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3 weeks ago | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Robbie Gramer |Jack Detsch |Aishvarya Kavi |Edward Wong
Quotes of the Day:“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. “Can they be brought together?” This is a practical question. We must get down to it.
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1 month ago | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Helene Cooper |Edward Wong |Alan Cullison |Melanie Kirkpatrick
Quotes of the Day:"Revolution is not a mwere struggle for power, it is a struggle for justice and freedom for all."– Emma Goldman"The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks."– C.S. Lewis“Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.” – Frederick Douglas1. What Do We Stand For? by Hy Rothstein2. Failure Mechanisms in Democratic Regimes – an Army’s Role (The Angry Staff Officer)3.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Eyad Abu Shakra |Michael Crowley |Edward Wong
More than ever, the Lebanese need to come to an understanding among themselves that complements political initiatives and reinforces diplomatic efforts. That is not a moralistic cliche, as this sense of urgency is driven by the brutality of Israel’s project and its hardening terms, which threaten Lebanon’s sovereignty and could potentially lead to the occupation of a large or small segment of the country. This raging bull is charging ahead, deterred and afraid of nothing, in both Gaza and Lebanon.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Edward Wong |Noh Jung Min |Hyung-Jin Kim |Sara Bjerg Moller
Quotes of the Day:"The institution of the family is decisive in determining not only if a person has the capacity to love another individual but in the larger social sense whether he is capable of loving his fellow men collectively. The whole of society rests on this foundation for stability, understanding and social peace." – Daniel Patrick Moynihan"Experience is the hardest kind of teacher.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Antony Blinken |Edward Wong |Carrie Keller-Lynn |Anat Peled
Quotes of the Day:"The institution of the family is decisive in determining not only if a person has the capacity to love another individual but in the larger social sense whether he is capable of loving his fellow men collectively. The whole of society rests on this foundation for stability, understanding and social peace." – Daniel Patrick Moynihan"Experience is the hardest kind of teacher.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
miamiherald.com | Edward Wong |Farnaz Fassihi
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that “Russia can only be forced into peace” and urged that the Russia-Ukraine war not be overlooked as the world turned its attention to wars in the Gaza Strip, Sudan and Myanmar. “Russia is committing an international crime,” Zelenskyy said in a short but impassioned speech. “This war can’t simply fade away, this war can’t be calmed by talks. Actions are needed.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Alex Martin |Annelise Giseburt |Edward Wong
In a rare joint visit abroad, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his British counterpart, David Lammy, met with the top leaders of Ukraine in Kyiv on Wednesday to discuss bolstering the Ukrainian military and whether to allow it to use imported long-range missiles to strike deep into Russia.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
chinadailyhk.com | Edward Wong |Ivan K. Chu
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, which were first proposed by then-Premier Zhou Enlai during negotiations between China and India over border issues in 1953.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
myemail-api.constantcontact.com | Michael Crowley |Edward Wong |Jason Leopold
Korea has not been the only battleground since the end of the Second World War. Men have fought and died in Malaya, in Greece, in the Philippines, in Algeria and Cuba and Cyprus, and almost continuously on the Indo-Chinese Peninsula. No nuclear weapons have been fired. No massive nuclear retaliation has been considered appropriate.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
chinadailyasia.com | Edward Wong |Ivan K. Chu
In recent years, the United States has faced a series of setbacks in its diplomatic efforts. Most non-Western countries are unwilling to take sides with the US in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The influence of the US in the Middle East has also declined significantly. Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing countries have repeatedly rejected Washington’s demands for increases in oil production.
