All The Monitor's View
- Antidote to coronavirus fears: Trust in leaders
The global outbreak puts a useful spotlight on governments that have built up credibility, transparency, and other traits of trustworthy leadership.
- Africa’s quiet moves to ‘silence the guns’
Goals for peace set by the continent’s leaders may have found success in war-torn South Sudan with a new unity government.
- Charity in China during a health crisis
The coronavirus outbreak has led to massive private donations, filling a vacuum of leadership – and a vacuum of distrust in the ruling Communist Party.
- Sharing the Nile beats war over it
Egypt and Ethiopia appear near an agreement that would avoid conflict over a new dam’s effects downstream. Mediation and listening skills have helped.
- Afghan triumphs drive Afghan truce
A tentative agreement sets an initial trust-building goal of a seven-day “reduction in violence” between the Taliban and the U.S. Then difficult talks begin, supported by the Afghan people’s embrace of their democratic progress.
- Yelling ‘foul’ on legal sports betting
Both athletes and elected leaders deserve medals for recognizing the problems of online sports gambling.
- Justice for Darfur, healing for Sudan
Sudan’s move to submit an ousted dictator to international justice would also help reconcile a nation torn by mass atrocities.
- Politics of hate loses a key vote in India
Voters in the nation’s capital sent a message to the ruling party that anti-Muslim policies go against India’s secular tradition.
- Why Iraq's youthful protests endure
Months of demonstrations have challenged the regime and set a template for redefining community among Iraqis.
- Germany looks in the mirror, again
The governing party’s collusion with a far-right party sets off a reaction that signals Germans are still on the lookout for fascist tendencies.
- In Syria’s final battle, a global test of hospitality
Turkey faces the prospect of a massive wave of refugees from the battle for Syria’s Idlib province. It needs the world’s help to continue its generosity as a host to displaced Syrians.
- China’s health crisis as a leadership crisis
Both the Chinese people and their leaders are debating the failings of top-down governance in dealing with the virus outbreak. That alone is a refreshing shift in leadership.
- Gavels bang down on Africa's rigged elections
For the second time, a court in Africa has annulled a presidential vote over anomalies. Judges with high civic principles may be crucial for democracy on the continent.
- Mercy flights as harbingers of peace
A humanitarian airlift of ill civilians from Yemen signals a recognition that innocents must be protected during war.
- Part company? Or be good company?
In China’s isolation, Brexit, and American politics, those who offer a helping hand can lessen the decoupling of ties.
- Why nurses are in the spotlight in China
As the virus outbreak in China leads to distrust of its rulers, the rulers highlight the role of nurses. Worldwide, their professional qualities are trustworthy simply because they facilitate healing.
- Britain-EU divorce drives a creative spark
As they split, the U.K. and European Union are each striving to boost the talents of their people in science and technology. In that venture they are united in seeing the potential for creativity.
- The Airbus-Boeing rivalry – in post-scandal reform
Even as the plane-makers face stiff costs for internal mistakes, they also seem bent on an audit of company culture.
- Pakistan’s war on peace activists
The arrest of the leader of a Pakistani movement trying to end military killings of civilians only shows the legitimacy of pro-democracy protests in many Muslim countries.
- The 'fear factor' in China's epidemic
Officials are learning how to avoid public panic as much as control a disease. The world can learn what China has had to learn about antidotes for undue alarm.