Commentary / World Dec 29, 2021

China vs. the British Commonwealth

A current situation within the Commonwealth can be summed up in four words, "the Chinese have arrived," to which the critic can add four more words, "the British have departed."

Commentary / World Nov 29, 2021

Fixing Europe’s migrant predicament requires a new approach

The causes behind the sudden and ugly new migrant tableau are blurred, but one theory is the Belarus government may be inviting immigrants in and then urging them to enter Poland and the EU.

Commentary / World Oct 21, 2021

An energy crisis like no other

Transforming the world’s fuel mix to mitigate climate change requires balance.

Commentary / World Sep 20, 2021

The submarine row that is sinking diplomatic relations

France is furious that its plan to supply Australia with submarines has been swept aside by the new pact with the United Kingdom and the United States.

Commentary / World Aug 25, 2021

The era of depending on U.S. military might for security has passed

The global battlefield has shifted and the world's democracies should and can no longer rely on America to guarantee their security.

Commentary / World Aug 5, 2021

A nuclear crisis foreseen and predicted

The U.K.'s decline in nuclear power production is due to the growing obsolescence of the nation's aging power plants — and rectifying the situation is proving difficult.

Commentary / World Jul 18, 2021

The changing battlefield and winning future conflicts

The powerful supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built by Britain, with its crew of 2,500, has now arrived in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean where it is holding joint drills and maneuvers with units of the Maritime Self-Defense ...

Commentary / World Jun 30, 2021

How the Irish question affects us all

Partition of Ireland was the solution in the last century, but now it persists as the impossible problem in this one.

Commentary / World Jun 7, 2021

Clean energy: Oil and carbon at loggerheads

If the world is to get anywhere near its lower carbon goals, as set out in the Paris Agreement, then all future investment in oil and gas development must cease.

Commentary / World May 17, 2021

Lessons from Britain: The old way of politicking no longer applies

The recent remarkable electoral events in the U.K. have big implications for British politics. But they also contain important lessons that should be of interest everywhere in the world where politicians and political parties seek the support of voters under modern conditions, Japan very ...