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Tue, January 22, 2019 | 11:20

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Chancellor Merkel's long goodbye without seeking re-election

With Angela Merkel having announced that she will step down as leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and not seek re-election as chancellor when her current term ends in 2021, Germany is approaching a watershed moment.

Guest Column | 2018-12-09 17:51

Is fake news here to stay?

The term “fake news” has become an epithet that U.S. President Donald Trump attaches to any unfavorable story. But it is also an analytical term that describes deliberate disinformation presented in the form of a conventional news report.

Guest Column | 2018-12-07 17:26

Multilateralism remains crucial to global peace, stability

Within a span of a quarter-century, ancient rivalries and simmering tensions propelled the major nations of Europe into two devastating wars that eventually embroiled so many states that they became known as the first “world wars.”

Guest Column | 2018-12-07 17:25

Putin probing Ukrainian sealanes, sovereignty

The Russian Navy has harassed and seized three Ukrainian vessels in the narrow waters linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov. The surprise incident in the Kerch Strait off occupied Crimea has reignited tensions between the two neighbors and refocused diplomatic attention on a slow burn crisis which has seen sharp artillery exchanges, land grabs and the death of more than ...

Guest Column | 2018-12-06 17:24

'Deaths of despair': grim decline in life expectancy

The cover of a recent issue of The Economist magazine highlighted a heartening story: “Staying alive: Why the global suicide rate is falling.” Inside, we learn, “Globally the rate has fallen by 38 percent from its peak in 1994. As a result, over 4 million lives have been saved.”

Guest Column | 2018-12-06 17:23

UK's brazen takeover of Geomundo in 1885

I am a sucker for a good historical episode, and this is one. Please allow me to summarize. On April 15, 1885, three British warships (HMS Agamemnon, HMS Pegasus and HMS Firebrand) and two transport ships steamed out of Nagasaki and headed west. They came to a three-island archipelago approximately halfway between the Korean mainland and Jeju Island.

Guest Column | 2018-12-05 17:06

Still, Trump supports Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (known as MBS) is eager to restore his reformer image after the CIA, and most of the world, has concluded he ordered the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Guest Column | 2018-12-05 15:57

ASEAN can help Myanmar solve Rohingya problem

At the end of the 33rd ASEAN summit in Singapore on Nov. 15, Singapore formally handed over the symbolic gavel of ASEAN chairmanship to Thailand, which it last held in 2009. The one-year rotating term will officially begin on Jan. 1, 2019.

Guest Column | 2018-12-04 17:22

George H.W. Bush was himself a point of light

It's fitting that former President George H.W. Bush, whose diplomacy helped end the short Gulf War and the long Cold War, is being remembered in death for words he uttered in his 1988 nomination speech: “Kinder,” “gentler,” “1,000 points of light.” Bush's graciousness and kindness were on display his entire 94-year life. He himself was a point of light.

Guest Column | 2018-12-04 17:12

A wily negotiator

Since the opening of dialogue between North Korea and the United States, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has proven himself to be a shrewd negotiator in the manner of his father and grandfather in his dealings with Presidents Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Moon Jae-in.

Guest Column | 2018-12-03 17:04

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