World
Eating the Last Cannibal
Generally, a state that wants to claim to represent "civilization" will take pains to obscure its original sins and keep its barbaric dark side...
Is the Bank of Japan Holstering Its Bazooka?
Takatoshi Ito
TOKYO – On December 20, the Bank of Japan decided to raise its ceiling on ten-year government bond yields from 0.25% to 0.5%. Within minutes...
Whose Rule of Law?
The mounting evidence of former US President Donald Trump's serial legal violations should put an end to the idea that the rule of law...
Celebrating Christmas in Dark Times — Jawed Naqvi
Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in his Christmas message on Sunday, saying the world was...
Xi of Arabia and the Petroyuan Drive
Pepe Escobar
It would be so tempting to qualify Chinese President Xi Jinping landing in Riyadh a week ago, welcomed with royal pomp and circumstance,...