Weekend Roundup: As Mideast War Levels Ancient Cities, Asia Invests in the Future While the Middle East is consumed by an orgy of destruction that has devastated ancient cities like Aleppo and Tikrit, Asia, led by China, is building out the infrastructure of the future. While past wounds drive the tribal and religious rivalries in the Middle East, in Asia the contest -- and the cooperation -- is about shaping the future.
The most recent scuffle in the contest over the future has been the slew of American allies -- Great Britain, Italy, France, Australia and others -- who have defied U.S. admonitions not to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which it sees as a rival to the World Bank and IMF system. In the "cooperation" column, Zbigniew Brzezinski observes in a WorldPost interview that China signed on as a guarantor of the Lausanne agreement on Iran's nuclear program. This, along with the fact it has also joined with the U.S. to curb North Korean nuclear proliferation and fight climate change, shows China is stepping up to the plate as a responsible global power.
Former MI6 agent Alastair Crooke writes from Beirut that the U.S. has been "immobilized" in the Sunni-Shia proxy wars and must settle for "an equilibrium of antagonisms."
Writing from Berlin, Joschka Fischer ponders whether the U.S. Persian pivot means a shift away from the Saudis as a partner. Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass lays out five reasons "not to assume" the Iran accord will succeed. European statesman Carl Bildt explains why Europe fully supports Obama's leadership on Iran. World editors Eline Gordts and Charlotte Alfred survey Israeli experts on the Iran deal and report on the comments of a former Mossad chief in Israel who embraces the Iran agreement. WorldPost Middle East Correspondent Sophia Jones and Charlotte Alfred describe how there is no way out for many trapped in the Yemen conflict.
Reflecting on the success of the new Asian investment bank in attracting global partners, Wang Wenfeng writes from Beijing that China is reshaping the global order by default because the U.S. Congress has refused to support reform at the World Bank and IMF. Writing from Hong Kong, Rebecca Liao says China's continuing ability to adapt and reform confounds Western critics. WorldPost China Correspondent Matt Sheehan visits Shanghai's marriage market. He also profiles China's "poison-tongued" transgender talk show host. Writing about an experience from the Red Flag Logging Commune in northeastern China, Michael Meyer tells the improbable tale of a lumberjack who says he slept with an alien.
Daniel Tudor writes that we need to update our view of North Korea to one in which the day when "people follow every rule imposed by the state is well and truly over." Christine Ahn will test that proposition, as she writes, when a group of women activists, including Gloria Steinem, march to the Demilitarized Zone in May to promote North and South reconciliation.
In this week's "Forgotten Fact" series, we remember Ebola, which though no longer dominating news headlines, is not over yet.
On the eve of announcing her candidacy for the U.S. presidency, Hillary Clinton reflects on what drives her to seek power. Steven Cohen of Columbia's Earth Institute says the current drought must wake up Californians to the limits of their dream with more intelligent management of resources. X Prize founder Peter Diamandis, meanwhile, projects that three to five billion new consumers will rise by 2020, mainly from China, India and Africa. "Our Final Invention" author James Barrat explains why Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates fear artificial intelligence. Harvard's Michael Porter presents the findings of the 2015 Social Progress Index, which he says is the best metric of national performance.
Buddhist master Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse says that the dominance of Islam and Hinduism in India has led the country to neglect its Buddhist heritage.
In our Singularity University series this week, S. Vollie Osborn hails the end of meaningless work. And Fusion reports that Ancestry.com has become a "medical research juggernaut" as people search for their genetic history.
The most recent scuffle in the contest over the future has been the slew of American allies -- Great Britain, Italy, France, Australia and others -- who have defied U.S. admonitions not to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which it sees as a rival to the World Bank and IMF system. In the "cooperation" column, Zbigniew Brzezinski observes in a WorldPost interview that China signed on as a guarantor of the Lausanne agreement on Iran's nuclear program. This, along with the fact it has also joined with the U.S. to curb North Korean nuclear proliferation and fight climate change, shows China is stepping up to the plate as a responsible global power.
Former MI6 agent Alastair Crooke writes from Beirut that the U.S. has been "immobilized" in the Sunni-Shia proxy wars and must settle for "an equilibrium of antagonisms."
Writing from Berlin, Joschka Fischer ponders whether the U.S. Persian pivot means a shift away from the Saudis as a partner. Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass lays out five reasons "not to assume" the Iran accord will succeed. European statesman Carl Bildt explains why Europe fully supports Obama's leadership on Iran. World editors Eline Gordts and Charlotte Alfred survey Israeli experts on the Iran deal and report on the comments of a former Mossad chief in Israel who embraces the Iran agreement. WorldPost Middle East Correspondent Sophia Jones and Charlotte Alfred describe how there is no way out for many trapped in the Yemen conflict.
Reflecting on the success of the new Asian investment bank in attracting global partners, Wang Wenfeng writes from Beijing that China is reshaping the global order by default because the U.S. Congress has refused to support reform at the World Bank and IMF. Writing from Hong Kong, Rebecca Liao says China's continuing ability to adapt and reform confounds Western critics. WorldPost China Correspondent Matt Sheehan visits Shanghai's marriage market. He also profiles China's "poison-tongued" transgender talk show host. Writing about an experience from the Red Flag Logging Commune in northeastern China, Michael Meyer tells the improbable tale of a lumberjack who says he slept with an alien.
Daniel Tudor writes that we need to update our view of North Korea to one in which the day when "people follow every rule imposed by the state is well and truly over." Christine Ahn will test that proposition, as she writes, when a group of women activists, including Gloria Steinem, march to the Demilitarized Zone in May to promote North and South reconciliation.
In this week's "Forgotten Fact" series, we remember Ebola, which though no longer dominating news headlines, is not over yet.
On the eve of announcing her candidacy for the U.S. presidency, Hillary Clinton reflects on what drives her to seek power. Steven Cohen of Columbia's Earth Institute says the current drought must wake up Californians to the limits of their dream with more intelligent management of resources. X Prize founder Peter Diamandis, meanwhile, projects that three to five billion new consumers will rise by 2020, mainly from China, India and Africa. "Our Final Invention" author James Barrat explains why Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates fear artificial intelligence. Harvard's Michael Porter presents the findings of the 2015 Social Progress Index, which he says is the best metric of national performance.
Buddhist master Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse says that the dominance of Islam and Hinduism in India has led the country to neglect its Buddhist heritage.
In our Singularity University series this week, S. Vollie Osborn hails the end of meaningless work. And Fusion reports that Ancestry.com has become a "medical research juggernaut" as people search for their genetic history.
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