by Tyler Cowen June 12, 2018 at 8:46 am in Current Affairs Political Science by Tyler Cowen June 12, 2018 at 8:46 am in “Many of you have asked what I think, so here goes: 1. There is a secret (and unenforceable) deal beneath what is reported. You may think this is good or bad, but for heaven’s sake …
The North Korean summit and deal – by Tyler Cowen – Marginal REVOLUTION Read More »
It sure looks as if President Trump was hoodwinked in Singapore. Trump made a huge concession — the suspension of military exercises with South Korea. That’s on top of the broader concession of the summit meeting itself, security guarantees he gave North Korea and the legitimacy that the summit provides his counterpart, Kim Jong-un. Within …
Opinion | Trump Was Outfoxed in Singapore – by Nicholas Kristof – NYT Read More »
“Shock! Horror! President Trump is actually doing something right. Sadly, Democrats in Congress are responding in a quite Trumpian way: They seem more concerned with undermining him than supporting a peace process with North Korea. They are on the same side as National Security Adviser John Bolton, quietly subverting attempts to pursue peace. While international …
By Tacey Rychter May 30, 2018 “More than 120 pregnant female whales were among 333 killed during Japan’s recent annual summer hunt off the coast of Antarctica, according to a new report. The report, released by the International Whaling Commission this month, said 122 of the slaughtered minke whales were pregnant and 114 were considered immature. The last …
Video trip through the largest refugee camp in the world. The Rohingya in Bangladesh prepare for the coming monsoon rains. About this article NYTIMES.COM Race Against the Rains The race to rebuild the world’s largest refugee camp, where monsoon rains threaten flooding, landslides and disease. Source: Race Against the Rains – The New York …
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“United States-North Korean relations have been a rollercoaster in recent months. Escalating missile tests from Pyongyang and taunting tweets from the White House in 2017 were followed by a period of seeming rapprochement as President Trump and North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, agreed to meet for a summit to discuss “denuclarization.” And now things …
“At this point, it’s looking as if Trump’s tough talk on China trade will turn out to be as empty as his tough talk on, say drug prices. Faced with the prospect of actually going toe to toe with powerful interests – as opposed to doing harm to desperate immigrants, poor people who need health …
By Yi-Zheng Lian Mr. Lian, a native of Hong Kong, is a former lead writer and chief editor of the Hong Kong Economic Journal. May 21, 2018 Image CreditMatt Chase “Amid all the hoopla about Russia’s covert attempts to manipulate the 2016 American presidential election, one state has been conspicuously quiet: China. Yet its leaders may well be sneering …
“What does it take to intern half a million members of one ethnic group in just a year? Enormous resources and elaborate organization, but the Chinese authorities aren’t stingy. Vast swathes of the Uighur population in China’s western region of Xinjiang — as well as Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and other ethnic minorities — are being detained …
Opinion | What Really Happens in China’s ‘Re-education’ Camps – By Rian Thum – NYT Read More »
“An autocratic politician emerges from retirement at age 92 to defeat his handpicked but appallingly corrupt successor, and to clear the way for a former deputy he had imprisoned on trumped-up charges. It’s an unlikely plot for a political thriller, but that’s what is happening in Malaysia. And if things play out according to Mahathir Mohamad’s plan, …
Opinion | The Promise of Malaysia’s Old-New Leader – The New York Times Read More »