Ahead of the 2020 elections, a furious political fight is brewing over how internet platforms moderate expression by their users. It’s grounded in misunderstandings about freedom of expression that need to be re-framed.
The Modi government has cooled public passions about the Chinese border clashes with nationalist rhetoric and a few economic sanctions. But India’s strategic position is weak—and Modi knows it.
As the Dalai Lama turns 85, the Chinese Communist Party is stepping up its plans to control the selection of the Tibetan spiritual leader’s successor. The kidnapping of the six-year-old Panchen Lama and his family 25 years ago shows how far it is prepared to go.
Americans of all stripes are losing faith in free markets. To understand why, we can’t just look at wealth inequality—the distribution of human capital is even more important.
The COVID crisis has injected a legitimate humanitarian imperative into bailing countries out of a sovereign debt crisis of historic proportions. The hastiness of the bailouts, however, is setting up all sorts of dire unintended consequences.
Published: Jul 01, 2020
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)
Political crises, a continent-wide recession, and democratic backsliding—these are just a few of the likely side effects as COVID-19 spreads across Africa.
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