Donald Trump, intent on winning reelection as US president and avoiding corruption investigations, is doubling down on “America first” policies and transactional foreign policies. “America’s foreign partners will now more than ever be evaluated on whether they help or hurt his election outlook,”...
Pakistan’s civilian government has little control over the country’s powerful army which stands out as a most trusted institution, with more than 80 percent public approval, compared to 36 percent approval for government. Weak institutions that fail to address Pakistan’s challenges have allowed...
Sewing a crazy quilt: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan with fellow Pashtun fighters at an earlier time; Baloch rebels surrender weapons to the Pakistani government
ADELAIDE: Of Pakistan’s many problems nothing is perhaps as enduring or as...
Communities may be rushing toward new technologies, particularly 5G networks, without considering health consequences. The 5G networks, unlike previous technologies, rely on high-frequency radio waves emitted from small cells in close proximity. Regulators rely on standards more than two decades...
China is moving on a national security resolution for Hong Kong, relying on the National People’s Congress rather than waiting for the territory’s Legislative Council to shape its own rules. The resolution would “ban all seditious activities aimed at toppling the central government and external...
Those who oppose globalization are especially sensitive about loss of culture. But the American film industry does not contribute to the homogenization or Americanization of culture, argues Michael Lynton, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment. “Instead of creating a single, boring global...
Wall Street Journal: Is globalization making the world more homogenous? And if so, does Hollywood share the blame?
This summer, my studio’s “Spider-Man 3” became one of the biggest movies of all time, thanks to its world-wide “web” of box-...
Economists have used the phrase “original sin” as a metaphor to refer to the inability of developing nations to borrow from their own currencies. “Developing nations overleverage their economies to external foreign debt, most often, the US dollar, due to an optimistic perception of global monetary...
Dollar tricks: Zimbabwean deal with their worthless currency with black humor, top, and Egyptians are resigned to devaluation
JAKARTA: In Biblical terms, original sin denotes the fall of man after Adam eats forbidden fruit from the tree of...
It was only one month ago that South Korean citizen Kim Sun-il was beheaded in Iraq due to what his captors claimed to be participation by him and his company in Christian activities. So it may come as no surprise that South Korea’s government is concerned about the prospect of 3,000 Korean...
Pushing aside warnings from the government about danger levels in the Middle East, thousands of South Korean Protestants from some 850 Christian affiliations nationwide are set to attend a peace rally in Israel early...
Embarking on a 10-day tour of Africa, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit has some serious diplomatic work to accomplish. The country’s failure in July to secure a bid to host the African Parliament was the most recent reminder of the tenuous state of Egypt’s continental ties. Throughout...
Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit's choice of Africa for his first overseas tour -- just four weeks after taking charge of his new post -- is far from a coincidence; nor is it merely a matter of following up on a former...
