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Fri, April 27, 2018 | 04:07

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Trump continues to use the Dreamers as pawns

After more than a year of first denouncing, then softening his stance on the Dreamers and even urging Congress to find a solution for them, on Easter Sunday President Donald Trump lashed out and dashed their dreams with a tweet. There likely will not be a deal struck to spare them from eventual deportation orders, he said.

Guest Column | 2018-04-05 15:59

Will China really supplant US economic hegemony?

As China and the United States engage in their latest trade tussle, most economists take it as given that China will achieve global economic supremacy in the long run, no matter what happens now.

Guest Column | 2018-04-04 15:42

Dismembered under a Taegukgi

On the sunny plains of southern Jeju Island sits a graveyard enclosed by a loosely stacked fence of black volcanic stones. The grave mounds, about 100 in all, are unmarked save for a stone obelisk bearing the Korean flag, the Taegukgi. The graves are unnamed not because we don't know who was buried here, but because upon death they were dismembered and it was impossible to ma...

Guest Column | 2018-04-03 17:19

How to think about the threat to America

For the first time since the 1940s, Americans have been asking: Can it happen here? The question, which has been debated in the U.S. for months, is meant to draw attention to the potential fragility of democratic self-government _ and to emphasize that in some periods, democracies are especially likely to turn in authoritarian directions.

Guest Column | 2018-04-03 17:15

The ethics of reducing inequality

Around the world, the effects of alarmingly high economic inequality are spilling over into politics and society. Economic insecurity is a driving force behind violent conflicts in the Middle East and the rise of fascist elements in some European countries, not least Hungary and Poland.

Guest Column | 2018-04-02 16:37

Big tech enters an era of uncertainty

Big tech continues to dominate the news and has become a major driver of U.S. stock markets. But the sector's dominant narrative has changed in the last few months. Amazement at the power of disruptive innovation to change not just what we do but also how we do it is now accompanied, if not tempered, by concerns about misuse and other unintended adverse consequences.

Guest Column | 2018-04-02 16:33

Is the press too free?

The poisoning of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia at an Italian restaurant in Salisbury has driven an important story off the front pages of the British press.

Guest Column | 2018-04-01 16:48

Pelosi will walk a tightrope if Democrats win

The chances that Democrats will win a majority in the U.S. House this year are better than 50-50. The odds that Nancy Pelosi will become the next speaker are less than that.

Guest Column | 2018-04-01 16:47

Foreign bands experience questions on loyalty

Back in early 2000, the Korean expat music scene experienced huge growth in original rock acts performing across the peninsula.

Guest Column | 2018-03-31 10:59

Lessons from Iraq War after 15 years

It has been exactly 15 years since the start of one of the most fateful episodes of the early 21st century: the Iraq War. After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the French newspaper Le Monde famously declared, “Nous sommes tous Americains” (“We are all Americans”), and even predicted that Russia would become America's main ally. But U.S. President George W. Bush's invasion ...

Guest Column | 2018-03-30 17:35

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