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Sat, August 20, 2022 | 11:36

It's inflation, stupid

When the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning the constitutional right to an abortion was leaked to the media last month, it tore through Washington, D.C., with the force of a category five hurricane.

2022-06-09 16:05

New European thinking on Ukraine

Exactly on the same day that marked the completion of 100 days of the invasion of Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron, in unequivocal words, warned against “humiliating” Russia and urged fellow Western nations to keep the doors open to diplomatic engagement with Moscow.

2022-06-08 16:55

Confidence building is not enough: Time to talk about disarmament

It has been nearly a quarter century since India and Pakistan tested nuclear weapons. After conducting the tests in May 1998, the focus in both states has been on growing and diversifying their nuclear and missile inventories. Military spending has increased in both states despite the poor socio economic indicators. In the U.N.'s human development index, India and Pakistan st...

2022-06-08 16:45

Getting serious about European defense

Russia's war in Ukraine has forced the European Union to address longstanding strategic challenges. The most immediate task is to end Europe's dependence on Russian energy imports, and this process is now underway, with a gradual oil embargo that will reach 90 percent by the end of the year.

2022-06-07 16:41

Queen's Jubilee revives gloomy Britain

It was a time to celebrate! The 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne in 1952 makes her the longest-serving monarch in British history. Thus, the grandly named Platinum Jubilee has not only dazzled the country with its royal pomp and circumstance, but it has also importantly invigorated it with its joyous celebrations of unity across the land.

2022-06-07 16:26

Biden's Taiwan comments reveal US strategic dilemma in East Asia

Last month, U.S. President Joe Biden visited East Asia, holding a series of summits with the leaders of South Korea, Japan and the member states of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad). The summits addressed multiple agendas, one of which was approaches toward China. Is the U.S. alliance in the Indo-Pacific committed only to defending the existing regional order? Or doe...

2022-06-07 16:21

Betting on third-year charm

I recently filed my taxes for last year. As a small business, once all my taxes are filed is when I really get to figure out how much I really made after expenses. It's a time when all those big numbers get stripped down to show exactly how much I brought home.

2022-06-07 16:16

'The Handmaid's Tale'

Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, "The Handmaid's Tale," explores a near-future America (renamed after the biblical nation-state, Gilead) where women are sexually enslaved to be breeding machines (handmaids) for military and political elites. In this Christo-fascist regime, sexual minorities, adherents of other religions and political dissidents are sent to toxic labor/conce...

2022-06-06 17:00

President Yoon's pro-business promise

With U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to South Korea in the rearview mirror, it is a good time to look at President Yoon Suk-yeol's to-do list, which has many challenges on the political and economic front. One of the most urgent is the turbulence in global financial markets, which are currently being weighed down by fears of stagflation and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The l...

2022-06-05 16:59

For the children

Listen to the Carpenters' “Bless the Beasts and the Children.” This famous song goes, “Bless the beasts and the children, For in this world they have no voice, They have no choice.” I'm reminded of these words, with the song's sad lamentation, because of several mass shootings in the United States, in particular Robb Elementary, Uvalde, Texas. America must face the epidemic o...

2022-06-05 16:51

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