Iran's President Khatami recently became the first Iranian leader to visit Spain since the 1979 revolution. The mere fact of his visit was made even more significant by productive dialogue between President Khatami and Spanish leaders on issues of trade, security, Islam, and democracy. Iran...
International news agencies reported on November 4 that Spanish companies will soon sign exploration deals for $1.3 billion in Iranian oil and gas. The reports come on the heels of Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's...
A new class of freedom fighter has emerged in Cuba - the computer hacker. In a country where high prices and government censorship restrict access to the internet, an increasing number of Cubans are using creative methods to explore the internet unhindered. These "informaticos" acquire...
In Cuba, the Internet has become the latest battleground in that country's quiet struggle for freedom. With World Wide Web access restricted to only a few government-controlled websites, increasing numbers of Cubans are hacking through...
US intelligence officials maintain that Russia interfered in the US presidential election with false news spread over social media to discredit Hillary Clinton. The inexpensive campaign succeeded beyond Russians' wildest expectations. The US Russia scandal is “eating the U.S. from the inside,...
Trade is the glue for globalization and without it other connections can subside. But US voters rejected a US leadership role in global trade deals and elected billionaire Donald Trump who has already signaled intent to have the United States to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership with 11...
America and Asia: Will US President-elect Donald Trump, top, sway the United States towards Asia? China President Xi Jinping's ambitious leadership in Asia could provide incentive
NEW HAVEN: The demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is the final...
Analysts question US influence and capabilities, as the Covid-19 exposes corruption, a health system struggling with preventive care and other failures. The United States, with 4 percent of the world’s population, represents about 35 percent of Covid-19 confirmed cases and more than 25 percent...
China’s Belt and Road global investment strategy is financing more than $1 trillion in infrastructure development in more than 70 nations. The initiative, global in scope, is a response to the US “pivot to Asia” announced under the Obama administration, “carefully and astutely crafted to take...
Camel caravan in Gansu province (Photo by Hu You, China Daily)
The Asia-Pacific Journal Japan Focus: The evolving US-China trade war, which reached a dangerous level of US tariffs being imposed on $200 billion worth of imports from China, has...
在任职于布鲁塞尔的记者沙达•伊斯兰（Shada Islam）看来，瑞士禁止兴建清真寺宣礼塔（minaret）象征着在欧洲的一个重大问题。瑞士的这一举动不但突显出欧洲穆斯林与非穆斯林之间日益扩大的裂痕，而且也突显出欧洲采纳多元文化主义的必要性。实际上，上述问题体现出认知与现实之间的鲜明反差。许多人认为，穆斯林正大量涌入欧洲，不仅抢走了欧洲人的饭碗，而且还会将欧洲变成伊斯兰法统治下的世界。事实上，穆斯林仅占欧洲人口的百分之三。但这些人似乎不愿意融入欧洲社会，甚至也不愿意寻找与其他欧洲公民之间的共同点。他们常常提出与自由社会相矛盾的要求，例如在公共场合实行性别隔离等要求。...
宣礼塔“导弹”：瑞士反对建造宣礼塔的运动表明，该国视伊斯兰教为一种威胁
布鲁塞 尔：瑞士投票禁止兴建新的宣礼塔，暴露出欧洲社会中的一道破坏性的裂痕。瑞士的做法激起了穆斯林们的普遍愤慨，但也受到了欧洲日益流行的反穆斯林政治家们 的欢迎。因此，这似乎加深了欧洲的穆斯林与非穆斯林之间的鸿沟。然而，尽管各方对这一事件的反应并不在意料之外，但这些反应也颇具误导性：虽然宣礼塔事件 令欧洲的穆斯林们群情激愤，但他们现在更为关注的问题却不是宗教象征，而是能否获得完整的欧洲公民资格。...
Most citizens of the United States are descendants of immigrants, yet the Trump administration turned to a zero-intolerance policy that included systematic detention and separating children from parents at the southwest border. The United States is not alone, and cruelty has become a tool for...
Hypocrisy at the border: Despite denials, border agents separate immigrant children from parents at the Mexico-US border; public gestures notwithstanding, Canada also separated migrant families
NEW HAVEN: The public outcry was immediate, massive and...
