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Strategically speaking, the Iron Dome antimissile shield, precisely because of its effectiveness, has been disastrous for Israel: It has saved Hamas from …
Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama’s call for a summit between President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to resolve the …
A recent government report on the number of foreigners extradited from the country on suspicion of having ties with terrorist organizations is a reminder that …
![[David Ignatius] The hooded face of evil](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/08/20140824000309_01.jpg "[David Ignatius] The hooded face of evil")
WASHINGTON ― The propagandists of the Islamic State must have imagined that their brutal video of the beheading of journalist James Foley would intimidate …
Imagine a government program that has exploded in size, is the subject of bitter partisan haggling and spends almost $80 billion a year in secret. No, not the …
![[Susan P. Mercado] If we stand together, no tobacco industry can survive](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/08/20140824000308_01.jpg "[Susan P. Mercado] If we stand together, no tobacco industry can survive")
Tobacco is one of the deadliest public health menaces that the world has ever faced. If the nature and extent of the harms had been known from the start, …
President Barack Obama gave vent this week to an uncharacteristic show of emotion over the barbaric beheading of American journalist James Foley by the …
![[Hans-Werner Sinn] Italy’s downward spiral a competitiveness crisis](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/08/20140824000307_01.jpg "[Hans-Werner Sinn] Italy’s downward spiral a competitiveness crisis")
MUNICH ― Italy is now in a triple-dip recession. But it didn’t get there by itself. Yes, the economy’s long slide reflects Italian leaders’ failure to …
As of August, more than 8,000 elementary and secondary school teachers were waiting for their early retirement applications to be approved by education …
A former U.S. intelligence chief called on South Korea and Japan earlier this week to exchange emissaries to help ease strained ties between the two countries, …