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Sun, November 18, 2018 | 08:23

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Capitalism under siege

Following the end of the Cold War, it appeared as if capitalism was the undisputed victor. However, since the Great Recession of 2007-08, capitalism has come increasingly under strain as it becomes evident that the huge wealth created by it is not spread evenly enough throughout society.

Guest Column | 2018-10-16 17:14

Khashoggi's fate? Why Trump should squeeze Saudis

Saudi Arabia's 33-year-old de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, paints himself as reformist. He has allowed women to drive, reined in the kingdom's religious police and permitted movie theaters to open.

Guest Column | 2018-10-16 17:11

Germany's socialism of fools

If opinion polls counted as elections, large parts of Germany would already be governed by the far right. In several eastern German states, the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) has established itself as the strongest political force. Almost everywhere else in the country, the party currently ranks second _ on par or just ahead of the struggling Social Democrats (SPD) and beh...

Guest Column | 2018-10-15 17:17

Dropping other shoe in fight against climate change

They still haven't dropped the other shoe. The “Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C” contains terrifying forecasts about what will happen when we reach an average global temperature one-and-a-half degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial average. (We are now at +1C.) But it still shies away from talking about the feedbacks, the refugees, and mass death.

Guest Column | 2018-10-15 17:09

Why Venezuela matters

It didn't have to be this way. An oil rich, economically prosperous middle class country, once a stable Latin American democracy, is disintegrating into a socialist dystopia plagued by hunger, corruption, hyper-inflation and churning political unrest.

Guest Column | 2018-10-14 17:18

'America first' will likely fizzle fast

The “America first” policy President Donald Trump extols “has won,” scholar Robert Kagan wrote in a recent op-ed, surmising that the administration's preference for unilateralism, trade protectionism and immigration restrictions amount to “a new direction of American foreign policy.”

Guest Column | 2018-10-14 17:10

Helping young people build good lives

A train heads out of the city in the late afternoon crowded with commuters going home after work. All the seats are full and many of the passengers are standing. They listen to music, watch TV or play video games on their smartphones. Some read newspapers, magazines or books. Mostly, they are quiet, deep in their own thoughts on the crowded train.

Guest Column | 2018-10-12 17:17

Khashoggi case highlights what happens when US abdicates role as free press defender

Here's the most astonishing thing about the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist-in-exile and Washington Post columnist, who entered his country's consulate in Istanbul a week ago and never came out.

Guest Column | 2018-10-12 17:06

Connecting Europe and Asia: time to move up gear

Europe and Asia have a centuries-old common history. The ties between the two continents are today reaching an unprecedented level. Asian markets account for over one third of exports from the European Union. Almost half of the goods and services imported by the EU come from Asian countries.

Guest Column | 2018-10-11 16:28

Where's Jamal? Saudis owe world answer

Where is Jamal? That's what his fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, wants to know. It's what Turkey and the rest of the world want to know. Only Saudi Arabia has the answer. Cengiz was the last person to see Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi alive before he walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 to pick up documents he needed before their wedding.

Guest Column | 2018-10-11 16:19

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