Facebook has probably peaked. What can mark Zuckerberg do now? With its long-term inability to build attractive new services in the face of growing competition, a new reality is sinking in: Facebook looks like a ... 2022.02.04
Olympic delegations should side with Taiwan and leave their national flags at home Although the Olympic Charter forbids discrimination, the International Olympic Committee bans the Taiwanese from expressing their national identity, even after a hard-earned victory. 2022.02.04
How advocates for democracy can stop military coups Wherever possible, elected leaders should work to build public support for constitutional changes that dilute the power of militaries. 2022.02.03
Does Japan’s human rights resolution on China go far enough? Some say the China human rights resolution "was born at last after a difficult delivery,” while others call it “too little, too submissive.” 2022.02.03
Russian aggression against Ukraine will violate international law "The launch of a war of aggression is a crime that no political or economic situation can justify." 2022.02.03
The South China Sea’s environmental crisis China’s expansive assertion of offshore sovereignty is not only challenging others’ territorial rights, it is also threatening a central feature of the Southeast Asian ecosystem ... 2022.02.03
There is a big economic and political cost to closed minds One of the main reasons for the uneven COVID-19 recovery has more to do with politics than economics as support for aggressive nationalistic trade barriers ... 2022.02.02
How China views the Ukraine crisis The stakes for China are high, but Beijing has been extremely careful about showing its hand over the Ukraine crisis. 2022.02.02
Deja vu: Putin, another Chinese Olympics and rumors of war Fighting broke out on Aug. 1, 2008, between Russia-backed separatists and Georgian government forces as the Olympics were getting set to open in Beijing. 2022.02.02
Financial illiteracy is not why people struggle It’s human nature to pay the creditors who shout the loudest rather than tackling financial problems in an organized fashion. 2022.02.02