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The restoration of US support
The Biden administration has restored aid to the Palestinians, bringing a much-needed relief especially to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, which has been reeling from a severe financial crisis.Biden’s sharp U-Turn from the policies of former US ...
The big question posed by HRW’s report
By James J. Zogby - May 10, 2021 - Last updated at May 10, 2021 22:16
While reading Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) monumental report “A Threshold Crossed”, I felt a range of emotions. ...
The green art of the possible
By Daniel Gros - May 10, 2021 - Last updated at May 10, 2021 22:16
BRUSSELS — US President Joe Biden recently gathered 40 world leaders for a summit on combating climate change, a welcome sign of progress on ...
Will corporate greed prolong the pandemic?
By Project Syndicate - May 10, 2021 - Last updated at May 10, 2021 22:15
By Joseph E. Stiglitz and Lori WallachNEW YORK — The only way to end the COVID-19 pandemic is to immunise enough people worldwide. ...
France’s culture war intensifies
By Brigitte Granville - May 10, 2021 - Last updated at May 10, 2021 22:15
LONDON — By laying a wreath on Napoleon Bonaparte’s tomb on the 200th anniversary of his death, French President Emmanuel Macron has stepped ...
Machiavelli in the ruins of Greensill Capital
By Harold James - May 09, 2021 - Last updated at May 09, 2021 23:46
PRINCETON — The collapse of Greensill Capital, a London-based financial services firm, offers a timely but costly warning about a number of ...
America first, Biden-style
By Melvyn B. Krauss - May 09, 2021 - Last updated at May 09, 2021 23:37
STANFORD — If America’s allies were concerned by President Joe Biden’s remarks on foreign policy in his address to Congress on April 28, the ...
America’s immigration calculus
By Koichi Hamada - May 09, 2021 - Last updated at May 09, 2021 23:36
NEW HAVEN — After Donald Trump’s 2016 US presidential election victory, Yasushi Akashi, a former undersecretary general of the United Nation ...
A few years ago
By Yusuf Mansur - May 09, 2021 - Last updated at May 09, 2021 23:32
A few years ago, as a civil servant, I pointed out that government spending in Jordan is pro-cyclical; that is, the government spends more w ...
The lurid Orientalism of Western media
By Brahma Chellaney - May 09, 2021 - Last updated at May 09, 2021 23:32
NEW DELHI — When reporting on any mass tragedy, a basic rule of journalism is to be sensitive to the victims and those who are grieving. ...

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