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[Ivo Daalder] China’s secrecy has made coronavirus crisis much worse

Feb 17, 2020

For eight years, China’s President Xi Jinping has trumpeted his country’s increasingly authoritarian system as a grand model for other developing countries to follow. No doubt, China has seen an extr...
[Volker Perthes] Toward new Iran nuclear deal

Feb 16, 2020

When Iran announced in January that it would further “reduce” its commitments under the 2015 deal limiting its nuclear activities, it was not responding to the United States’ assassination of Iranian...
[Serendipity] Inconvenient truths laid bare by Bong Joon-ho

Feb 13, 2020

Yes, I have finally found someone who understands what it is like to live with a heightened sense of smell, I thought, watching Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite.” I felt vindicated about my irritation at be...
[Liam Denning] Decadent energy system needs renewal

Feb 13, 2020

Like many of you, I’m sure, I read Ross Douthat’s essay on “The Age of Decadence” in Sunday’s New York Times while sprawled on a chaise, picking at my smashed avo and laudanum. Stirring from the lang...
[Noah Smith] 'Parasite' Oscars say a lot about South Korea

Feb 13, 2020

On Sunday night, there was widespread rejoicing when the South Korean film “Parasite” received the Academy Award for best picture along with several other awards. Not only was this the first such win...
[Lionel Laurent] Ireland brings new twist to populism

Feb 12, 2020

Sinn Fein’s electoral smash in Ireland is a historic moment for a party that has long had difficulty shaking off its past ties to the sectarian violence of the “troubles.” It’s clear that the party’s...
[Kim Myong-sik] Blue House and 2018 Ulsan mayoral election conspiracy

Feb 12, 2020

It is a crime story with enough sinister plots that Bong Joon-ho or even Martin Scorsese might be interested in making it into a movie. After several months of investigation, the South Korean prosec...
[Kim Seong-kon] 'Parasite' and 2020 Academy Awards

Feb 11, 2020

The news that the Korean film “Parasite” won Oscars in four categories, marking the first such wins in Korean film history, came as a pleasant surprise. Initially, people expected the celebrated Kor...
[Robert J. Fouser] The Trump show and North Korea

Feb 11, 2020

On the eve of his impeachment acquittal, President Donald Trump gave his annual State of the Union address. Instead of outlining proposals for the coming year, Trump turned the address into a rally f...
[Josep Borrell] Embracing Europe’s power

Feb 10, 2020

The geopolitical upheavals we are witnessing today underline the urgency with which the European Union must find its way in a world increasingly characterized by raw power politics. We Europeans must...
[Kevin Rudd] The coronavirus and Xi Jinping’s worldview

Feb 10, 2020

The coronavirus crisis represents the single biggest challenge for Xi Jinping since he became general secretary of the Communist Party of China in 2012. Individuals and families across China are livi...
[Trudy Rubin] Coronavirus death of Chinese whistleblower doctor should sober Beijing -- and us

Feb 9, 2020

The death of a young Chinese doctor who was silenced by authorities when he tried to warn about the outbreak of the coronavirus has lit up the country’s social media with outrage. By Friday, referen...
[Digital Simplicity] Surging appetite for analog experience on digital devices

Feb 7, 2020

Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously said at the iPhone launch event in 2007, “Who wants a stylus?” As of February, most iPads come with a stylus called the Apple Pencil. So, my quick answer to Jobs...
[Katherine A. Mason] International overreaction to the coronavirus is more dangerous than the virus itself

Feb 6, 2020

In April 2003, I was evacuated from my post teaching English in Guangzhou, China, at the height of the SARS epidemic. I was 23. While transiting in Chicago on my way home to Philadelphia, I called my...
[Anjani Trivedi] Virus forces the China car shutdown Beijing couldn’t

Feb 5, 2020

Fears that the coronavirus will ravage global supply chains rooted in China are spreading fast. For automakers, a hiatus from production in the world’s largest car market may force them to take some ...