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Fri, January 21, 2022 | 04:18

Goodbye, democracy?

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, during the formal impeachment of then U.S. President Donald Trump, rehashed a famous quote of our founding fathers: “On the final day of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, when our Constitution was adopted, Americans gathered on the steps of Independence Hall...They (really it was the politically astute socialite Elizabeth Willing Powel ...

2022-01-17 16:53

Anti-China alliance deepens with new deal

On Jan. 6, Japan and Australia signed a new security defense deal highlighting how Tokyo is of growing strategic importance as a partner in the emerging anti-China alliance.

2022-01-17 16:50

Africa cannot afford a second cold war

More than 20,000 Africans were killed in violent conflicts in 2020, an almost tenfold increase from a decade ago. Concurrently, and perhaps not coincidentally, Sino-American rivalry has escalated sharply. A new cold war, this time between the United States and China, along with other regional security threats, could be disastrous for Africa's economic development and green tr...

2022-01-17 16:34

2022: year of hyper-uncertainty in global security

The new year has started with the COVID-19 pandemic still hanging over our heads. On top of that, clouds of hyper-uncertainty are gathering over the global security horizon.

2022-01-16 16:14

Leading for future: policy entrepreneurship

Last was an unforgettable year. The COVID-19 pandemic has left many of us with a great deal of uncertainty. We're all different in how much uncertainty we can tolerate in life. Do our life and work situations look uncertain? Let's be honest. They always are. We need to look within ourselves to find the certainty we need.

2022-01-16 16:07

We've got our eyes on you, 2022!

Hello, 2022. We hope you're not expecting to get the honeymoon treatment that most New Years have gotten throughout history.

2022-01-16 16:05

Talking about talks with North Korea

Survival under the threat of a North Korean missile strike is like living with the danger of COVID. One takes all precautions, but there's no guarantee anything will work.

2022-01-13 17:00

US diplomatic boycott of Olympics creates stir

The Olympics are a venue for the harmony of mankind. In December of last year, the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Olympic Truce Resolution with the aim of temporarily halting conflicts during the Beijing Winter Olympics.

2022-01-13 16:58

Whatever happened to soft power?

As 2021 drew to a close, Russia had massed troops near its border with Ukraine; China had flown military jets near Taiwan; North Korea was still pursuing its nuclear-weapons program; and Taliban fighters were patrolling the streets of Kabul. Seeing all this, friends asked me: “Whatever happened to soft power?”

2022-01-13 16:50

What Sidney Poitier taught us about ourselves

When my sister texted to tell me that Sidney Poitier had passed away, and I started crying. All I could do was conjure up the black and white image of a beloved movie, “A Patch of Blue,” the film that made me fall in love with Poitier. It's a powerful movie that carries as strong a message about anti-racism as “Guess Who's Coming To Dinner,” without its political posturing an...

2022-01-13 16:45

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