Opinion
The Global Struggle for Tech Mastery
Eric Schmidt
PALO ALTO – The past year offered some old lessons about great-power competition. But it also introduced some new ones about how technology...
Mood of Despondency and Despair in Pakistan
Faisal Bari
SELDOM before in the past few decades have I heard Pakistanis — friends, students, colleagues, acquaintances and even strangers — sound so despondent...
What Netanyahu’s New ‘Hate Machine’ Has in Store for Palestinians in 2023
Stuart Littlewood
WISHING my friends in Palestine a happy New Year sounded so phoney, knowing how the fates have conspired to make 2023 perhaps the...
China’s Brutal Covid Winter
Nancy Qian
CHICAGO – Last month, China ended its zero-Covid policy, bringing a tumultuous end to restrictions after nearly three years. The suddenness of the...
Israel Was Never a Democracy: So Why is the West Lamenting End of ‘Liberal’ Israel?
RAMZY BAROUD
EVEN before the new Israeli government was officially sworn in on December 29, angry reactions began emerging, not only among Palestinians and other...