Reports

Sociocultural factors can explain South Korea’s model reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s difficult postwar years led to a strong sense of civic duty, which led citizens to adhere meticulously to government guidelines. However, this success on the health front does not preclude economic difficulties amid the global recession.

Britain's decision to leave the European Union has thrown the future of the bloc into question, and the reactions are disheartening: while European leaders call for more power, ordinary citizens view Brussels with growing suspicion. The EU’s options are to become more centralized, more fragmented or more cooperative – whether ...

The Chinese government must have expected that its trouble-bag of an ally, North Korea’s strongman Kim Jong-un, would pull some attention-grabbing stunt on the occasion of the Chinese and Korean New Year, which started on February 8 this year. Perhaps that was the reason why Wu Dawei, the Chinese foreign ...

Japan faces a daunting demographic challenge. Both the general populace and the working-age population are graying and rapidly decreasing in size. In recent years, the number of deaths has outpaced the number of births by around 300,000 per year. If the country’s birth rate remains constant, this figure will continue ...

The European Parliament elections take place from May 22 to 25 so now is a good time to remember some key facts which are important for Europe and essential for the future work of its parliament writes Prince Michael of Liechtenstein.