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For Italy, all roads lead to EU valuesA global financial panic triggered by Italy’s political standoff sends a signal about the qualities needed to ensure stability and prosperity.
Saudi Arabia’s struggle to define national identityEven as it allows women to drive, the regime arrests those who championed such reform. The contradiction reflects a deeper need for a unifying identity based on universal civic values.
Europe gets a grip on graftEven as the EU sets a new standard on digital privacy, it is playing catch-up with the US in preventing bribery of its firms overseas. Together, the US and EU can raise anti-corruption standards.
A new unity on solutions for climate changeBoth parties in Congress now support incentives for capturing carbon emissions from oil, gas, and coal. The political shift from a divisive debate is welcome.
The deft broker behind plans for a Trump-Kim summitOver the past year, South Korea’s new president has used praise, warmth, and humility to bring out the best in the American and North Korean leaders.
A G7 summit with hospitality on the tableAs host of June’s Group of Seven gathering, Canada has put two of the latest mass migrations on the agenda. Its own generosity toward migrants should help elevate the West’s response to a global refugee crisis.
Incentives for inmates to choose a crime-free lifeA bill with wide bipartisan backing in the House and supported by Trump would boost rehabilitation programs in federal prisons, building on state successes in reforms aimed at inmates seeking redemption.
The new calm in combatting EbolaAs health officials rush to contain a new outbreak of the virus in Africa, they are applying lessons from the 2014-16 crisis about the need to contain fear.
The soft power of openness to other languagesTaiwan has begun to officially recognize its various languages, a sign of its values of openness and tolerance – and independence from China and its imposed language policy.
Argentina’s cry for help: How the world can respondA reformist president who rejects Peronist populism faces a financial crisis that requires a lift from the IMF.
The peace in learning to discern the newsMedia 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 gameA 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 longThe 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 IranIn 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 victoryArmenia’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 futureTrump 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 peaceOne 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 areA 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 handsAmong rich and poor alike, the continent reveals a bootstraps approach to success through generosity.
