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[Tim Culpan] US nabbing Huawei is dog that caught the car

The US is looking like the dog that caught the car. It needs to decide what to do next. Except that Wanzhou Meng is a person. She’s the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies as well as depu...

Dec 9, 2018
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[Bernard-Henri Levy] Will Yellow Vests reject Brown Shirts?

From the moment the French government canceled its planned fuel tax hike in the face of massive protests, it was obvious the move would be perceived as inadequate, insignificant and above all incapab...

Dec 9, 2018
Columnists
[Signe Poulsen] Inter-Korean talks best way to commemorate 70th anniversary of UDHR

The high-level talks that have dominated the news headlines in 2018 represent a real opportunity for decreasing tensions and improving relations between states on the Korean Peninsula and in the wide...

Dec 9, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Do not rush arrest

Prosecution must reflect on whether it drives investigations into past regimes too quickly

Dec 9, 2018
Editorial
[Joseph E. Stiglitz] Beyond GDP

Just under 10 years ago, the International Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress issued its report, “Mismeasuring Our Lives: Why GDP Doesn’t Add Up.” The title sum...

Dec 6, 2018
Columnists
[James Stavridis] 5 steps for America to retake global leadership

As we approach the end of a long and complex year, and a turbulent election that saw a change of power in the House, it seems an appropriate time to hit pause and contemplate an approach toward a lon...

Dec 6, 2018
Columnists
[Leonid Bershidsky] How to annoy Europe: Cancel Brexit

The top European court now is highly likely to rule that the UK can cancel Brexit unilaterally. For all the domestic political hurdles such a move would face, it’s intriguing to ponder how Europe wou...

Dec 6, 2018
Columnists
[Eli Lake] Lindsey Graham’s plan for regime change -- in Saudi Arabia

Give Lindsey Graham credit. When it comes to regime change, at least he is consistent. The Republican senator from South Carolina has supported the removal of dictators from US adversaries such as Ir...

Dec 6, 2018
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[Bloomberg] Japan needs to change attitude to foreigners

Even as politicians in the US and Europe rage about foreigners supposedly swamping their shores, one of the world’s most insular countries -- Japan -- is on the verge of passing what might be its mos...

Dec 6, 2018
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[Editorial] Good precedent

Jeju governor’s go-ahead to foreign-invested hospital deserves praise

Dec 6, 2018
Editorial
[Andrew Browne] Xi’s not for turning? Don’t be so sure

As president-for-life, Xi Jinping is neither bound by rules nor limited by rivals. He has upended a careful political balance by concentrating power in his own hands, and overturned a cautious approa...

Dec 5, 2018
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[Nisha Gopalan] Starbucks, there’s a unicorn in your china shop

Investors may worry that the trade war will wreak havoc on Starbucks’ prospects in China, its second-largest market. The real concern isn’t any kind of patriotic boycott, but competition from a homeg...

Dec 5, 2018
Columnists
[Kim Myong-sik] Realistic fantasy in final days of detente year

North and South Korea completed the destruction of 10 guard posts on either side of the Demilitarized Zone and removed personnel from those positions last week to make a portion of the heavily fortif...

Dec 5, 2018
Columnists
[Leonid Bershidsky] France faces typical Facebook revolution

The liberating role social networks played during the Arab Spring and the Russian protests of 2011 and 2012 was widely lauded. Little of that enthusiasm is on display today amid the violent “yellow v...

Dec 5, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Don’t point the finger

Promised economic recovery will recede into the distance

Dec 5, 2018
Editorial

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