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Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election was surprising in a number of ways. He won every swing state as well as the popular vote,...
Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election was surprising in a number of ways. He won every swing state as well as the popular vote,...
By Azu Ishiekwene I understand wealthy US citizens and conservatives of the evangelical hue rooting for Donald Trump. The rich believe he would loosen...
In Philadelphia this past weekend, I met a number of people who’d given up on democracy. They railed about politicians who make promises they...
Twenty years ago, when I first heard about “dog poop girl,” I thought, “Well, that’s just South Korea.” In 2005, a young woman took her dog...
Twenty years ago, when I first heard about “dog poop girl,” I thought, “Well, that’s just South Korea.” In 2005,
Mega-billionaire Elon Musk, in other words, has gone all in to support a billionaire on behalf of billionaires the world over.
The richest man in the world is trying to buy the U.S. presidential election in order to bestow it, like a burnt offering, upon his preferred...
By Jonathan Power There’s a lot of end-of-the-world hyperbole around on climate change, as every mass flooding is matched by outrageous wildfires....
The richest man in the world is trying to buy the U.S. presidential election in order to bestow it, like a burnt offering, upon his preferred...
The dream of Korean reunification is now over 80 years old. This year, the notion that the two halves of the Korean peninsula could be stitched back...
No one wants a nuclear reactor in their backyard. It’s an eyesore and a health hazard, not to mention the
No one wants a nuclear reactor in their backyard. It’s an eyesore and a health hazard, not to mention the hit to your property values. And don’t...
The Israeli prime minister continues to wage war because war keeps him in power. He may burn the Middle East to the ground in the process.
Israel has assassinated the leader of Hezbollah and killed many of its members by way of booby-trapped pagers and walky-talkies. After a blitzkrieg...
Autocrats and right-wing ideologues hate diversity. They believe in political uniformity, preferably one-man rule. They also favor ethnic and/or...
The immigrants were arriving on children’s bicycles and sometimes even in wheelchairs. According to Norwegian law, immigrants couldn’t cross the...
The numbers are clear. The temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in November last year resulted in the release of 109 hostages. Compare that to...
number of U.S. voters are willing to contemplate installing Donald Trump in the White House for a second term, an equally significant portion of the...
For the first time since the end of World War II, a far-right party has won a state election in Germany. This most recent success for the Alternative...
Russia has more arms and more soldiers. It is spending more than twice as much as Ukraine on the military. It has managed to survive the world’s...
Russia has more arms and more soldiers. It is spending more than twice as much as Ukraine on the military. It has managed to survive the world’s...
They were all buddy-buddy for the cameras, going for a joy ride in a deluxe limo and toasting each other at a
Approaching the consequential elections of 2024, the United States faces a stark debate over the role of the country in international affairs. The...
The conventional Artificial Intelligence doomsday scenario runs like this. A robot acquires sentience and decides for some reason that it wants to...
The Right is resurgent! The Left is Back! The Center is on the march! It’s always tempting to declare, on the basis of a few elections, that a...
The recent meeting of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un in North Korea marks a new stage not only in their alliance but in their ideological convergence....
Here's the question to be asking, both in the U.S. and around the world: at what point will the far right achieve a critical mass of support such...
Poland is supposed to be one of the politically sane places in Europe right now. The far-right Law and Justice Party lost national elections last year...
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains elusive about the endgame in Gaza but time is closing in on him. He has a solemn obligation to...
Benjamin Netanyahu’s face may soon be on Wanted posters around the world. In Israel, the prime minister has been charged with various counts of...
How long can Netanyahu hold out politically against criticisms from within Israel and outside its borders?
The United States should be cooperating with China on how to push the world away from fossil fuels, not engaging in counterproductive trade wars.
Japan’s recovery from the devastation of World War II was assisted by another war. Japanese manufacturers and the service industries around military...
If Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election in November, all sorts of hell will break lose. Mexico will face a huge border crisis. China will...
The process of crafting congressional legislation is often likened to sausage-making. Best not to look behind the scenes at the mechanics of the...
What’s happening in Haiti today could prefigure the future of the United States, too, if Donald Trump wins in November and continues to undermine...
With its “war on terrorism,” the United States launched a global campaign against the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks as well as a number of...
Ever since it withdrew its settlements in 2005, Israel has periodically attacked Gaza. This shelling of locations throughout the narrow strip of land...
The head of the U.S. Strategic Command told Congress last week that a powerful set of countries is ganging up against the United States and World War...
Presidential elections in the United States are almost always decided by domestic issues. Once in a while a global concern like terrorism or a...
The best scenario is to achieve some reduction of tensions, some release of hostages, some stepping away from the brink of a wider war.
When Congress passed the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, it focused on embedding the civil rights of the formerly enslaved in the Constitution. But the...
While Americans are debating esoteric clauses of the Constitution in an effort to determine Trump’s place on or off the ballot, Brazil is taking far...
The Korean War ended more than 70 years ago, and a tense peace has reigned ever since on the Korean peninsula. The two Koreas have exchanged artillery...