A stopped clock is still right twice a day, the saying goes, and similarly U.S. President Donald Trump may actually be on solid ground in a new trade dispute with close American allies – although as usual his own statements and approach are doing nothing to bolster the case or persuade skeptics. Trump has […]
By Dr. Alexander Görlach, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs What is happening in Hong Kong concerns everyone who believes in a future for democracy and open societies. The autonomous region, promised fifty years of democracy free of interference by Beijing at the time of its handover from […]
Internet god and would-be humanoid statesman Mark Zuckerberg took to the Washington Post’s op-ed page to unveil some exciting new rules that should govern our sense of self worth and hasten our evolution into politically reflexive, image-obsessed automatons. Purporting to have learned, Mark (friends use his first name) calls for regulation in four areas: […]
