All The Monitor's View
- The peace in learning to discern the news
Media literacy courses can help news consumers, but one study in Ukraine found ways to ensure long-term effects.
- Mixing sports and sports gambling is no game
A Supreme Court ruling overturning a federal law may now create a rush by states to legalize sports wagering. But lawmakers should recall the reasons for the original ban. Sports rely on integrity and skill, not a belief in luck.
- Will Iraqis draw a line between mosque and state?
The campaign for the May 12 election shows voters may want less politics based on religious parties and more civic unity on common interests.
- Malaysia’s lesson for leaders who stay too long
The May 9 election overthrew the only party ever to rule the Southeast Asian nation. Young voters rejected corrupt, crony politics and chose a broad coalition that promises rule of law.
- Why Trump cannot merely contain Iran
In the Middle East, the US has done more good when it helps create order and liberty than when it simply opposes bullies.
- What happens after an anti-corruption victory
Armenia’s protest leader, Nikol Pashinian, is now its prime minister but he wisely puts the burden on the people’s awakening to achieve reform.
- Let Iranians decide the regime’s future
Trump needs to have patience, not use the threat of sanctions toward an Iranian theocracy that is its own worst enemy, as witnessed by rising protests and strikes.
- Using Marx’s birthday to recall progress toward peace
One reason for a decline in violence over time is the demise of theories that justify force. On the anniversary of his birth, Marx’s theories should be a warning about ignoble reasons for mass killing.
- Europe puts its money where its values are
A proposal to cut aid to European Union members that violate democratic norms, such as Poland and Hungary, could help ensure Europe remains a safe home for liberty.
- Africa’s new giving hands
Among rich and poor alike, the continent reveals a bootstraps approach to success through generosity.
- A first step in denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula
When they meet, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un should call a truce on name-calling, creating a civility that is necessary for trust in disarmament.
- Humility first in battling corruption
One of the world’s most powerful financial institutions, the International Monetary Fund, admits it has been weak in stopping corruption. The results of its introspection could lift the global economy.
- A lesson from Nigeria to Trump?
Africa’s most populous country, suffering a long battle with jihadi groups, has successfully negotiated with a branch of Islamic State to release abducted children. Is that a lesson in how to talk to terrorists?
- Why Trump and Merkel must discuss migration
Each leader went too far on migration policy, forcing the US and Germany into a debate over national identity. Now they can listen to each other on next steps on how to deal with global migrants.
- Macron’s embrace of Trump, not Trumpism
The display of affection between the French and American leaders runs counter to their deep differences over policies. Did Emmanuel Macron just set a model for American politics?
- An Armenian rhapsody
Spontaneous mass protests in the former Soviet state of Armenia have ended a deceitful power play by a longtime ruler to stay in office. In throwing off their fears, Armenians showed others in repressive countries how to ‘live in the truth.’
- Why a wave of Asian summitry
Leaders of India and China are meeting this weekend, as are those of the Koreas. Perhaps the region’s historic disputes over land are yielding to a need for common prosperity.
- The art of parsing apologies
A wave of recent apologies by public figures requires a fine discernment to understand when someone does right for the original offense.
- The new mercy for corrupt firms that fess up
For most white-collar crimes, such as corruption, more countries are following a US practice of legal leniency toward companies that confess and reform.
- Moon shot for peace between the Koreas
Two historic summits in coming weeks reflect a bold vision by the South Korean leader to probe the North’s potential shift toward a peaceful peninsula.