For Andreas Kluth's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Therein lies mRNA’s bigger promise: It can tell our cells to make whatever protein we want. That includes the antigens of many other diseases besides COVID-19.
This change would align American taxation of individuals with the systems of all other developed countries. It would free us expats to live, earn, save and invest as other people do.
Their journey as Turkish Germans cannot have been easy. Discrimination, overt or subtle, is rife in German society.
We are indeed in the midst of a digital transformation that will destroy many old jobs and create many new ones, and we need structures that help people adapt.
With some groups more likely than others to be killed by COVID-19, the idea of keeping certain groups indoors has surfaced.
Since the end of the Cold War, most people have become much less afraid of nuclear war, when instead they should worry more.
The EU still requires unanimity for all foreign policy decisions. This has been one factor, amid many, that’s neutered European foreign policy over the years.
This year’s dip in greenhouse gases will make the world no more likely to achieve the goal of slowing climate change.
During the coronavirus pandemic, sizeable demonstrations have taken place in Belarus, Germany and the United States.
The swearing in of new citizens often makes news in the U.S., especially if it happens in unusual circumstances such as one party’s national convention. Much less reported are the many citizenship renunciations by Americans, and the travails leading up to these life decisions. ...
