Will Biden undo Trump’s last minute legacy?

While the second state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic has expanded in Japan, the incumbent U.S. president faced a second impeachment in...

Kuni Miyake

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Can America lead again?

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s impending inauguration has raised hopes that his administration will “make America lead again.” If the United...

Yuen Yuen Ang

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Japan must embrace international cooperation in the age of COVID-19

Since the onset of winter, the rampaging coronavirus has seemed unstoppable. Yet, compared to the Spanish flu of 100 years ago, the number of...

Haruaki Deguchi

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Call the Senate vote on Trump’s removal and be done with it

U.S. President Donald Trump deserved to be impeached, again — this time for his sustained and unprecedented attempt to invalidate the results of...

Michael R. Bloomberg

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This time, Trump impeached himself

Donald Trump is now the only president to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives. That makes him responsible for half of the...

Jonathan Bernstein

10 yesterday

How to protect students from sexual misconduct

Schools are supposed to be safe sanctuaries where students can learn from their teachers. But sadly that’s not always the case as seen by the...

Walt Gardner

20 yesterday

U.S. rescinds ‘Taiwan Guidelines’: What are the implications?

On Jan. 9, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States had lifted a set of self-imposed restrictions on contacts with...

Gerrit Van Der Wees

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mRNA vaccines could vanquish COVID-19 today, cancer tomorrow

The night is darkest just before dawn, they say. Dark it certainly is right now. The more contagious variants of SARS-CoV-2 coming out of the U.K....

Andreas Kluth

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COVID-19 batters Asia’s already-struggling democracies

Over the past 15 years, democracy across Asia has regressed. Although the region still has strong democracies like South Korea, Japan and Taiwan,...

Joshua Kurlantzick

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Asia’s rise doesn’t necessarily mean the West’s decline

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a growing geopolitical perception of Asia’s rise and the decline of the West. To a large extent, East...

Yoichi Funabashi

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Europe after Brexit and COVID-19

BERLIN – “The U.N, was not founded to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell,” the United Nations’ first secretary-general,...

Sigmar Gabriel

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There are only bad options for dealing with North Korea

North Korea has a history of testing new U.S. administrations, and experts anticipated leader Kim Jong Un would see how soon-to-be U.S. President...

Brad Glosserman

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COVID-19 improved how the world does science

The current pandemic will eventually end, leaving us more free to ponder what to keep from all the changes it has wrought. One obvious candidate is...

Tyler Cowen

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How Japan can lead a free and open Indo-Pacific

The year 2020 was filled with geopolitical and geoeconomic changes that represented a major shift in world history, with the COVID-19 pandemic and...

Yuichi Hosoya

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Trump can’t pardon himself

U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly considering issuing himself a pardon, perhaps on his last day in office. Is he really allowed to do that?...