Japan’s Abe claims victory in upper house election

JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed victory Sunday for his ruling coalition in the upper house election, but appeared to fail to secure a "...

The US Needs to Talk About China

WASHINGTON, DC – Of all the changes in US foreign policy President Donald Trump’s administration has made, the most consequential is the adoption...

A Ridiculous and Unnecessary Battle

Israel’s decision to let U.S. Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib visit Israel and the territories in the coming weeks despite their...

Tear gas and rubber bullets fired as Hong Kong returns to chaos

HONG KONG descended into chaos Sunday night as riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government protesters hours after China's...

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The Paradox of Religious Zionism

Political sumo tourney needs noble yokozuna, worthy rivals

The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament ended July 21, with Kakuryu coming out victorious when he defeated Hakuho, a fellow yokozuna and fellow native of...

Upper House poll results put onus on Abe to build a consensus

For Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the word “Idoshi” (the Year of the Boar according to the Chinese zodiac) has an ominous ring to it. In the...

Salt: China’s deadly food habit

PEOPLE in China have used salt to prepare and preserve food for thousands of years. But consuming lots of salt raises blood pressure, increasing...

For Japan, Upper House results signal stability

NIIGATA - In Sunday’s Upper House election — perhaps the least contentious national contest since the early 2000s — the ruling Liberal...

North Sinai: Creating a new Egypt in Sisi’s image

In the heart of Al-Arish, the capital of the North Sinai Governorate, Metito is building a desalination plant at the cost of $96 million. The water...

Ukraine is tired of yesterday

Nowhere is democracy's huge and impressive potential more striking than in Ukraine. The parliamentary elections have confirmed a political shakeup,...

Ágnes Heller, a radical philosopher pursuing the adventure of existence

Remembrance. Ágnes Heller could not stand the idea of neatly classifying thought according to labels, and did not identify with any of the many...

The Left Is Good for Netanyahu

Psihodiagnostika še za koga

Nazadnje sem pisal o psihodiagnostiki v pravosodju, ker se je razvnela medijska debata o tem, kako prav bi prišlo s psihološkimi testi podprto...

A new ‘arc of crisis’ (of nerves)

Commentary. It's been 40 years since the expression ‘the arc of crisis’ was last used, back in 1979, when Khomeini rose to power in Iran and the...

Abe's election win

Japan should refrain from raising tensions with Korea Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition...

Prevent conflict of interest

Lawmakers should pass bill aimed at eliminating corruption The government has proposed a bill aimed at preventing conflicts of interest involving...

Weighing the impact of Korea and Taiwan crises on the region

Last weekend, the Canon Institute for Global Studies conducted a 24-hour policy simulation (or so-called war game) focused on simultaneous crises...

ASEAN can no longer turn a blind-eye to Myanmar's atrocities

After fighters attacked security targets in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state on August 25, 2017, the Myanmar military responded by killing and...

The Fall of the Economists’ Empire

LONDON – The historian Norman Stone, who died in June, always insisted that history students learn foreign languages. Language gives access to a...

So what if Trump plays the race card

NEW YORK - Last week witnessed outrage over racism at the highest levels of government in Britain and the United States. The day after the U.S....

Okinawa contradictions need to be fixed

KOBE - As with prior battles and disasters, no two elections are identical. The circumstances, personalities, issues, dynamic, and challenges — or...

The day hope landed on the moon

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT - When I remember the moon landing, I think about my father. Fifty years ago, on the evening of Sunday, July 20, 1969, we...

How Can Developing Countries Pay for the SDGs?

MANCHESTER – With objectives as far-reaching as ending poverty in all its forms and delivering quality education to all by 2030, the Sustainable...

Military coups with a revolutionary flavour!

Yesterday, Egypt celebrated the 67th anniversary of the 23 July 1952 revolution, which changed the way of life, not only for the regime in Egypt...

Humanitarian roadmap

By John Burton The Federation of American Scientists recently issued a report, co-authored by 14 international experts on Korea, that declared that...

Our kind of diplomat

By Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM ― "Our Man," the American journalist George Packer's new 600-page biography of Richard Holbrooke, is a masterful book,...

Hong Kong and Taiwan

By Hu Young-sup As Hong Kong residents' anti-Chinese sentiment has been rising with their continuous mass street protests, Taiwanese people's...

Japan risks harm to world trade

By Troy Stangarone When I started this column a year ago, I touched upon the importance of international trade rules for South Korea's economic...

Shame of Trump's anti-Reagan Republicanism

By Martin Schram The swift decline and self-inflicted demise of America's once-Grand Old Party has been as disheartening to chronicle as it has...

Las cripto-monedas (más crípticas que monedas)

¿Cómo saber que una entidad política califica como un Estado soberano? En el pasado era fácil saberlo: una entidad era soberana si podía imponer...

El desmantelamiento impulsado por AMLO

Los recortes de diciembre y los despidos de mayo quedaron atrás. Y aunque persisten los litigios en torno a la austeridad, ésta se instala con...

Climate Change Causing Food Insecurity

[Dr. Shenggen Fan] Climate change is driving people out of their homes not only because of the resulting food insecurity, but also due to the...

Britain’s Fantasy about Ireland

[Lyndall Stein] The burden of history is weighing heavily on Britain as it battles with its fantasies of "taking back control."

From 'Ending Iran' to 'No More Endless Wars': Trump's Incoherent Iran Strategy Unravels

On Iran, Trump is boxed in between 'Bomber' Bolton and his own anti-war base. He has the power to wage war - but it may be political suicide to use it

‘Wrong victims’ of Syria war left voiceless by mainstream media, condemn West for their suffering

In 2005, playwright Harold Pinter’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech sent shock waves around the ruling establishment. During the speech, Pinter...

How Netanyahu Set Up Trump's 'But I Love Israel' Defense for Racism – and anti-Semitism

Claiming anti-Semitism is the worst form of hatred, and any criticism of Israel is irredeemably anti-Semitic, is a crucial deflection for racist...

The Saudis and UAE abandon Yemen crisis to sabotage Sudan’s pro-democracy movement

Shameless is the only word I can find to describe the behaviour of the rulers of both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates who five months ago...

Chinese investment strains Cambodian society

Palestinian Statistics

Post-American Networks

WASHINGTON, DC – In today’s world, access to global networks is a critical source of power, but the resulting interdependence can also generate...

To Defeat Netanyahu, Last-minute Unity Must Be Foisted on Surly Center-left Leaders

Only outside intervention can still compel them to discard petty arrogance for the sake of the Israel that they vowed to protect, as in the...