Senator Bernie Sanders, a 2020 Democratic candidate for the US presidential election, has long opposed US intervention in the Middle East, starting with his vote against the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In an essay for Foreign Affairs, he outlines the history of Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts and warns...
China confronts a dilemma on governance for Hong Kong. “One conclusion being mooted through think tanks in Beijing and Taipei is that the most pragmatic way forward is for China to be confident and counterintuitive enough to grant Hong Kong full democracy,” explains Asia specialist Humphrey...
Beijing, you have a problem: Nearly quarter of Hong Kong's population took to the streets in August to protest a Chinese extradition bill; some demonstrators desecrate the Chinese flag
TAIPEI: The ongoing protests in Hong Kong offer insights into...
Populists claim to represent the fears and desires of ordinary people, and nationalist forces who generally express little interest in global standards or governance are organizing around a shared hostility toward Muslims and other immigrants. Azeem Ibrahim, director of the Displacement and...
United by fear: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met in June to discuss worries about migration and Muslims; the yellow vest movement that began in France and spread to Canada gains traction by opposing...
Repercussions of nuclear accidents are not easily contained within borders, as demonstrated after an earthquake-tsunami damaged reactors at the Fukushima power plant. Explosions spewed radioactivity into the air, and Japan soon dumped more than 11,000 metric tons of radioactive-tainted water into...
Pulling the plug: After Fukushima disaster, German protesters demand an end to relying on nuclear power
BERLIN: Two months after the earthquake and nuclear accidents in Fukushima, the debates on the future of nuclear power continue unabated. The...
Of the top six automobile-manufacturing countries in the world, the US and China are the only ones that lack universal government-backed health care. US workers expect employers like Ford, General Motors and Chrysler to provide cradle-to-grave health coverage, a significant cost burden not shared...
National safety belt needed: United Auto Workers union demand national health care to save the auto industry
NEW HAVEN: Turmoil in the US auto industry continues to grab headlines, most recently with rumor of a...
Brazil elected a progressive president, yet failed to tackle a long legacy of economic injustice. Instead, President Lula da Silva, a trade union activist born into poverty, was timid with economic policies: Playing it safe, Brazil embraced its traditional role of exporting resources abroad and...
No playground for the poor: Populist President Lula has been unable to reduce the massive income inequality plaguing Brazil
WASHINGTON: This October Brazilians will go to the polls in an election that constitutes...
The meeting this week in Geneva may be the last chance to complete the Doha Development Round of talks launched by the World Trade Organization in 2001. While many observers anticipate that the round could be rescued, the stalemate highlights the structural weaknesses of a trade organization...
Bad apples: French farmers protest against imported apples. WTO finds it hard to wean developed country farmers from subsidies and protection
DURHAM, NH: As the G-8 Summit left St. Petersburg, the US sent its...
