Project Syndicate – Page 9 – Asia Times

People wave Chinese and British flags at the departure of a freight train transporting containers from the UK on April 10, 2017, en route to Yiwu in China's Zhejiang province. Photo: AFP / Isabel Infantes

Australia, China, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

China’s soft and sharp power, and ‘information warfare’

by Joseph S. Nye January 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Man versus machine has been a constant economic theme. Photo: iStock

China, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Caught up in an economic race between man and machine

by Robert Skidelsky January 7, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump, near an Israeli flag at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun

Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

Trump’s Jerusalem rationale and its consequences

by Richard N. Haass December 16, 2017December 16, 2017

A mosque on Thornhill Road in the Hyde Park area of Leeds, Britain. Photo: AFP / Steve Parkin

European Union, United Kingdom, World

Inconvenient truths about migration

by Robert Skidelsky November 25, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump's compromise with China is under threat.Photo: Wikimedia Commons

China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

From narcissism to nihilism: the deep wound of Trumpism

by Bernard-Henri Levy November 25, 2017November 25, 2017

Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

A wary return to ‘liberated’ Raqqa

by Yassin al-Haj Saleh November 19, 2017

Egypt, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Saudi Arabia’s populist temptation

by Ishac Diwan November 17, 2017

Photo: Flickr Commons

Afghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Never-ending war: Washington’s drug of choice

by Alfred McCoy November 13, 2017November 13, 2017

Souvenir plates bearing the images of Chinese President Xi Jinping and late Chairman Mao Zedong are displayed at a shop near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. File Photo: Reuters / Kim Kyung-Hoon

The paradox of power in the Xi Jinping era

by Minxin Pei October 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 18. Photo: Reuters / Aly Song

China, European Union, France, World

China’s new emperor faces burden of near absolute power

by Chris Patten October 26, 2017October 26, 2017

The Seperation Wall between Israel and Palestine in Bethlehem. Photo: iStock / Getty

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Syria, World

Will Palestinian reconciliation revive two-state solution?

by Daoud Kuttab October 21, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump walks from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House after speaking about the Iran nuclear deal on October 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

The US cannot go it alone over Iran

by Richard N. Haass October 14, 2017October 14, 2017

A memorial calls into question God's existence in Huntington, West Virginia, a city that has been portrayed as the epicenter of America's opioid crisis. Photo: AFP / Brendan Smialowski

AT Finance, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Tales of life expectancy. Or, how inequality hampers growth

by Thorvaldur Gylfason October 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Indian Shiite Muslim demonstrators burn an effigy of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a protest in New Delhi on June 9, 2017. Photo: AFP

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Islamic State’s loss won’t end global terror

by Moha Ennaji October 1, 2017February 18, 2020

People look at their smartphones while waiting for a train at a BTS station in Bangkok. Photo: AFP / Nicolas Asfouri

AT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

How free is the internet? Ooniprobe knows

by Maria Xynou August 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) greets his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines of the 50th ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila on August 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Joe Campbell

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

China’s ‘double-freeze’ proposal is just a con

by Minxin Pei August 20, 2017February 18, 2020

A propaganda poster blaming US and other countries' sanctions is seen in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on August 17, 2017. The poster reads: 'No one can stop our way!' Photo: KCNA/via Reuters

China, European Union, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Turkey, World

North Korea, US playing dangerous game of chicken

by Yoon Young-kwan August 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (right) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attend s news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 31, 2016. Reuters/Thomas Peter

AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, World

What makes a great leader?

by Kishore Mahbubani and Klaus Schwab August 12, 2017

An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran. Photo: AFP / ATTA KENARE

Afghanistan, AT Finance, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

America’s anti-Iranian posturing is dangerous and deluded

by Jeffrey D. Sachs August 3, 2017February 18, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the beginning of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Bernd Von Jutrczenka

China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

The West’s decadent foreign policy

by Chris Patten July 29, 2017February 18, 2020

The then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for Time magazine's Time 100 Gala at New York's Lincoln Center on April 26, 2016. Photo: AFP / Timothy A Clary

France, United Kingdom, World

The protocols of Donald J Trump

by Robert Skidelsky July 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock / Getty

Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East, World

Fostering Arab entrepreneurs

by Philippe Le Houérou July 23, 2017February 18, 2020

A small investor watches share prices inside a bank in Hong Kong on December 1, 1998. The 1997-98 Asian financial crisis triggered a market sell-off. Photo: Reuters/Larry Chan

AT Finance, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand

Asia’s unhappy anniversary: 20 years after financial crisis

by Barry Eichengreen July 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Emmanuel Macron, like Donald Trump, personifies 'populism of the center'. Photo: AFP / Philippe Huguen

European Union, France, Germany, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

The Macron doctrine: frank, ambitious but open to compromise

by Zaki Laïdi July 9, 2017February 18, 2020

The adoption of mindfulness by so many hi-tech companies may be problematic, because it could effectively paper over the real problem: chronically overworked, stressed-out employees. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Uncategorized

Making sense of mindfulness

by Mia Zaharna and Henry I. Miller June 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrive at the airport in Hong Kong, China, ahead of celebrations marking the city's handover from British to Chinese rule, June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, World

China’s Hong Kong at 20 – a litmus test on whether the world can trust Beijing

by Chris Patten June 29, 2017June 29, 2017

Easier said than done — economists, bankers and policymakers have theories, but no over-arching agreement on the cause of weak productivity that persist among the world's developed countries. And solutions are equally scarce. Image: iStock

France, Germany, United Kingdom, World

The perplexing productivity puzzle defies workable solutions

by Howard Davies June 22, 2017

The air is leaking out of political party balloons in the West and in some developing countries. The author offers several reasons, among them incompetence, voter indifference, consumer branding of parties, arrogance and historical grievance.

European Union, France, India, Italy, Mexico, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

For many mainstream political ideologies, the party is over

by Nina L Khrushcheva June 22, 2017June 22, 2017

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl with French President Francois Mitterrand at the Elysee Palace in Paris in December 1991. A strong supporter of European integration, Kohl won the trust of Mitterrand and the friendship of Jacques Delors, then president of the European Commission and the architect of Europe’s single market. Photo: AFP/Joel Robine

European Union, Germany, Russia, World

Helmut Kohl’s vision and legacy helped establish a united Europe

by Christoph Bertram June 22, 2017

A protester wears a Theresa May mask. Photo: Reuters/Marko Djurica

European Union, France, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

How populists win when they lose

by Jan-Werner Mueller June 19, 2017June 18, 2017