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Sun, September 22, 2019 | 16:54

Korea should investigate overseas adoptions

South Korea has sent away more children for overseas adoption than any other country in history. The number of children sent away is unknown but numbers ranging from 175,000 to over 200,000 are mentioned. The vast majority of these children were adopted during the 1970s (approximately 66,500 children) and the 1980s (approximately 23,000 children).

2019-08-28 16:40

Aramco's IPO: Saudi balancing between East and West

Saudi Arabia's planned awarding of mandates for the management of an initial public offering (IPO) of its national oil company Aramco is likely to serve as a bellwether for how Riyadh balances its relations with the United States and China.

2019-08-27 17:05

Militarization of South China Sea by 'peace-loving' China

The Chinese National Defense paper (July 2019) reads: “Chinese people …. have learned the value of peace … Therefore … since its founding 70 years ago, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has never started any war or conflict.”

2019-08-27 16:18

'New German responsibility' in foreign policy in light of Iran's tanker crisis

In foreign policy, responsibility is a grave word. Since the Munich Security Conference in 2014, the term "responsibility" has gained new weight in foreign policy. The then leading figures in Germany in that year - Federal President Joachim Gauck, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) and Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen - were committed to ensuring Germany is i...

2019-08-27 15:21

The Amazon is not on fire. There are fires in the Amazon rainforest, as there are every year in July-September, because this is the dry season. There may be more fires than usual this year, and it may even be the fault of Jair Bonsonaro, the Trump mini-me who became the president of Brazil last January, but that is not clear.

2019-08-26 17:07

Is end of GSOMIA a calculated move by Korea?

South Korea decided to terminate the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) with Japan last Thursday. The decision came nearly three years after both countries signed the agreement in 2016 after six years of long negotiations.

2019-08-25 17:50

Greenland gimmick?

It's the summer silly season in the media; see what purports to be serious news from the eternal campaigning for the Iowa Caucus, to bizarre Washington antics, or the wildest of all: Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland!

2019-08-25 17:38

George Orwell's '1984' revisited

The rise of a critical mass of world leaders including Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and others in Europe, Asia and Latin America who are bent on shaping a new world order in their authoritarian and civilizationalist mold, has given “1984,” George Orwell's prophetic novel, published 70 years ago, renewed relevance.

2019-08-23 17:29

Case for government

In the past and even today, some have been making the argument for smaller government along the lines of libertarianism. This may have been fine in centuries past, however, in the world today, the case for a more robust government is stronger than for an administration that is retreating from involvement in its citizens' lives. At least it appears so to this writer judging fr...

2019-08-22 17:05

Unleashing entrepreneurs good for us all

Here's some great news: The American entrepreneur is flourishing again. From 1980 until 2017, “the number of new startups formed each year … plummeted by half - from almost 15% of all business 35 years ago to barely 8%,” according to Forbes contributor David Pridham.

2019-08-22 17:04

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