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Defeating the Islamic State will be a long war

There’s a scary disconnect between the somber warnings you hear privately from military leaders about the war against the Islamic State and the glib debating …

[Editorial] Persia rush

Measured in terms of purchasing power parity, Iran’s gross domestic product surpasses that of Australia and the Netherlands, indicating the enormous scale of …

[Editorial] Distrust in politics

The public poll season has returned ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays in early February. And the nation has effectively entered campaign mode as less than …

[Trudy Rubin] Snapshot impressions from fermenting Cuba
[Trudy Rubin] Snapshot impressions from fermenting Cuba

At the darkened Delirio Habanero nightclub on top of Havana’s National Theatre, a group of young Cubans listen to an all-girl band dressed in micro …

Fresh dawn for Taiwan and China

A sweeping victory for Taiwan’s independence-minded Democratic Progressive Party in this weekend’s elections seems to guarantee a renewal of tensions with …

Social media must not get carried away

There were few people who didn’t get angry when watching the clips showing how a traffic incident transpired, involving a DJ and his blatant lies. Thanks …

[Editorial] A wake-up call

With the year 2016 expected to see a surge in terrorism around the globe, the terrorist attacks in Jakarta on Jan. 14 suggest that East Asia is no longer safe …

[Editorial] A tycoon’s misconduct

The court’s guilty verdicts against Hyosung Group chairman Cho Seok-rae and his eldest son, Cho Hyun-joon, have brought relief again to the corporate …

[Elizabeth Drew] Sizing up the U.S. election’s opening round

If you find America’s presidential election campaign puzzling, you probably have a better grasp of it than those who are willing to predict an outcome. At …

[Rachel Marsden] Germany struggles with refugees
[Rachel Marsden] Germany struggles with refugees

Western Europe’s mindless and zombie-like prioritizing of humanitarianism over self-preservation is beginning to have alarming consequences. More than …

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