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Wed, May 12, 2021 | 17:58

No global economic recovery in sight without vaccine leadership

Just over a month ago, the mood for the global economy was more positive and optimistic with increasing vaccinations and the fiscal stimulus packages in the United States and around the world. The International Monetary Fund projected global growth of 6 percent in 2021 and 4.4 percent in 2022 after a contraction of 3.3 percent in 2020. Its growth projections for Asia were eve...

2021-05-04 17:16

As Merkel era ends, German politics in flux

With Angela Merkel in her final weeks of power, the German post-war political landscape was in a wider, historic ferment last week, with the Green Party sensationally topping national polls.

2021-05-04 17:05

Explosive reset of Czech-Russian relations

PRAGUE - The Czech Republic has endured one of its most dramatic fortnights since the Velvet Revolution in 1989, following the government's announcement that two Russian agents were responsible for explosions at a munitions depot in the Moravian village of Vrbetice in 2014, in which two people were killed.

2021-05-04 17:04

Semiconductors: Digital gold

It may not be surprising that, among the topics that will be discussed between President Moon Jae-in and President Joe Biden at their scheduled summit meeting in Washington, D.C. on May 21, will be North Korea, climate change and cooperation on COVID-19 vaccines. But more noteworthy is that semiconductors will also be high on the agenda.

2021-05-03 17:32

Myanmar's junta backed into corner?

As events in Myanmar continue to spiral into a dangerous descent of bloody civil conflict this strategic Southeast Asian nation has nearly reached a tipping point. Diplomacy is needed to defuse the crisis before it spins out of control with unpredictable consequences.

2021-05-03 17:29

Building a new elite

OXFORD - On April 8, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he will close France's elite postgraduate school for training public leaders, the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA). Macron, himself an enarque (as graduates are known), says he wants to encourage equal opportunity and national excellence, and respond better to the challenges of COVID-19. But eliminatin...

2021-05-03 17:28

Academic wokeness, Korean style

In a 2008 article titled, “Elite Korean Schools, Forging Ivy League Skills,” the New York Times wrote about how successful specialized South Korean high schools had been in developing high-performing students geared to getting accepted into top Ivy League schools in the U.S. How successful were they? If SAT scores are a key performance indicator, then, “Their (Daewon) average...

2021-05-02 17:27

Prudent judicial self-restraint

The Seoul Central District Court's April 21 dismissal of the compensation claims case brought by wartime sexual slavery victims against the Japanese government has caused quite a stir in South Korean society. Not only the victims but also many progressive lawyers and civic organizations have voiced their disappointment and anger, especially in light of a contradictory ruling ...

2021-05-02 17:25

Darkness over Kabul

BERLIN - The Afghan drama is nearing its end, at least as far as Western militaries are concerned. Exactly two decades after al-Qaida's attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, the last Western troops are, if U.S. President Joe Biden sticks to his timetable, scheduled to leave Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2021. The war had to end at some point. But after so much blood a...

2021-05-02 17:19

Myanmar democracy genie will not return to bottle

All eyes are now on Myanmar following the country's Feb. 1 military coup and the arbitrary detention of members of the government, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and others. The three-finger salute raised by Myanmar's U.N. envoy Kyaw Moe Tun at the U.N. General Assembly on Feb. 26 eloquently epitomized the scope and level of the ongoing pro-d...

2021-04-29 17:30

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