Category: Politics
Lebanon’s Dubious Second Wave and the Need to End ...
Posted by George Ajjan | Jun 12, 2020 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics | 7 |
What Has Publicly Blaming Cyber Attacks on Governm...
Posted by Emilio Iasiello | Jun 11, 2020 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, US | 2 |
Afghan Peace is Now About the Art of the Possible,...
Posted by Ben Acheson | Apr 25, 2020 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics | 4 |
SARS-CoV-2 Response: Imperial College Model and Lo...
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 17, 2020 | Europe, Featured, News & Analysis, Politics, Science, US | 5 |
SARS-CoV-2 Response: Where Do We Go from Here? (In...
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 17, 2020 | Featured, News & Analysis, Politics, Science, US | 1 |
Why Do Taliban Continue to Kill If They Are Serious about Peace?
by Ghulam Farooq Mujaddidi | Jun 12, 2020 | Asia Pacific, Politics, Viewpoints
The Taliban must alter their zero-sum mentality and seriously commit to bringing peace to Afghanistan before it is too late.
Lebanon’s Dubious Second Wave and the Need to End Lockdown
by George Ajjan | Jun 12, 2020 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics
Lebanon must end its lockdown or face economic, fiscal, and monetary disasters that pose an even greater threat to the country than COVID-19.
What Has Publicly Blaming Cyber Attacks on Governments Solved?
by Emilio Iasiello | Jun 11, 2020 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Blaming cyber attacks on governments has become routine, but has it resulted in accountability, punishment, or reduction in hostile cyber activities?
Afghan Peace is Now About the Art of the Possible, Not the Perfect
by Ben Acheson | Apr 25, 2020 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics
The current political crisis in Afghanistan is actually an important step towards a realistic peaceful solution: a political “unsettlement”.
SARS-CoV-2 Response: Imperial College Model and Lockdown Endgame
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 17, 2020 | Europe, Featured, News & Analysis, Politics, Science, US
The influential Imperial College model governments have used to justify economic shutdown shows that lockdown only delays and worsens the problem long-term.
SARS-CoV-2 Response: Where Do We Go from Here? (Introduction)
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 17, 2020 | Featured, News & Analysis, Politics, Science, US
In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, governments have implemented authoritarian lockdown measures that could easily be doing more harm than good.
COVID-19 and Mass-Surveillance: Why South Korea’s approach is also anathema to civil liberties
by Mohammad I. Aslam | Apr 13, 2020 | Asia Pacific, Politics, Viewpoints
Big Brother can do wonders during a pandemic, but the granularity of what it gleans is surpassed by the infringement on privacy that it can make.
WHO Experimenting on African Children without Informed Consent
The World Health Organization (WHO) is sponsoring a malaria vaccine study in African children without obtaining informed consent from parents.
Beyond Israeli Elections: Israel at the Cusp of a Bleak Era
by Ramzy Baroud | Feb 28, 2020 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
Israelis now find themselves at the cusp of a new era defined by the breakdown of the country’s legal system, political crisis and social instability.
‘The Donald Trump I know’: Abbas’s UN Speech and the Breakdown of Palestinian Politics
by Ramzy Baroud | Feb 22, 2020 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics, US
The real danger in the ‘Deal of the Century’ is that the Palestinian Authority will find a way to co-exist with it at the expense of the Palestinian people.
Toward Virus Crossroads?
by Dan Steinbock | Feb 13, 2020 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, Science
In the coming days, new confirmed cases of the virus outbreak will continue to rise. Nevertheless, there may be some possible signs of steadying in China.
China’s Evolving Policy toward Japan in the East China Sea: What’s the Next Move?
by Chen Lu | Feb 13, 2020 | Asia Pacific, Essays, Politics
Both China and Japan are likely to enhance their physical presence in the East China Sea as each attempts to assert effective control over disputed waters.
Fact Check: WHO Scientist Caught Lying to Public about Vaccine Safety
Facebook is using its “Fact Check” feature to censor truthful reporting while itself hypocritically propagating misinformation about vaccines.
Crisis and Opportunity: The ‘Deal of the Century’ Challenge for Palestinians
by Ramzy Baroud | Feb 6, 2020 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics, US
The problem with the Palestinian leadership is that, despite its frequent protestations and angry condemnations, it is yet to take independent initiatives or operate outside the American-Israeli paradigm.
Pioneering Effort to Contain Coronavirus Outbreak in Megacities
by Dan Steinbock | Jan 31, 2020 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics
Chinese government has used very strong measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. The ultimate economic impact will depend on the eventual diffusion and infectiousness of the new virus.
You Came to Create Change
by Mats Svensson | Jan 31, 2020 | Palestine, Politics, Viewpoints
The Israeli occupation regime steamrolls on, as does the international community’s inaction to protect the rights of Palestinians.
Pipeline or a Pipedream: Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean
by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 30, 2020 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics
What seemed like a lucrative deal, with immense geopolitical significance from an Israeli point of view, now appears to be another extension of the wider Middle Eastern conflict.
Even the Most Progressive U.S. Foreign Policy Blames Foreigners
by David Swanson | Jan 30, 2020 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Bernie Sanders would, overall, if pressed a typical amount, be a dramatic improvement over 45 out of 45 past U.S. presidents. But that’s a low bar.
The Fate of Journalists Who Dissent from Official Explanations
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jan 24, 2020 | Americas, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Already it is extremely difficult to get any truthful information. Soon it will be impossible.
A Failed Impeachment Still Serves Democrats
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jan 24, 2020 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Trump’s conviction in the Senate could stop indictments from the Barr-Durham investigation, but even a failed impeachment can be used as a shield.