While the campaign has largely focused on local issues, there is a deeper undercurrent – namely the impact on Sino-Taiwanese relations.
Taiwan election could spell new trouble for China
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Monthly Archives: November 2014
The E.U. is flailing – but can the Vatican help?
That Brussels is looking to the Church for support is curious – religion is flagging in Europe, where only 24% of its residents are Catholic, even as nationalist ardor looks to be on the rise.
Israel mulls fraught law on Jewish state
Netanyahu may be burning bridges Israel can ill afford to lose, both at home and abroad.
Pressure mounts in lead-up to Tunisia presidential election
More importantly, perhaps, Tunisia must reassure wary foreign investors and make new allies in order to boost its stagnant economy.
As ISIS threat grows, Baghdad makes deal with Iraq’s Kurds
The deal could mark a lasting boost to Iraqi-Kurdish relations, which hit an all-time low under al-Maliki.
On Arafat anniversary, new sparring between Palestinian rivals
Hamas and Fatah joined forces out of necessity this spring: the latter was searching for relevance amid waning popularity; the former was facing financial ruin, as relations with its longtime backers in Tehran, Damascus and Cairo cooled.
Policy solutions to climate change: start small, think big
Some notable examples: the adoption of food bikes like those so prevalent in China, proposed by American John Romankiewicz, and the use of mangroves to address sea level rise and coastal erosion by Poh Poh of Singapore.
French Socialists wade into soccer scandal
This is not the first time the government has waded into an issue involving sports and racial tensions.
Unrest in Burkino Faso, explained
If the initial political jockeying is any indication, a rocky transition is ahead.
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