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Fri, April 26, 2019 | 18:49

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No quick fix for youth jobless problem

The unemployment rate for those aged between 15 and 24 increased from 8 percent in 2013 to 9.8 percent in 2017. The number of young people without jobs rose by 31.5 percent from 320,000 to 430,000. This implies that the situation is far more serious than it appears.

Times Forum | 2018-07-23 17:17

Shift to 'ashtray diplomacy'

Is there something in the nature of political discourse that defaults to the “ashtray”? What if we were to conjure an ashtray metaphor to shed perspective on China-U.S. relations?

Times Forum | 2018-07-18 16:54

EU, China warn of chaos from Trump threats

Beijing hosted the 20th annual China-EU political and business summit Monday. This landmark event provided a timely, important opportunity for the two powers to develop a more unified front on a range of issues they are in dispute with the Trump team over, from trade to climate change, to leverage each other against Washington after the U.S. president called them both key “fo...

Times Forum | 2018-07-18 16:36

North Korea wins when denuclearization resolve falters

It would seem that before the ink on the joint statement signed between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Singapore had figuratively dried, prospects for North Korea's negotiated denuclearization are already beginning to dim.

Times Forum | 2018-07-16 17:01

Shinzo Abe is trying to carve a global role

Shinzo Abe is proving to be one of the most atypical prime ministers of Japan in recent history. Not just one, but there is a long list of attributes that make Abe stand out among the big club of Japanese premiers.

Times Forum | 2018-07-15 17:23

Pompeo probes NK in post-Singapore trip

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Hanoi on Monday after a lightening Asia trip which also saw stop-offs in Pyongyang and Tokyo before heading to Abu Dhabi and Brussels.

Times Forum | 2018-07-10 17:20

Europe's woes go far beyond the Donald

The American mainstream media template, dutifully reflected and jaded by most of the European press, paints a tempestuous picture of the relationship between our European partners and what is presented as a capricious and domineering Trump administration.

Times Forum | 2018-07-09 17:20

Agenda for Trump-Putin summit

President Donald Trump will meet Russia's Vladimir Putin in mid-July in Helsinki, Finland. President Trump long sought this summit and talking is better than silence. However, without a change in U.S. policy it isn't clear what positives will result.

Times Forum | 2018-07-04 18:04

Is Sara Sanders the harsh defender?

Not for a good reason, of course, but White House press secretary Sara Huckabee Sanders is again in the headlines. The controversy over her “polite” expulsion from the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, has not surprised many.

Times Forum | 2018-07-02 15:30

Battle for Germany's soul

STOCKHOLM - One year after the death of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the country he led for 16 years seems to be struggling with whether or not to follow his legacy.

Times Forum | 2018-06-29 16:41

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