... he larger Western countries. Italy’s Dec. 4 constitutional-reform referendum may have been the final wake-up call for Europe to get its act together in order to address social divisions, political ext ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-28
... trust in Western democratic authorities. Social-media trolling is one method. And social media is also a key vector for a Russian strategy that relies on historical revisionism (the claim that Russia ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-28
... . The two Western officials said President Barack Obama had intended to abstain from the vote, a relatively rare step by the US to register criticism of the building on occupied land that Palestinians ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-23
... from the western media, including the New York Times, Voice of America and the BBC, all of which have run documentaries on the topic. In contrast, the mainstream media in the mainland and Taiwan have ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-23
... t reform. Western leaders could probably be bolder when they phase out big bills as slowly as they do. But Modi has been too bold. Copyright: Project Syndicate -- Contact us at [email protected] RT/RA ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-23
... y. In the western part of the city, controlled by the government throughout the war, there was celebratory gunfire, fireworks and street parties on Thursday night, witnesses said. Crowds sang, danced ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-23
... er of the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), said the Tunisian appeared to have arrived in Germany in July 2015 and his asylum application had been rejected. He seemed to have used differe ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-22
... riticised western-style democracy and efforts to promote Chinese-style consultative democracy. Under the current regime, top leaders foster public consensus via a system of consultative conferences. T ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-21
... ople from western colonialism, a theme that struck a chord with a substantial number of Filipinos. Second, US President Woodrow Wilson had himself promised Filipinos, as early as 1916, eventual indepe ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-21
... to modern western theories, the middle class often play a pivotal role in the democratization and liberalization of society. It is because the well-off and highly educated middle class have relatively ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-20
... Russia of western investors and western markets for its energy and drove it into China’s arms. China has been a tough negotiator on Russian energy prices. Russia has also been pressured to allow Chine ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-19
... phy, from western to eastern. It didn’t matter. So long as it could keep him away from reality – his unrequited love for my mother, his denigrating factory work, his family burdens – he devoured it. A ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-19
... ered from Western sanctions and depressed oil prices. Moscow has suffered economic sanctions since its military intervention in Crimea in 2014. The ruble plunged considerably and triggered social turm ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-19
... Office in Western plus the fact that being in this camp was the place to be for office seekers and awards cravers. As long as the prospect of preferment was on offer, the government’s cheerleaders cou ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
... llows the western medical approach of taking pills and insulin treatment to stabilize her condition. She asked me if there is anything else she could do to strengthen her bodily functions and improve ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
... sing some Western food, think twice if you actually want to pay the price for it. It is a luxury to eat American/British/French food because it is imported and it is considered "exotic". These are als ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
... ver, some western politicians may still criticize China for denying us true democracy in order to please their voters. Third, Hong Kong's success lies, to a large extent, in its ability to be flexible ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-15
... Watching Western news, it is easy to see why so many blame Islam. From the brutality of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq to the terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda to the stoning of a ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-12
... acts with western companies since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. The deal between IranAir and US planemaker Boeing includes 50 narrow-body 737 MAX aircraft and 30 long-haul 777s, split equally betwee ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-12
... Japanese, Western and Chinese cuisines. And our chef specifically ordered some capons from rural farms for the steamed boneless chicken with shallot. The meat was so tender with an exquisite flavor of ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
