All The Monitor's View
A cyclone’s wake-up call on climate adaptationThis month’s massive storm in southern Africa highlights the need for helping poorer nations build up resilience against flooding.
A lesson in New Zealand’s new gun banAfter the Christchurch massacre, both left and right listened to each other’s fears about guns and gun control to quickly achieve a compromise.
The ethics of watching a massacre videoThe livestreaming of the New Zealand killings only raises the bar for both social-media giants and internet users to increase their powers of discernment.
After a tragedy, why leaders must be consolers in chiefIn New Zealand and other places with recent crises, politicians who listen and grieve can bring progress.
Building both trust and safety into automated travelRecent crashes of two Boeing 737 Max jets should help propel progress toward a better human-machine interface.
A fitting response to the Christchurch killingsLike many recent mass killings, the one in New Zealand hit a place of prayer. The response of many around the world was to gather in prayer. There is a good reason for that.
A sudden wind for clean governance in Central EuropeDefying the region’s stereotype of perpetual corruption, Slovakia may elect a woman as president who has a record of standing up to powerful interests.
How to de-corrupt college admissionsThe indictment of both parents and university workers over an admissions scandal cries out for schools to return to education that first instills character.
At 30, the web still nurtures freedom of thoughtOn the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web, Algerian protesters show how digital connections can bring freedom and break fears.
A critical vote to define ‘home’ for EuropeAn election in May for the European Parliament has triggered differing visions from France and Germany to prevent victories for anti-EU populist parties.
To end an Ebola epidemic, listening helpsDespite progress against the second-worst Ebola epidemic in history, responders in Congo are struggling to heed the fears of vulnerable communities and to build up trust.
A Muslim call to end words of contemptIn the world’s most-populous Muslim country, Indonesia, the leading Muslim group asks the faithful to end the use of a religious slur – to head off tensions before a national election.
The Arab Spring springs backMass protests in Sudan and Algeria hint that the liberating lessons of 2011 are not forgotten.
A starting list for the Peace PrizeFour world leaders stand out so far this year, showing how peace is possible and natural.
A new style of leadership starts to reshape MexicoThree months in office, President Obrador uses transparency and a bold vision to tackle deep problems.
Why Ukraine may elect a jokesterA TV comedian who plays a humble, honest president is now the leading presidential candidate. His popularity says much about the unifying effect of humor.
Europe's choice for clean governanceIn choosing its first chief prosecutor, the EU must also confront one member, Romania, which is backsliding on corruption.
What restrains India, Pakistan from nuclear warTheir ‘surgical’ retaliatory strikes on each other after a terrorist attack reveal a constraint driven by a firmer embrace of rules for protecting innocent life.
Global quest for gene-editing rulesAfter a Chinese scientist created the first gene-edited babies, a UN agency rushes to set standards on the technique – based on values that don’t derive from genes.
Hong Kong bars China’s notions of lawUnlike on the mainland, judicial independence is well entrenched in the territory. This explains the principled resistance to Beijing’s latest attempt to erode rule of law in Hong Kong.
