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Pop culture threatens regime's hold
News, Eli Lake, Published on 02/06/2016
» The only time I visited North Korea, Kim Jong-il was the dictator and Madeleine Albright was the US secretary of state. I was part of her press entourage when she travelled to the Hermit Kingdom at the end of 2000.
Solo attacks are expected to grow
News, Eli Lake, Published on 18/07/2016
» After the horror at Nice, perhaps the most depressing comment came from France's prime minister. Calling for unity in the face of terror, Manuel Valls observed: "Times have changed, and we should learn to live with terrorism. We have to show solidarity and collective calm."
China's 'little green boats' have Japan on the alert
News, Eli Lake, Published on 02/09/2016
» In early August, Japan's Coast Guard witnessed an unconventional Chinese assault on its territorial waters. According to Japanese officials I met with last week, at least 300 Chinese "fishing vessels" began incursions into the exclusive economic zone around the uninhabited Senkaku Islands, territory administered by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan as well.
With the 'Trump effect', nations adapt to uncertainty
News, Eli Lake, Published on 24/11/2016
» During the presidential campaign, many foreign ambassadors quietly warned that a Donald Trump presidency would be a disaster.
Rouhani a fake reformer elected in a fake election
News, Eli Lake, Published on 23/05/2017
» In the days before President Hassan Rouhani's re-election victory in Iran this weekend, a video of one of his old speeches circulated on social media. Speaking at Iran's parliament, Mr Rouhani says dissidents against the new regime should be publicly hanged during Friday prayers as a message.
Fahmy says al-Jazeera aids terrorists
News, Eli Lake, Published on 26/06/2017
» Mohamed Fahmy is the last person one would expect to make a case against al-Jazeera. In 2014, the former Cairo bureau chief for the Qatar-funded television network began a 438-day sentence in an Egyptian prison on terrorism charges and practising unlicensed journalism. His incarceration made al-Jazeera a powerful symbol of resistance to Egypt's military dictatorship.
America and the problem of weak fascism
News, Eli Lake, Published on 18/08/2017
» There is no question that President Donald Trump's shifting reactions to the domestic terrorism in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been odious. While he condemned the murder of Heather Heyer, his equivocations, hedges and moral equivalency in the last few days signal a quiet approval of white supremacists. "What about the alt-left?"
Palestinian president shows world who he really is
News, Eli Lake, Published on 18/01/2018
» There are two ways to understand the two-and-a-half hour rant on Sunday from Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in which he called for discarding past agreements with Israel.
Expect Trump to hit Syria again, with same result
News, Eli Lake, Published on 10/04/2018
» If the past is a prelude, we should expect a US strike sometime soon against Syrian airfields.
Beware of the Korean peace trap
News, Eli Lake, Published on 30/04/2018
» On the surface it looks like the doubters were wrong. North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, travelled into South Korea on Friday to meet his counterpart. They agreed in principle at least to formally end the war that has divided the peninsula they share.