Analysis
Friday, June 3rd 2022 / Saturday, July 23rd 2022
Elli Fischer HaMapah, May 27, 2020 “The book was selling like hotcakes. Yeshiva students were buying it. Women – who rarely appear as buyers on Prenumeranten lists from this part of the world – were buying it. It made no sense to us.” In all the books in the Hebrew Scripture, none is more infused with kindness and […]
Thursday, June 2nd 2022 / Thursday, June 2nd 2022
Victoria Herczegh Geopolitical Futures, May 23, 2022 “Xi’s rivals will have an opening to capitalize on the public discontent, and a continued shaky economy will only strengthen their cause.” China has been teetering on the precipice of an economic crisis for quite some time now. Structural issues within the country’s financial system and the protracted […]
Thursday, June 2nd 2022 / Saturday, July 23rd 2022
Enrico Colombotto GIS, May 12, 2022 “Some believe that Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to complete the reunification of all “Chinese children” by the end of his 2022-2027 term” The Russian invasion of Ukraine has shown that the quest for personal prestige, historical nostalgia and beliefs in national myths still play a role in shaping […]
Chun Han Wong WSJ, May 19, 2022 “China’s mounting tensions with the West have fueled concerns that any financial exposure that senior Chinese officials have overseas could be used as leverage against Beijing” China’s Communist Party will block promotions for senior cadres whose spouses or children hold significant assets abroad, people familiar with the matter […]
Gordon G. Chang Newsweek, May 9, 2022 “… the Chinese military has been flying large numbers of planes through the island republic’s air-defense identification zone. Although these flights have stayed in international airspace, they are considered hostile acts…” Officials from the Chinese finance ministry and central bank on April 22 met with representatives of dozens […]
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 / Saturday, July 23rd 2022
Frank Sobchak The Hill, May 11, 2022 “… there is extremely strong evidence that the kingdom has every intent to join the “smallest club on earth,” as the group of states possessing nuclear weapons has been described.” Much ink has been spilled over how much of a threat a nuclear Iran would pose to Israel […]
Ruth Marks Eglash Jewish Insider, May 13, 2022 “Any deal to bring Saudi Arabia into the Abraham Accords, or to bring them and Israel closer to normalization, is going to be a multi-sided puzzle. Michael is who you want at the table trying to solve that puzzle.” Could President Joe Biden’s nominee to be America’s next ambassador […]
Dion Nissenbaum and Rory Jones WSJ, May 8, 2022 “If we can get Israelis and Muslims in the region to do business together it will focus people on shared interests and shared values. We kicked off historic regional change which needs to be reinforced and nurtured to achieve its potential.” Jared Kushner’s new private-equity fund plans to […]
Barak Ravid Axios, May 23, 2022 “…the deal needed buy-in from Israel because of the 1979 peace treaty. Israel gave in principle its approval to transfer the islands back to Saudi Arabia…” The Biden administration has been quietly mediating among Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt on negotiations that, if successful, could be a first step […]
Monday, May 30th 2022 / Saturday, July 23rd 2022
André Pratte National Post, May 21, 2022 “… there are good reasons to challenge the need for Bill 96’s bureaucratic assault on the speaking of English in Québec. One of those reasons is that this attack is based on a false premise.” Combined with several provisions of Bill 96, recent events raise a legitimate concern […]
Tom Mulcair Montreal Gazette, May 24, 2022 “… the holy chaos he’s about to unleash will be completely beyond his control.” The first big chapter of the Bill 96 saga has come to an end with the bill’s adoption by the National Assembly. By a linguistic quirk, on the Anglo side, it will always be called Bill […]
Tristin Hopper National Post, May 11, 2022 “Bill 96 requires employers to take “reasonable measures” to ensure that non-French languages are spoken in the workplace as little as humanly possible.” The Quebec National Assembly is entering the final stretch of passing Bill 96, a controversial law set to dramatically expand the province’s ability to mandate the use of […]
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