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Opinion

Vietnam Remembered and Reinvented

by Stephen J. Lyons

2024/04/22

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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at a naval base in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo State, on January 27, 2019

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Is Venezuelan President Maduro’s Fate in the Hands of the Armed Forces?

by David Pion-Berlin

2019/01/27

Venezuela has been in turmoil before, but the events of recent weeks have been unprecedented. Ultimately it will be the...

A soldier looks across the Rio Grande River from Texas into Mexico, where a group of people hang out on the river bank. Photo: Thomas Watkins, AFPA soldier looks across the Rio Grande River from Texas into Mexico, where a group of people hang out on the river bank

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To Improve Border Security US Needs Real and Lasting Immigration Reform

by Stephen Coulthart and Robert Lee Maril

2019/01/25

Despite the political rhetoric, there is no legitimate crisis at the US-Mexico border, just the endless task of policing the...

Opinion

Why Japan’s New Immigration Law Could Cause Public Backlash

by Masao Nakamura

2019/01/25

Consistent with public feelings, the Japanese government has long maintained that they won’t allow foreigners with low skill levels into...

Protesters demonstrate last Wednesday in Assam state after India's lower house passed legislation granting citizenship to members of certain religious minorities, but not Muslims.

Opinion

India is Cherry-Picking Citizens: Election Year Gimmick with Ominous Implications?

by Malini Sur

2019/01/24

India's lower house passed legislation that will grant citizenship to members of certain religious minorities but not Muslims. Critics say...

African migrants stranded on a boat coming from Libya wait for rescue services, near Sfax, on the Tunisian coast, on June 4, 2011

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UN Migration Pact Needs Further Development but is Step in Right Direction

by Marina Khan

2019/01/24

The UN Migration Pact needs further development as a one-size-fits-all approach cannot always apply to migration in all societies. However,...

A Syrian refugee shovels mud in front of a makeshift shelter in an unofficial camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley

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As Winter Storms Hit Syrian Refugee Camps in Lebanon, Local NGOs Bear the Burden

by Sana Kikhia and Dara Foi’Elle

2019/01/23

As winter storms in Lebanon sweep through Syrian refugee camps, local NGOs with meager resources act as first responders. To...

Ilhan Omar, winner of the Democratic primary in the Minnesota Fifth, is one of the first Muslim women elected to US Congress

Opinion

Dear West, It’s Time to Redefine Muslim Women

by Saadia Khan

2019/01/22

Western media often portray Muslim women as oppressed and submissive. The approach of painting all Muslim women with the same...

The AUC (Spanish acronym for United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia) was a paramilitary organization that operated between 1997 and 2006

Opinion

Colombia’s New Gun Law Could Invoke Another Episode of Violent Vigilantism

by Jan Boesten

2019/01/22

Colombia’s president issued a decree that enables the Ministry of Defense to issue special authorizations to private citizens to carry...

A new Hungarian policy on overtime, denounced as a “slave law,” seems to be uniting the country in opposition against Viktor Orban

Opinion

Could Protests in Hungary Threaten Prime Minister Orban’s Position?

by Umut Korkut

2019/01/21

A new Hungarian law on overtime has brought thousands of Hungarians to the streets since mid-December and seems to be...

A sign is displayed on a government building that is closed because of the US government shutdown in Washington

Opinion

Beyond Compromise: Government Shutdown Reveals US Politics at Crossroads

by Peter Bloom

2019/01/18

The ongoing US government shutdown represents a new political era where politicians refuse to be ethically compromised by temporary partisan...

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives in Brussels for a European Union summit

Opinion

What’s Next in Brexit Saga Now that May’s Deal is Off the Table?

by Ben Williams

2019/01/17

The parliamentary defeat of Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal has shattered her apparent capacity to manage challenging political circumstances. Based...

A Uighur vendor pushes his cart of watermelons past Chinese soldiers on patrol in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang province

Opinion

Cultural Genocide in Xinjiang: How China Targets Uyghur Artists, Academics, and Writers

by Rachel Harris

2019/01/17

China depicts mass detentions in Xinjiang as necessary to counter Islamic extremism, but the huge numbers involved and the detention...

Opinion

Why Can’t Japan Allow Large-Scale Immigration to Solve Labor Shortage Problem?

by Robert Dekle

2019/01/16

To appreciably grow its GDP to 2.5 percent a year, Japan will need to admit 800,000 immigrants a year. However,...

US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad.

Opinion

Since Khalilzad, US Peace Attempts in Afghanistan Have Been More Damaging than Winsome

by Mohammad Naser Sidiqee

2019/01/16

Zalmay Khalilzad's appointment in September as the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan has bypassed even the most unexciting but truly...

A person waves a Catalan pro-independence flag in front of the 'Generalitat' palace (Catalan government headquarters) in Barcelona, Spain

Opinion

Spain’s Trial of the Century: Consequences of Attempted ‘Fake’ Catalan Secession

by Andrew Dowling

2019/01/16

Later this month, nine pro-independence Catalan leaders face prosecution for their role in Catalonia’s declaration of independence. The attempted secession...