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Tue, November 30, 2021 | 13:11

Some Teutonic lessons

When the leaders of the G20 nations gathered in Rome this month for a summit, German chancellor Angela Merkel brought someone with her to the meeting. Unlike the other leaders, it was not her spouse who accompanied her but her likely successor, Olaf Scholz, the leader of Germany's opposition party, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The peaceful and smooth transiti...

2021-11-11 16:57

Is multilateralism a fig leaf?

OXFORD - International organizations are currently plagued by allegations of powerful states wielding undue influence over outcomes. These include recent revelations about Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and other countries pushing back against the United Nations on climate change, suggestions that senior World Bank officials intervened to boost China's ranking in the Bank's ...

2021-11-11 16:56

South Asia replaces Middle East as epicenter of Muslim religious ultra-conservatism

As Middle Eastern states attempt to manage their political and security differences, Muslim-majority countries are regrouping along a fault line that separates proponents of varying concepts of an authoritarian but religiously and socially more tolerant, “moderate Islam” from those advocating stricter adherence to intolerant, non-pluralistic strands of the faith.

2021-11-11 16:55

Where is agenda for women in peacekeeping conversation?

South Korea is taking the lead as the first Asian host country of a U.N. Peacekeeping Ministerial in December. Its leaders will have a chance to broach women's issues but their attempts to prepare for that role are so far falling short.

2021-11-11 16:53

No time to waste for denuclearization negotiations with North Korea

On the Korean Peninsula, an in-between situation of neither active dialogue, nor a nuclear or war crisis, has continued since the so-called “no-deal” summit in Hanoi in February 2019. Dialogue between the Koreas, and between the United States and North Korea, was completely halted. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the official name of the North, has repeatedl...

2021-11-10 17:40

American democracy and soft power

At a recent meeting of trans-Atlantic foreign policy experts, a European friend told the group that he used to worry about a decline in American hard power, but felt reassured. On the other hand, he now worried more about what was happening internally and how that would affect the soft power that underlies American foreign policy. Are his fears justified?

2021-11-10 17:35

Taking responsibility for climate change, mitigation, and displacement

We are currently witnessing another spectacle of global governance failure. Our political leaders are currently gathering in Glasgow for the latest climate change conference. A few, no doubt, understand the urgency of the situation.

2021-11-09 16:49

K-pop, K-quarantine and now 'K-fire service'

In July, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) made a unanimous decision to raise Korea's status from a developing economy to a developed one. This was the first such upgrade ever made since the establishment of UNCTAD 57 years ago. Praising Korea for being a model case of growth in all domains from economy to culture, UNCTAD expressed its hopes for ...

2021-11-08 15:41

Out with the old, in with the digital

Clothes that cannot be worn, hung or touched are gaining traction. Labeled as e-fashion, these clothes are all digital and do not exist in the physical world. Essentially, consumers of these products do not receive a traditional package with their clothing of choice, but instead ownership of a digital file. Currently most e-fashion firms will provide an image of the clothes w...

2021-11-07 15:08

Lessons from 'Squid Game:' challenges facing Korea

Recently, a wave of entertainment content from South Korea has swept the world, led by the K-pop group BTS and the Oscar Best Picture award winner, “Parasite.” For the past couple of weeks, all the attention has been on “Squid Game,” the Netflix series about a dystopian game in which working-class people are pitted against each other over a series of deadly challenges. The ul...

2021-11-04 16:56

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