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[Trudy Rubin] 5 foreign-policy debacles that show why GOP must confront Trump

With the end of 2018, there can be no more pretense about describing the main threat to US security in 2019. That threat can be summed up in the following five words: the psyche of President Trump. ...

Jan 2, 2019
Columnists
[Satyajit Das] Five doom loops to navigate in 2019

As the great unwind of global monetary stimulus gains momentum, markets are at increased risk of experiencing doom loops. Investors need to be prepared for these downward spirals, where shocks set of...

Jan 2, 2019
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[Eli Lake] How the US should treat Brazil’s Bolsonaro

When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shows up in Brasilia on New Year’s Day for the inauguration of Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, he should prepare for some bad press. The incoming leader...

Jan 2, 2019
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[Harsha Kakar] Politicians in glass houses should not throw stones

A senior Indian National Congress politician, Veerappa Moily, seeking to counter comments of the country’s air force chief on the Rafale aircraft, termed him a “liar.” This was because the air force...

Jan 2, 2019
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[Editorial] NK sticks to its guns

Kim offers no new steps toward denuclearization; prudence required in inter-Korean projects

Jan 2, 2019
Editorial
[Christopher Balding] Beijing dithers as the economy declines

China’s annual economic policy summit has come and gone, leaving a wet lump of coal in place of stimulus hopes. Beijing will have to do better if it wants to steer the country to another year of robu...

Jan 2, 2019
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[Kim Seong-kon] 2019: Korea in the Year of the Pig

Traditionally, the Year of the Pig is regarded as auspicious because pigs symbolize good fortune. People believe that pigs have gentle personalities and an optimistic demeanor. Pigs are also known to...

Jan 1, 2019
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[Robert J. Fouser] Challenges facing South Korea in 2019

South Korea finds itself in an odd place as 2019 begins. Progress in inter-Korean detente slowed at the end of 2018 after three historic summit meetings between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean...

Jan 1, 2019
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[Mohamed A. El-Erian] Life is getting harder for central banks

For reasons largely outside its control, the Federal Reserve is now being widely blamed for fueling financial market instability and risking derailment of the US economy. This is quite a contrast fro...

Jan 1, 2019
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[Anne Stevenson-Yang] Trump’s China strategy isn’t working

The Trump administration’s willingness to push the Chinese harder on trade has struck a bilateral chord. Beijing is listening. So far, so good. Now the question is what the US wants to achieve. Answe...

Jan 1, 2019
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[Albert R. Hunt] No, Mr. Trump, the press is only the enemy of lies

President Donald Trump doesn’t read or study history, so he’s probably unfamiliar with the Alien and Sedition Acts. He’d love them. They were the infamous series of discredited measures promulgated b...

Jan 1, 2019
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[Editorial] First task

Electoral reform, constitutional revision are pressing 2019 business for Korean politics

Jan 1, 2019
Editorial
[Gordon Brown] The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70

Seven decades after its adoption, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights remains a beacon of hope for the world, sending out an unequivocal message that an injustice anywhere is a threat to justic...

Dec 31, 2018
Columnists
[David Ignatius] Here’s hoping the US-North Korea dialogue continues in the new year

Here’s one New Year’s resolution that should be easy: The United States and North Korea should resume the diplomatic progress they began in 2018 toward peace and denuclearization. It’s a measure of ...

Dec 31, 2018
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[Walter Shapiro] My dream 2020 candidate -- someone to heal America’s wounds

As an alumnus of Newsweek and Time in their glory days, I sometimes can’t resist thinking like a news-magazine editor. Any news event -- the government shutdown, the withdrawal from Syria, the Brexit...

Dec 31, 2018
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