Tag : Op-Ed

Tag: Op-Ed

Can Erdogan survive an economic crisis of his own design?

Turkey was as soon as seen as one thing of an economic miracle on the daybreak of the millennium. Hundreds of thousands of Turks have been lifted into the center class, poverty was minimize down dramatically and overseas investment into Turkey stored...

The Korean Peninsula should remain a security concern

With both South Korea and the USA targeted on domestic issues – 2022 presidential race and 2022 midterm elections respectively, will probably be extremely troublesome for both to offer exit strategies to North Korea’s imposing threats in the foreseea...

Poland’s deep divide

On December 13, 1981, martial regulation was imposed in Poland and the first unbiased trade union in Communist Japanese Europe, Solidarity (Solidarnosc), with over 10 million members, was forcibly dissolved by the Polish army. Dozens of individuals h...

Why the Internet itself is a major environmental problem

The paradox of combating climate change is that the extent of the emergency extends far beyond the actions taken by people to mitigate the climate crisis, yet collective action is what is most required to deal with this challenge. There are such a lo...

Why China cannot invade Taiwan

China’s current aerial incursion in Taiwan air protection zone and President Xi Jinping’s confrontational remarks re-prompted a debate on whether or not Beijing is capable of conquering Taipei. The character of this delicate dichotomy nonetheless re...

Let us celebrate democracy and let us make it stronger

The eyes of the world’s main overseas coverage wonks have been all on Washington, DC, after President Joe Biden met with fellow democratic leaders on the “Summit for Democracy”. This was a key realization of his campaign pledge of 2020 and – co...

The deep fall of a child prodigy

The shock was nice, and he staged it in his ordinary skilled method. Sebastian Kurz, who at 31 turned Austria’s youngest-ever chancellor, introduced his retirement from political life on December 2. Having already resigned as head of government...

New rules covering the rights of Platform Economy workers

With the European Fee set to undertake their proposal for a Directive on enhancing working circumstances in platform work on December eight, the difficulty of the gig financial system and platform work has been brought into focus. This imminent adop...

Why poorer nations aren’t falling for green-washed imperialism

Preventing international warming isn't just about offering a path to net-zero carbon emissions for all nations. It's also about determining how greatest to satisfy the power needs of people the world over whereas working toward net-zero emissions. If...

The ‘European Army’ scheme is just a cover for France to get back into the big power game

The thought of a so-called ‘European Army’ has come out and in of style in the Brussels bubble for about 20 years. After every international occasion the place armed battle becomes a risk, the viability of a pan-European army pressure is...

The big industry that COP26 failed to tackle

The impression of agriculture on local weather change is critical. In line with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agriculture sector is answerable for 10 percent of the total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, after transportation (29 %), el...

Don’t blame government benefits for inflation—Blame the modern economy

Headlines are screaming that inflation is right here to remain. Shopper costs have risen by a mean of 6.2 percent prior to now yr, the sharpest improve since 1991. Though People are supposedly—within the phrases of the New York Times—“flush with mone...

Nuclear technology towards peaceful pursuits has significantly expanded

The New Nuclear Watch Institute (NNWI) have revealed the October version of their ‘Sure to Nuclear’ Perspectives initiative. Within the earlier month we explored the position of nuclear power in facilitating human and financial improvement. This mont...

The case for peace and reconciliation in Ethiopia

Civil conflict has been raging in Ethiopia for over a yr now, between the National Defence Forces of the Ethiopian Authorities, and rebel militia numbering some 250,000 fighters from the northern region of Tigray, the “TPLF”. This has left a trail of...

Is Lukashenko setting a new trap for Europe?

One can hardly imagine the misery of the refugees on the border between Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. Hundreds of individuals from Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, lots of them Kurds and Yazidis, are tenting in the woods in freezing temperatures with li...