Anti-Semitism is again on the rise, says Mark Strauss, a senior editor for Foreign Policy. Globalization is being pinned on the Jews – the traditional 'villain' of capitalism – and thus the Jewish people are being blamed for all perceived negative effects of increased market integration,...
Anti-Semitism is again on the rise. Why now? Blame the backlash against globalization. As public anxiety grows over lost jobs, shaky economies, and political and social upheaval, the Brownshirt and Birkenstock crowds...
Moon Jae-in, a progressive in a field of 13 candidates, decisively won the presidential election in South Korea with more than 40 percent of the vote including many young supporters. “A decisive win by Moon would end months of political turmoil stemming from a parliamentary vote in December to...
Liberal politician Moon Jae-in won South Korea’s presidential election on Tuesday, exit polls showed, an expected victory that would end nearly a decade of conservative rule and bring a more conciliatory approach toward North Korea.
Moon, 64,...
The US is proceeding with 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 15 percent on aluminum. Canada and Mexico are exempted for now. The US is the world’s second largest consumer of steel, at just under 100 metric tons, lagging far behind China at almost 700 metric tons. The US is the fourth largest...
The world awaits the outcome of the US mid-term elections, which will decide all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 33 seats in the Senate. If Democrats win either chamber, the president’s policies will face new scrutiny: A “Democratic majority's greatest influence will be oversight...
Protests have paralyzed Hong Kong throughout the summer, putting China’s system of governance for the island into question. While the protesters’ numbers have fallen, the movement has expanded its demands and methods, including disruptions that have forced the Hong Kong airport to close. The...
The rise of China has thrown up a whole host of new questions for its neighbors and other major powers. Uneasy on the one hand and seeking opportunity on the other, many nations are unsure what to make of China at this point. One thing is certain – the world’s largest population is coming into...
BEIJING The rise of a great power is never smooth or painless and China's is no exception, as its economic strength and strategic ambition generate fear and uncertainty among its neighbors, along with profit and...
With support from NATO, Turkey announced plans to hit the Islamic State terrorists hard in northern Iraq through reports suggest the nation is also attacking shelters, depots and holdings of Kurds – one of the few groups willing to supply ground troops to the battle and showing some success. Turkey...
Turkish jets launched their heaviest assault on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq overnight since air strikes began last week, hours after President Tayyip Erdogan said a peace process had become impossible.
The strikes hit Kurdistan Workers Party...
China and Pakistan share a border of just 523 kilometers but are the strongest of neighbors. An on-again off-again trip to Pakistan by China’s President Xi Jinping does not tell the real story. “This is a relationship where the public theatrics have generally been a poor indicator of the underlying...
Guess who's coming for dinner: Speculation about the on-again off-again visit to Pakistan by China's President Xi Jinping, shaking hands with Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain, left, in Beijing (top) need not raise questions about the two...
