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Revitalizing Taiwan's Economy
TAIPEI, Taiwan — This country’s economy is in deep trouble. It’s stagnant; GDP growth has been in the low single digits or worse for more than a year, and average wages for Taiwanese workers have been...
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War Rape: Rwanda, Bosnia, and Now Syria
The United Nations Security Council took an unprecedented step this summer. Pushed principally by the United Kingdom, the council passed its first resolution addressing what it calls “sexual violence...
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Another Stolen Election in Cambodia
Almost two months after Cambodia’s national elections, the nation is still roiling with unrest because the reigning regime quite obviously stole the elections once again.After weeks of violence,...
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The UN’s Important Work
The Middle East certainly is keeping the United Nations busy these days. Of course, the world body’s human rights offices have been working hard to sustain more than two million refugees of the Syrian...
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In Myanmar, Violence Is Obstacle to Investment
Myanmar is pleading with American businesses to open shop there, now that the military dictatorship is long gone. “The door for business opportunity has been closed for four decades,” Foreign Minister...
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Whither Afghanistan?
What’s going to happen to Afghanistan after the United States and its allies largely leave the country next year? And how about the more than $100 billion the United States has spent on new...
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A Devastated Economy Threatens Venezuela's Ruling Socialists
As Venezuela prepares to hold local elections in early December, and as the socialist-populist policies of the Hugo Chávez era continue to ravage the country’s economy, the current president, Nicolás...
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The Hypocrisy of the UN's Human Rights Council
It’s time to disband the United Nation Human Rights Council.Just look at the latest appointees to the council, whose job is to promote universal respect and protection for human rights around the...
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Failed Democracy Promotion in Cambodia
I’ve spent a great deal of time in Cambodia over the last 35 years, most recently in January. And to this day, I remain astounded by American and other Western aid agencies that fund and treat the...
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In Memoriam
We mourn the loss of Joel Brinkley, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and frequent contributor to World Affairs.OG Image:
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