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US Job Growth At 206,000 in June, Unemployment Edges Up To 4.1 Percent,...
The establishment survey reported the economy created 206,000 new jobs in June. However, there were downward revisions to reported job growth for the prior two months, leaving the June level just...
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Breaking Barriers: The Political Empowerment Of Bolivia’s Indigenous Women –...
The political inclusion of one of Latin America's most marginalized groups reflects an unprecedented change, but many challenges remain. Remigia Ferrel Vallejos, a Bolivian union executive from...
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Revisiting Close Produce: Leap In Production Methods Based On Freight Cost...
By Zhao Zhijiang It is generally believed that the railway network has more advantages than the road network. This is because railway transportation costs are low while road transportation costs are...
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Navigating Cross-Strait Relations After President Lai’s Inauguration – Analysis
By Jade Guan Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te marks the third consecutive term for the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, intensifying cross-strait relations. Some argue that there is a...
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Ukraine Military Situation: Russia Fortifying Newly Occupied Territory –...
By Can Kasapoğlu Battlefield Assessment As the Ukrainian Air Force awaits delivery of F-16 fighter aircraft, Russian forces struckMyrhorod Air Basein Poltava Oblast, reportedly destroying at least one...
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Milei Snubs The Spanish Political Establishment – OpEd
By Eduard Bucher Argentinian president Javier Milei recently snubbed the Spanish political class by visiting Spain and refusing to meet with any government officials, attending a rally of the...
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Economic Freedom: The Cornerstone Of Western Civilization (Part I) – OpEd
Western civilization –with all itsscientificand technologicalprogress, artistic prowess, philosophical and sociopolitical evolution,moralvalues,ethicalprinciples andrichculture – took millennia to...
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The Iran-Hezbollah Game Plan – OpEd
Ever since October 7, egged on by Iran, Hezbollah has been escalating its cross-border clashes with Israel, while its leader Hassan Nasrallah has been stepping up his blood-curdling rhetoric,...
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Minorities In Brunei Darussalam: Intersecting Religion And Ethnicity – Analysis
By Chang-Yau Hoon and Asiyah Kumpoh Since 1959, when Brunei Darussalam’s Constitution was established, Islam was formally declared the state religion. While Article 3(1) of the Constitution allows for...
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Self-Inflicted Harm: The Persecution Of Assange – OpEd
Free societies cannot exist without free speech. Nor can free societies survive without independent media able and willing to speak truth to power. Both these free speech pillars have been badly...
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How Sudan’s Wars Of Succession Shape The Current Conflict – Analysis
By Alden Young Sudan Today (FPRI) -- Since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the government-sponsored paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April of 2023, according...
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Iran: ‘Reformist Loyalist’ Masud Pezeshkian Is New President, Here’s What To...
By Kian Sharifi (RFE/RL) -- Elections in Iran are neither free nor fair, but they can still surprise. The election of reformist veteran lawmaker Masud Pezeshkian as Iran’s new president is one of...
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BRICS Creates Tourism Platform With Focus On People-To-People Interaction – OpEd
Under Russia's presidency, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), has created a tourism platform with a focus on raising rates of tourism enthusiasts and travellers. BRICS will no...
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From Unpredictability To Risk Management: Modi’s Visit To Moscow – Analysis
By Ivan Shchedrov The speculations about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Moscow, published in late June, were immediately picked up by the world media. Everyone understood that the interaction...
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‘Progressive Realism’ Likely To Be Basis Of UK’s New Foreign Policy – Analysis
The new British Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, defines "progressive realism" as the use of realistic means to pursue progressive ends. Britain's new Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, has indicated that...
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Robert Reich: Debunking Myth #6: ‘Global Trade Is Good For Everyone!’ – OpEd
Welcome back to our debunking series, taking on conventional economic wisdom. Today, I want to examine the dominant view that global trade is good for everyone. (Please click on our video, below.)...
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Jemaah Islamiyah Disbands: End Of An Era Or Strategic Transformation? – Analysis
By Kusumasari Ayuningtyas Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian Islamist militant group once linked to al-Qaeda, has publicly disbanded, marking a potential turning point in the fight against terrorism...
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The Jews Of Syria’s Qamishli: Short History, Lasting Legacy – Analysis
By Sirwan Kajjo The history of Jews in the majority-Kurdish city of Qamishli in northeast Syria is less ancient than in other Kurdish regions across the Middle East. It is not even comparable to that...
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Occupied Ukraine: One Arrest, One Reported Jail Term, Two Releases
By Felix Corley On 20 June, Russian occupation officials arrested 44-year-old Fr Feognost Pushkov of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). Officials are known to have been investigating his frequent...
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Extreme Inequality Is A Threat To Free Speech – OpEd
I was a student in the late 2000s when I had my first brush with “cancel culture.” A campus group had invited Nick Griffin — a racist Holocaust denier and leader of a fascist British political party,...
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