by Charlotte Parker | 19 Sep 2017 | Americas, United States, Youth Voices
The 2016 U.S. election woke up many young Americans who, like me, had limited their political participation to voting in presidential elections. Protesters demonstrate in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, Los Angeles, 5 September...
by News Decoder | 5 Sep 2017 | Asia, China, North Korea, United States
North Korea has drawn international opprobrium with its nuclear and missile tests. Can its leader, Kim Jong-un, win the respect he craves? An undated photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in an undisclosed location, released by the North Korean Central News Agency...
by Bernd Debusmann | 1 Sep 2017 | United States
Bernd Debusmann grew up in a post-war Germany still in ruins. His early reporting assignments included the first trial under German law of officials for their role in the Holocaust. By Bernd Debusmann History takes odd turns. Who would have thought seven decades ago...
by David Schlesinger | 30 Aug 2017 | Asia, China, North Korea, United States
By David Schlesinger Pity China’s foreign policy leaders. An unpredictable, mercurial, untested, perhaps irrational leader in its neighbor, North Korea. An unpredictable, mercurial, untested, perhaps irrational leader in its major trading partner and sometime global...
by Alistair Lyon | 24 Aug 2017 | Asia, Islam, Terrorism, United States
Afghanistan will likely frustrate U.S. President Donald Trump, whose “new” strategy to achieve victory there sounds all too familiar. U.S. servicemen listen as President Donald Trump announces his administration’s strategy in Afghanistan, Fort Myer, Arlington,...