Opinion
May-19-2018
- Sophoclean irony in Iraq, for the United States
- As America tries to extricate itself from Middle East, it is getting more and more bogged down in quicksand. This is what happens when ideology rules over pragmatism.
May-17-2018
- Putin's power, then and now
- After 18 years as the Russian leader, President Vladimir Putin begins his unprecedented fourth term with more power -- and challenges -- than ever before.
May-15-2018
- Marx's birth bicentenary: Xi leads the way
- As President Xi said, Marxism is an open-ended scientific theory and has the ability to reinvent itself.
May-12-2018
- Leaving Iran deal, US leaves leadership behind
- With U.S. credibility counting now more than ever, Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal spells serious trouble for America's dwindling global leadership.
May-7-2018
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- A summit overlooked in the West
- Though it hasn't received much attention internationally, a recent meeting between the leaders of India and China suggests a growing alliance between two of the world's largest countries.
May-6-2018
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- Modi-Xi informal meeting to boost confidence
- The Modi-Xi meeting has reinvigorated the mechanisms of engagement for the development of Sino-Indian relations.
May-3-2018
- 200 years later: What is the significance of Karl Marx today?
- Saturday brings the 200th anniversary of the birth of the unequaled philosopher Karl Marx. How is the contemporary world impacted by his ideas?
May-5-2018
- The starting point: Toward peace between the Koreas
- With the recent Moon-Kim summit taking its place in history, global and regional allies must prepare for the complexities ahead as the Korean peninsula moves toward peace and reunification.
May-4-2018
- Why did Macron and Merkel visit Trump?
- The main conclusion after the recent meetings in the White House is that the U.S. president is setting the tone in transatlantic relations.
May-2-2018
- Human rights hype isn't good for US or China
- Human rights is a complicated issue that is by no means restricted to the narrow definitions forced upon it by the West.
