It is impossible to be bored on Año Viejo (New Year’s Eve) in Ecuador’s capital city. The country blends rich traditions typical of many Latin American countries — like eating las doce uvas de la suerte, twelve grapes each bestowed with a wish...
The 1946 Tokyo War Crimes Trials, carried out by the Allied powers during postwar occupation, marked one of the first attempts to reckon with the atrocities committed by the Japanese Army during the Second World War. 28 men, many of whom were archite...
Under the cover of night, small boats depart from the Libyan coastline, headed toward sanctuary in Italy. Packed onto rickety vessels and often bought and traded by armed gangs, thousands of migrants and refugees face grueling challenges on the...
As the Syrian civil war approaches its fourth year, prospects for peace are increasingly dim. Western-led negotiations have proved unfruitful. The United States has no visible strategy for ending the conflict, much less for assisting in a democratic ...
As the Syrian civil war approaches its fourth year, prospects for peace are increasingly dim. Western-led negotiations have proved unfruitful. The United States has no visible strategy for ending the conflict, much less for assisting in a democratic ...
After Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea, he was charged with trying to reconstitute the Soviet Union. Although the Russian president has not exactly dispelled this claim, it would be a mistake to cry “Evil Empire!” over one foreign excursion. Not tha...
After Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea, he was charged with trying to reconstitute the Soviet Union. Although the Russian president has not exactly dispelled this claim, it would be a mistake to cry “Evil Empire!” over one foreign excursion. Not tha...
Last year, I wrote about Uruguay’s ambitious project to fully legalize and regulate its domestic marihuana industry (also, here’s at BPR Media’s video on the issue). Now, almost five months after the pot legalization law passed by a sli...
Last year, I wrote about Uruguay’s ambitious project to fully legalize and regulate its domestic marihuana industry (also, here’s at BPR Media’s video on the issue). Now, almost five months after the pot legalization law passed by a sli...
Join the Janus Forum on Thursday April 24th as Noam Chomsky, an outspoken critic of US and Israel foreign policy, and Dennis Ross, a former member of the Bush I, Clinton, and Obama administrations, discuss the US’ role in Israel. The event will...
Join the Janus Forum on Thursday April 24th as Noam Chomsky, an outspoken critic of US and Israel foreign policy, and Dennis Ross, a former member of the Bush I, Clinton, and Obama administrations, discuss the US’ role in Israel. The event will...
My last piece addressed the polemic surrounding the Taiwanese government’s intention to ratify the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) with China. The article commented on the Sunflower Movement’s actions to prevent the passing of the a...
My last piece addressed the polemic surrounding the Taiwanese government’s intention to ratify the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) with China. The article commented on the Sunflower Movement’s actions to prevent the passing of the a...
Last Thursday, the world lost one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. At the age of 87, Colombian author and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez died in his Mexico City home, after years of battling cancer and suffering from senile...
Last Thursday, the world lost one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. At the age of 87, Colombian author and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez died in his Mexico City home, after years of battling cancer and suffering from senile...
For years, Finland’s education system has sparked panic and envy throughout the world. Ever since the results of the first Program for International Assessment (PISA) tests were published by the OECD in 2000, Finland has consistently been in the li...
For years, Finland’s education system has sparked panic and envy throughout the world. Ever since the results of the first Program for International Assessment (PISA) tests were published by the OECD in 2000, Finland has consistently been in the li...
Russia’s annexation of Crimea, unrest in Ukraine and subsequent narratives of a “New Cold War” bring new hopes and worries to leaders in the Middle East. Beyond Syria, where Russia has already exerted decisive influence, other countries in the ...
Russia’s annexation of Crimea, unrest in Ukraine and subsequent narratives of a “New Cold War” bring new hopes and worries to leaders in the Middle East. Beyond Syria, where Russia has already exerted decisive influence, other countries in the ...
According to former Liberal Democratic Party minister Hakuo Yanagisawa, if Japan’s “baby making machines” stayed at home, they would produce more children and thus more workers. This economic justification for the fact only 60 percent of employ...
According to former Liberal Democratic Party minister Hakuo Yanagisawa, if Japan’s “baby making machines” stayed at home, they would produce more children and thus more workers. This economic justification for the fact only 60 percent of employ...
The South China Sea is home to several island chains rich with resources, land and influence. China and Malaysia are two of the major players involved in these disputes. The Obama Administration has chosen to make Malaysia a regional power and suppor...
The South China Sea is home to several island chains rich with resources, land and influence. China and Malaysia are two of the major players involved in these disputes. The Obama Administration has chosen to make Malaysia a regional power and suppor...
The history of targeted mob violence in this country is not pretty. The act of lynching – heavily racialized in the American context – was characteristic of a dark period of the past, when ignorance and violence was the norm for relations between...
The history of targeted mob violence in this country is not pretty. The act of lynching – heavily racialized in the American context – was characteristic of a dark period of the past, when ignorance and violence was the norm for relations between...
On March 17, the Taiwanese government announced that it was ready to ratify the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) with China. The agreement, which was signed in June 2013 but is still pending ratification, would allow China and Taiwan to i...
On March 17, the Taiwanese government announced that it was ready to ratify the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) with China. The agreement, which was signed in June 2013 but is still pending ratification, would allow China and Taiwan to i...