A stalemate in Crimea

MOSCOW - Five years after Russia annexed Crimea, there is no reason to believe the peninsula’s status will change anytime soon. Today, it is easier...

Tikhon Dzyadko

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Will the Thai elections be free and fair?

BANGKOK - On March 24, more than 40 million registered Thai voters are expected to go to the polls for the country’s first elections since 2011...

Kiat Sittheeamorn

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Technocracy replaces philosophy

LONDON - Among the unending flood of global news in recent weeks, there was one item that received almost no media comment but which could in the...

David Howell

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Hero to zero — exports turn to source of fragility in Asia

NEW YORK - Exports have gone from a plus for Asia to a real drag. Almost daily, trade data from somewhere show a deterioration. Monday was...

Daniel Moss

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How media discourages Japan’s youth from traveling abroad

Foreign travelers visiting Japan often speak of how different the country is from any other country they have ever visited. “It is as if they live...

Xiaochen Su

10 yesterday

Why Trump is stuck with ‘Saturday Night Live’

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - U.S. President Donald Trump apparently caught a rerun of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, and decided to tweet...

Noah Feldman

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America isn’t as divided as it looks

FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA - If I had to describe 2019 so far, I would characterize it as The Year Political Polarization Started to Erode. I know that...

Tyler Cowen

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New Zealand vs. Australia: Terrorism and the difference

LONDON - Extreme right-wing terrorism, mostly of the “white nationalist” variety, is becoming as big a problem as Islamist terrorism in many...

Gwynne Dyer

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Is Nissan a Japanese or a global company?

NEW YORK - At this stage the basic facts surrounding the case against former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn remain unclear. It is too early to decide...

Bruce Aronson

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Has the Catholic Church committed the worst crime in U.S. history?

WASHINGTON - “Horseplay,” a term used to denote child rape, is, says Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, part of a sinister glossary of...

George Will

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America: that awful country that everyone wants to move to

NEW YORK - Mercer, the global human resources consulting firm, last week released its 21st annual Quality of Living list, which ranks cities around...