Most Popular

North Korea Nuclear Threat? South Koreans Roll Eyes

October 3, 2017
Dulled by more than six decades of outlandish propaganda and threats, South Koreans may have grown overly complacent about North Korean provocations, warns journalist Shim Jae Hoon. “Seoul is left shaken and apprehensive about the progress achieved by Kim Jong Un and his intercontinental missile...

Russia-Iran-Turkey Alliance Puts the US on Back-Foot

December 7, 2017
US power is waning in the Middle East as an emerging alliance among Russia, Iran, Turkey and Qatar gathers strength. “Most alarming for America,” according to author and historian Dilip Hiro, “Turkey is NATO’s easternmost member with the second largest military in the defense partnership” and “...

Islamophobia Embraced as Anti-Globalization Tool

August 15, 2019
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...

Italy and Japan: Troubled Twins of Globalization

August 26, 2014
Japan and Italy are major economies, ranked third and ninth in the world, respectively. Yet both have slipped in recent years, a result of insular policies that in turn encourage provincialism. The cultures offer beautiful and unusual elements that draw admiration from around the world. Ironically...

IMF’s Bitter Medicine Brought Growth, But Also Inequality

February 22, 2018
Moon Jae-in became South Korea’s president in 2017 and the wake of a corruption scandal and impeachment of his predecessor. He has made addressing inequality a priority. “He is responding to a growing despair in South Korea that ordinary people cannot get ahead, small- and medium-sized companies...

Helping Guatemalans Stay in Guatemala

October 24, 2019
Guatemalans make up about 40 percent of the nearly 1 million people who have turned themselves in to US Border Patrol agents since October 2016. Many are desperate to flee rural poverty and gang violence, attempting a treacherous journey through Mexico to the United States. “While the numbers of...

Crash in US Dollar Coming: Bloomberg

June 9, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic may end the US dollar’s status as primary reserve currency, warns Yale economist Stephen Roach. The pandemic and high unemployment pressure US living standards and spending even as world leaders question US leadership and notions of exceptionalism. Current account deficits...

Yemen Isn’t Just a Proxy War Between Saudi Arabia and Iran

October 18, 2016
The United Nations announced a 72-hour ceasefire for the war in Yemen. The pause, just after the US Navy fired missiles into Yemen in response to attacks on US ships in the Red Sea, may prevent expansion of the war that has killed more than 10,000 and displaced more than 3 million Yemenis. Yemen’s...
More..