Analysis & Opinion
iPhone 6, Apple Watch and Tim Cook all impress, but questions remain
With Tuesday's introduction of the new iPhone 6 line, Apple Pay and Apple Watch, the company’s CEO escaped the public shadow of his revered predecessor.
Israel appropriated 1,000 acres of the West Bank. Why now?
The timing of this most recent appropriation has little to do with any particular act of Palestinian violence. Ultimately, the move is about geopolitics
Chinese leader’s reforms are bad news for Hong Kong
The recent decision to rule out democratic elections for Hong Kong in 2017 was just the latest example of how Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s transformational reform agenda does not bode well for Hong Kong.
Keep your frenemies list short and your enemies list shorter
Compiling an enemies list was a cinch for the United States during the Cold War, what with most of the Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenal targeted its way. The situation now could make you nostalgic for those times -- almost.
Trying to find a women’s gym in Saudi Arabia? Ask for the ‘make-up room’
Pity the female athlete in Saudi Arabia.
Plans to stop Russia show NATO and the West are in denial
For more than six months now, Western politicians and analysts have been asking what can make Vladimir Putin stop or retreat. It’s the wrong question because it's based on the fallacy that the West can do something to influence Putin's actions.
Tuesday’s big iPhone 6 question: Is Apple done leading from behind?
For the last few years, Apple’s iPhones have been a little like the U.S. role in the war against Muammar Gaddafi in Libya — leading from behind.
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