's rights, as well as to uphold...

India's Green Growth Imperative

NEW DELHI – India’s commitments under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, which aims to limit global warming to well below 2° Celsius relative to...

VOX POPULI: Apple’s app store reminiscent of postwar Japan’s black market

In a postwar black market with rows of stalls, a thug yells menacingly at a peddler to cough up protection money. I must have seen a scene like...

EDITORIAL: Clear vision needed for future of still-evacuated Fukushima areas

More than a decade after the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident, there remains more than 30,000 hectares of land where the evacuation...

Sex on the curriculum

Sex education is a battlefield over morals and young bodies, and has exposed fractures in American life for over a century - by Kristy Slominski...

The Case for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

CAPE TOWN/BERLIN – The northern summer of 2021 has brought a series of record-breaking natural disasters. The list – which includes intense...

Israel's future is apartheid in a 'solution of the three classes'

Reading the reflections of one of Israel's most celebrated contemporary public intellectuals on the apparently never-ending occupation of Palestine,...

The Republicans should interrogate Gen. Mark Milley as the Democrats did Mike Flynn and Donald Trump… but it will never happen

In a yet-to-be-released book entitled ‘Peril’, authors Bob Woodward and Robert Costa reveal that General Mark Milley, the United States’ top...