by Jonathan Sharp | 1 Jun 2020 | China, Future of Democracy, Human Rights
Hong Kong youth are protesting again against the city’s rulers in China. The stakes are sky-high for the world’s economy and, potentially, security. A protester in Hong Kong, China, 24 May 2020 (EPA-EFE/JEROME FAVRE) Is capitalist, free-wheeling Hong Kong...
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by Alexander Nicoll | 3 Oct 2018 | Europe
By Alexander Nicoll Strong defences are essential if, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, Europe can no longer count on American protection and must “take its destiny in its own hands.” There is evidence that many European countries are stepping...
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by News Decoder | 9 Jul 2018 | Asia, China, Donald Trump, United States
By David Schlesinger Is it China’s century? Or is China a sclerotic, debt-laden behemoth on the verge of collapse? Is China an engine for world prosperity, first manufacturing goods for the globe, and then, with new wealth, becoming a great consumption colossus,...
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by News Decoder | 3 Apr 2018 | Europe, Terrorism
By Danielle Castonzo “We want death for these pigs.” Those are the lyrics of José Miquel Arenas Beltrán, stage name Valtònyc, a rapper from Mallorca, Spain who was recently sentenced to jail for the offending lines. “May they be afraid like a police...
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by News Decoder | 5 Mar 2018 | Asia, Chadwick School, North Korea, Student Posts
By Chae Lin Park An ice hockey player from North Korea and a bobsledder from South Korea joined hands to hold the Unification Flag depicting a reunited Korean peninsula at the opening ceremony of the recent Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The gesture...
