Mina Al-Oraibi, The National
Mustafa Al Kadhimi is heading in the right direction, but the path is difficult
Niall Ferguson, Boston Globe
How much are social mores going to change as a result of the pandemic?
Paul Wells, Macleans
Last year, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer wrote a paper on how to plan for a major outbreak. It didn't imagine anything as menacing as this coronavirus.
Jason Young, East Asia Forum
Small states such as New Zealand lack the decisive military power or economic leverage needed to pursue their interests unilaterally. They must live with asymmetrical power relations. An obvious example is New Zealand’s relationship with China.
Wai Wai Nu, Bush Cen.
Wai Wai Nu, a Rohingya activist and 2015 Bush Institute Liberty and Leadership Scholar, describes the challenges to democracy and human rights in Burma, her home country.
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
The moral foundation of medicine is that it must, first of all, do no harm. By “harm” it means that no action of the physician or the researcher should harm the patient. This imposes a meticulous discipline on medicine. No drug is released until it is certain that it will do no harm. This requires meticulous testing and evaluation, and that takes time. Part of the medical research process is imposed by the complexity and mystery of the subject. Part of it is due to the moral aversion to risk. Читать дальше...
Tom Rogan, Wash. Examiner
Attacking a maternity hospital in Kabul on Tuesday, the Islamic State reminded the world of its fetish for innocent Muslim blood.
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Wanat & Bayer, Pol
The EU's top court gets to test whether its word is still law this week in the wake of a landmark German court ruling that shook the bloc's legal order.
M. Rubin, TNI
To date, diplomacy has not worked to roll back China’s actions in the South China Sea, nor will it so long as China believes its salami-slicing works. Perhaps, then, to be effective and to signal support for allies and protect freedom of navigation, it is time for Washington to join Beijing for a salami-themed picnic.
Katsuji Nakazawa, Nikkei
Bitter memories of Boxer Rebellion make virus compensation a non-starter
