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Sat, September 23, 2023 | 00:01

Keeping Senegal's success story alive

Keeping Senegal's success story alive

In late June, Senegal celebrated the feast of Tabaski, our version of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. But for some, the festivities were overshadowed by mourning for those who lost their lives in an inexcusable outbreak of violence last month. Civil unrest has tested Senegal's social cohesion and our long tradition - enviable in Africa - of peace and stability. Our fellow...

2023-07-10 16:20

American education is getting better

American education is getting better

Fear of COVID-19 may be largely gone, but the consequences of the mistakes made trying to combat its spread will be with us for a long time.

2023-07-09 16:20

Forgiveness, the forgotten virtue

Forgiveness, the forgotten virtue

In my first year as a premed, my life was changed by the uprising in Gwangju in May 1980 and the massacre that followed.

2023-07-06 17:41

Governing a post-Western world

Governing a post-Western world

When NATO leaders descend on Vilnius this month for the alliance's annual summit, they will demonstrate that the organization, newly united behind support for Ukraine, is far from “brain dead,” as French President Emmanuel Macron infamously described it in 2019. But NATO's new vitality belies a larger problem: the West's failure to convince the rest of the world that it also ...

2023-07-06 17:38

Heightened risk from a weakened Russia

Heightened risk from a weakened Russia

Russia's senseless war in Ukraine has been raging for nearly a year and a half, and the basic criminal nature of the enterprise has not changed. A major nuclear power wants to deny its neighbor - a “brother nation” - a previously recognized right to exist. Russian President Vladimir Putin has chosen a war of conquest as his means. If he achieves his desired end, Ukraine will ...

2023-07-06 15:50

Road to overcoming climate crisis through automotive design revolution

Road to overcoming climate crisis through automotive design revolution

A car has 10,000 to 30,000 interconnected components. In this connection process, there is an inevitable loss of energy. Could it be reduced to zero? It could. Here's why this can happen. The human body is made up of about 60 trillion cells, and the flow of energy is unimpeded if you do not get sick.

2023-07-05 16:30

Reforming global debt architecture

Reforming global debt architecture

One in five people globally live in countries that are in debt distress or at risk of it. Two-thirds of low-income countries - most of them in Africa - fall into this category, while eight of the nine countries currently in debt distress are on the continent.

2023-07-05 16:20

Mongolia Forum: Peace and security in Northeast Asia through Korean unification

Mongolia Forum: Peace and security in Northeast Asia through Korean unification

Since Mongolia transitioned from communism to democracy it has been quietly working behind the scenes as a peace builder serving as a convening location for numerous talks, dialogues, processes, workshops and forums.

2023-07-04 16:30

A world of cronyism and corruption

A world of cronyism and corruption

Imagine the following scenario. A political outsider wins a critical election by promising to root out corruption. Even if that is a sincere intention, upon assuming office, they will quickly realize that it is best to focus on the critics of the government and opposition political parties, since going after one's own allies will erode one's political base. Hence, an unintend...

2023-07-04 16:20

Kremlin disarray means opportunity for Ukraine - if the West acts

Kremlin disarray means opportunity for Ukraine - if the West acts

Watching the attempted coup in Russia roll out on TV on June 24 was like viewing a war movie that stopped halfway through without revealing the ending.

2023-07-03 16:20

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