In February 2025, Taiwan’s coast guard noticed something unusual in the Taiwan Strait. A Togolese-flagged cargo ship, the Hong Tai 58, had slowed near a submarine cable route connecting Taiwan to the Penghu Islands. Officers repeatedly attempted to...
Accra, Ghana. Cheers erupt from the gathered crowd as a man’s name is announced. Clad in a red beret and a camouflage uniform, the national flag stitched onto his sleeve features a yellow star, not Ghana’s emblematic black one. Nevertheless, the ...
In 1947, members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the notorious “Doomsday Clock,” a symbolic representation of humanity’s impending doom. The clock inches forward when climate change accelerates and turns back when wars end; mid...
This past February, President Barack Obama unveiled his 2015 National Security Strategy. The document stresses “international order,” renewing calls to “advance” interests in Asia, “strengthen” ties to Europe and “invest” in Africa. I...
This past February, President Barack Obama unveiled his 2015 National Security Strategy. The document stresses “international order,” renewing calls to “advance” interests in Asia, “strengthen” ties to Europe and “invest” in Africa. I...
One of the many complex repercussions of Japan’s turbulent 1960s, the abduction of Japanese civilians by North Korea, is still a potent emotional issue in domestic Japanese politics. In my previous article, I touched upon the actions of the Japanes...
One of the many complex repercussions of Japan’s turbulent 1960s, the abduction of Japanese civilians by North Korea, is still a potent emotional issue in domestic Japanese politics. In my previous article, I touched upon the actions of the Japanes...
South African President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address February 12 was largely overshadowed by the violence that erupted during it, with the live television signal cutting out as parliamentarians threw desks, seat cushions and hats, scuf...
South African President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address February 12 was largely overshadowed by the violence that erupted during it, with the live television signal cutting out as parliamentarians threw desks, seat cushions and hats, scuf...
The pursuit of transitional justice has proven to be a very problematic process in different forms and degrees throughout post-communist Eastern Europe. Since the collapse of the communist regimes in 1989, most governments of these post-communist cou...
The pursuit of transitional justice has proven to be a very problematic process in different forms and degrees throughout post-communist Eastern Europe. Since the collapse of the communist regimes in 1989, most governments of these post-communist cou...
On a recent stay in Dubai, I was bombarded by a very deceptive nicety, one that politely greets customers at every meal: “saha wa hana,” which roughly translates into “to good health and happiness.” It sounds pleasant and poetic—it rolls of...
On a recent stay in Dubai, I was bombarded by a very deceptive nicety, one that politely greets customers at every meal: “saha wa hana,” which roughly translates into “to good health and happiness.” It sounds pleasant and poetic—it rolls of...
It is an image that has become familiar to us all. Figures with black tape placed over their mouths hold signs that say “journalism is not a crime.” In the last year, this image, promoted by influential journalists like Christiane Amanpour, has p...
It is an image that has become familiar to us all. Figures with black tape placed over their mouths hold signs that say “journalism is not a crime.” In the last year, this image, promoted by influential journalists like Christiane Amanpour, has p...
While people across the world celebrated the New Year, the people of Lithuania changed more than just their calendars. As of January 1, 2015, Lithuania has officially adopted the Euro as its currency. Although the litas, Lithuania’s old currenc...
While people across the world celebrated the New Year, the people of Lithuania changed more than just their calendars. As of January 1, 2015, Lithuania has officially adopted the Euro as its currency. Although the litas, Lithuania’s old currenc...
On January 23rd, a new king acceded the throne as head of the House of Saud and leader of Saudi Arabia in a smooth and uneventful transition. The new King Salman vowed continuity and an adherence to the policies of his predecessor. However, such a pe...
On January 23rd, a new king acceded the throne as head of the House of Saud and leader of Saudi Arabia in a smooth and uneventful transition. The new King Salman vowed continuity and an adherence to the policies of his predecessor. However, such a pe...
“Tragic Ball in Colombey – one dead”. This was to be the last headline of “Hara-Kiri”, predecessor to Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine targeted in a shooting in Paris on January 7, 2015 which left 12 people dead. Hara-Kiri’s ...
“Tragic Ball in Colombey – one dead”. This was to be the last headline of “Hara-Kiri”, predecessor to Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine targeted in a shooting in Paris on January 7, 2015 which left 12 people dead. Hara-Kiri’s ...
In São Paolo, water consumption remains high, rainwater is at a record low and, not too suddenly, the city is facing its worst hydric crisis in the last 80 years. The Cantareira — the reservoir system that supplies 8.8 million people in the greate...
In São Paolo, water consumption remains high, rainwater is at a record low and, not too suddenly, the city is facing its worst hydric crisis in the last 80 years. The Cantareira — the reservoir system that supplies 8.8 million people in the greate...
Valentine’s Day was another day of broken hearts, this year in Nigeria. February 14 was scheduled to be the date of the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, “tipped to be the closest since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999;...
Valentine’s Day was another day of broken hearts, this year in Nigeria. February 14 was scheduled to be the date of the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, “tipped to be the closest since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999;...
On January 18, the prominent Argentine lawyer Alberto Nisman was found dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires. Nisman had been commissioned since 2005 to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, the most notorious terrorist att...
On January 18, the prominent Argentine lawyer Alberto Nisman was found dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires. Nisman had been commissioned since 2005 to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, the most notorious terrorist att...