All Views Articles for 2018-06-12

Tuesday, June 12, 2018
"The relative costs of war compared to diplomacy are horrifying." (Photo by Kevin Lim/The Strait Times/Handout/Getty Images) Lindsay Koshgarian
Diplomacy Is Better Than War in North Korea
If you’re against war, this is a good development.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Vaccines and the Liberal Mind
Instead of demanding blue-ribbon safety science and encouraging honest, open and responsible debate on the science, too many online outlets are silencing critics and shutting down discussion on this key public health and civil rights issue
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump (R) during their historic U.S.-DPRK summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island on June 12, 2018 in Singapore. (Photo by Kevin Lim/The Strait Times/Handout/Getty Images) Reese Erlich
Summit With North Korea: We've Been Here Before
"The government of North Korea is tyrannical...but should we be in a state of war with all tyrants?"
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"What will we do to keep the greedy and the hateful from doing further harm to the planet?" (Photo: EyesWideOpen/Getty Images) Alycee Lane
A Just Dystopia: Climate Activism Must Include Planning for the Worst-Case Scenario
No matter how hard we organize, no matter how many “fossil fuel-free” resolutions we pass, no matter how often we march, we might still end up rushing inexorably toward climate change catastrophe.
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Both leaders appeared pleased with the summit, despite the declaration being relatively vague. (Photo: Reuters) Jenny Town
Trump Kim Summit: Rhetoric Versus Reality
Watching reactions to the Singapore summit as it unfolded became the ultimate foreign policy Rorschach test - everyone came away with a different picture of what happened.
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An unmanned Delta 4 Heavy rocket, the largest booster in in the US fleet, lifts off from an air force base in California to put a classified satellite into orbit (Photo: Gene Blevins/Reuters) Belén Fernández
Trump's Astronomically Misguided 'Space Force'
Plans to create a US 'space force' will take global militarisation to another level.
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"Trump takes a look at the trade flows with the rest of the G7 and comes to an inescapable conclusion: he cannot possibly lose a trade war." (Photo: Evan Vucci/AP) Yanis Varoufakis
If Trump Wants to Blow Up the World Order, Who Will Stop Him?
As horrified as we may be at Trump’s uncouth antics, it is important to understand the tectonic shifts underpinning them.
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"Women activists refocused their work in the international arena, attempting to expose the violence of the occupation to the world through documentation, media reports, and international conferences." (Photo by Etienne De Malglaive/Getty Images) Fadi Abu Shammalah, Jen Marlowe
The Great Return March and the Women of Gaza
Why Palestine’s feminists are fighting on two fronts.
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Juan Cole
If Obama Had Met with Kim Jong Un, the Republican Party Would Have Had a Cow
One of the concerning developments on the internet is that hypocrisy, which was probably the ultimate Cool Meme in the zeroes of this century, no longer rules.
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