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By Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Joseph S. Nye Jr. CAMBRIDGE – Preparations are already underway at the United Nations for the 2026 Review Conference of...
By Georgy Zinoviev The EU ambassadors to the Republic of Korea have recently presented their take on the situation in Ukraine. Readers have...
By Trudy Rubin Trudy Rubin Donald Trump is helping Vladimir Putin defeat Ukraine. Right now, as you read this. To stop that from happening,...
By Meenakshi Gopinath Meenakshi Gopina More than two decades ago, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 1325, linking...
By Gwynne Dyer There are enough people to go around: eight billion now, compared to two billion less than a hundred years ago. Fifty-one...
By Choe Won-gi and Shristi Pukhrem Choe Won-gi South Korea and India have an across-the-board convergence of interests, with few outstanding...
By Roselyn Fosuah Adjei Roselyn Fosuah Adjei ACCRA – Over the past few years, intense media scrutiny has prompted a growing number of...
By Esther Kim On the subway car, I stood near the doors, studying my phone’s subway map of the 4/5/6, when a box of chocolates suddenly...
By Ngaire Woods Ngaire Woods OXFORD – In a year when some of the world’s largest democracies are holding elections, all too many are riven...
By Sean O'Malley Sean O'Malley Recent attacks by the Houthis of Yemen on ships transiting the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea have garnered much...
By Joschka Fischer Joschka Fischer BERLIN – Europe’s situation in 2024 is difficult, even dangerous. In Ukraine, Russian President...
By HS Chung K-culture, K-pop, K-drama — Korean popular culture is everywhere, and that’s good news for Korean brands. The world — and the...
By Kwon Mee-yoo Korean food is making an ascent in the ever-evolving international culinary scene with its rich flavors and distinctive...
By Chun In-bum Chun In-bum Reports from Europe and Ukraine say that more and more North Korea-made ammunition is being discovered on the...
By Gwynne Dyer Gwynee Dyer “I refuse to quit. I feel no need to kiss the ring,” said Nikki Haley defiantly. She was talking about Donald...
By Kevin Kim Kevin Kim In recent years, the global music scene has witnessed an unprecedented wave of collaborations that bridge cultures,...
By Gwynne Dyer Gwynee Dyer “I refuse to quit. I feel no need to kiss the ring,” said Nikki Haley defiantly. She was talking about Donald...
By Kwon Mee-yoo Korean food is making an ascent in the ever-evolving international culinary scene with its rich flavors and distinctive...
By Joschka Fischer Joschka Fischer BERLIN – Europe’s situation in 2024 is difficult, even dangerous. In Ukraine, Russian President...
By HS Chung K-culture, K-pop, K-drama — Korean popular culture is everywhere, and that’s good news for Korean brands. The world — and the...
By Sean O'Malley Sean O'Malley Recent attacks by the Houthis of Yemen on ships transiting the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea have garnered much...
By Ngaire Woods Ngaire Woods OXFORD – In a year when some of the world’s largest democracies are holding elections, all too many are riven...
By Chun In-bum Chun In-bum Reports from Europe and Ukraine say that more and more North Korea-made ammunition is being discovered on the...
By Carl Bildt Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM – We may never know exactly how and why Alexei Navalny died in the remote Arctic penal colony where he was...
By Kaushik Basu Kaushik Basu ITHACA, NEW YORK – In 1930, John Maynard Keynes published his short essay “Economic Possibilities for Our...
By Rabah Arezki Rabah Arezki ALGIERS – Before the outbreak of COVID-19, Africa experienced 25 years of uninterrupted economic expansion,...
By Mark Leonard Mark Leonard MUNICH – Not for the first time, the central figure at this year’s Munich Security Conference was someone not...
By Tom Purcell Tom Purcell When I read about the “silent book club” trend, it filled me with instant calm and hope. As it goes, in 2012, two...
By Robert Skidelsky Robert Skidelsky LONDON – Following months of speculation and infighting, the United Kingdom’s Labour Party has...
By Seo Joo-hee Seo Joo-hee Paper is so deeply ingrained in the lives of Koreans, that Koreans cannot discuss their lives without mentioning it. ...
By S. Alex Yang and Angela Huyue Zhang Alex Yang LONDON/HONG KONG – The impending rollout of the European Union’s Artificial...
By David Maxwell David Maxwell There is a unique relationship between denuclearization, human rights and unification. The only way to achieve...
By Colin Coleman Colin Coleman NEW YORK – Africa could be the largest source of global economic growth over the next half-century. But during...
By Philippe Legrain Philippe Legrain LONDON – Donald Trump’s potential return to the White House in 2025 poses a grave threat to...
By Adil Sultan The evolving competition between China and the United States in the Asia-Pacific is pushing the region towards a more intense and...
By Trudy Rubin Trudy Rubin Israel is poised to inflict the largest humanitarian catastrophe yet on desperate Palestinian civilians in Gaza, as...
By Shim Jae-yun Russia, which is now embracing North Korea, has received plenty of flak for assuming a diplomatically discourteous attitude...
By Gwynne Dyer "God is usually on the side of the big battalions," Voltaire allegedly said. Not always, but "usually." So how much do you want...
By Adekeye Adebajo Adekeye Adebajo PRETORIA – On January 28, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their withdrawal from the 15-member...
By Yun Sun Yun Sun WASHINGTON, DC – Chinese policy in the Middle East is shaped by two factors: China’s threat perceptions and its strategic...
By Shlomo Ben-Ami Shiomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – A year into World War II, the United Kingdom’s War Cabinet established a committee that would be...
By Slavoj Zizek Slavoj Zizek LJUBLJANA – It is now a century since Vladimir Lenin’s death, and more than three decades since his Bolshevik...
By John Merrill John Merill In a major policy shift, Kim Jong-un's New Year's address lashed out at South Korea, calling it a "hostile enemy...
By Min Seong-jae MIn Seong-jae I will spend the Lunar New Year’s holiday rather quietly. No celebrations, no family gatherings, no feasts, and...
By Daniela Schwarzer Daniela Schwarzer BERLIN – For years, German foreign policy was rarely a domain of fierce debate over fundamentally...
By Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Joseh S. Nye Jr. CAMBRIDGE – With most Americans believing that the United States is in decline, Donald Trump claims he...
Korea needs to do more for foreign literary agents By Barbara J. Jitwer Barbara Zitwer Korean literature began as little seeds blown by the...
By Esther Kim K-pop is everywhere in Taiwan today, but good kimchi is hard to find. I miss kimchi, good kimchi. Where can one find good Korean...
By Gwynne Dyer Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant dismissed the ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on...
By Jase Graves Jase Graves Now that my age has surpassed the mid-century mark and I’m more ancient than virtually all professional athletes,...