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Venezuela, a Failing StateOnce the richest country in South America, it now has the world’s highest inflation rate and is plagued by hunger and violent crime. How did this happen? By William Finnegan The New Yorker November 14, 2016 A food line: People can wait for hours—or all day—and still go home with nothing. The economy is in ruins. Full-scale food riots som..

The threat from RussiaHow to contain Vladimir Putin’s deadly, dysfunctional empire The Economist Oct 22nd 2016 FOUR years ago Mitt Romney, then a Republican candidate, said that Russia was America’s “number-one geopolitical foe”. Barack Obama, among others, mocked this hilarious gaffe: “The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back, because the cold w..

「シンガポールは幸せランキングで世界最下位の148位」は本当か？ 中村繁夫 （アドバンスト マテリアル ジャパン社長） »著者プロフィール WEDGE Infinity 中村繁夫 （なかむら・しげお） アドバンスト マテリアル ジャパン社長 1947年生まれ。レアメタル専門商社&..

Does Europe Have a Future? It’s both a continent and an idea, with an alternately heroic and ignominious past and, until recently, an enviable present. Can the heart of the West survive the 21st century? A poster of German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a rally on November 4, 2015 in Erfurt, Germany. Jens Schlueter/Getty Images. Daniel Johnson MosaicJan. 4 2016 About the author ..

Syria: Local Photographers Reflect on Powerful Images of WarIn their own words, Syrian photographers reflect on the images that moved them most.Karam al-Masri—AFP/Getty ImagesA man walks past destroyed buildings in the Bab al-Hadid neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on May 2, 2016. In their own words, Syrian photographers reflect on the images that moved them most By Andrew ..

Why have Italians seemingly stopped making babies? File photo: PexelsThe real reasons young Italians aren't having kids Catherine Edwards · 23 Sep 2016, 15:34 The Local Published: 23 Sep 2016 15:34 GMT+02:00 An Italian campaign to raise awareness over fertility issues has provoked outcry, with protestors accusing the government of doing nothing to tackle the real reasons beh..

The Asan Forum August 12,2016 Northeast Asia’s Space Launch Nationalism James Clay Moltz, Naval Postgraduate School *The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and do not represent official policies of the U.S. Navy or the U.S. Department of Defense. Northeast Asia today is in the midst of a major expansion of space launch services—with Japan, So..

July 2016A New Europe Towards a new universalismBrendan O’Neill The EU is the antithesis of internationalism. July 2016 Spiked Brexit, we’re told, is a crime against cosmopolitanism. It’s a revenge of ‘exclusionary tribalism’ against the ‘universal ethics, cosmopolitanism [and] solidarity’ embodied in the European Union. Where the EU and its cheerleaders are unive..

시대정신 2016년 3/4월호 [쟁점분석] 남중국해 해양영유권 분쟁 : 역사적 배경과 현황 평가 [이지용 | 국립외교원 교수 ] 남중국해 분쟁의 현황 남중국해 해양영유권 분쟁이 직접 당사국들 간의 갈등을 넘어 미중갈등으로 치닫고 있다. 특히 중국이 2013년부터 남중국해 스프래틀리 제도(Spratly..

政治家失言暴言録（1）「ナチスの手口に学んだらどうかね」2016.02.27 07:00 PAGE 　丸山和也参議院議員の差別的発言が国会で問題視されています。丸山氏は一連の発言の中で、日本が米国に吸収されるというとんでもないたとえ話も披露していますから..