Global problems, such as the pandemic and other sustainability issues, will affect people at every corner of the world. What is clear - is that such challenges cannot be solved by one discipline, or one country alone. At the University of Oslo we believe that connecting people ac...

Hello, I’m Jefferey Sachs, University Professor of Columbia University. I’m tremendously honored to be part of the Shanghai Forum 2021. And I would like to also thank so much one of the key hosts and organizers of the Shanghai Forum--Ambassador Park, who is a wonderful leading ...

In historical retrospect, America's reaction to the 9/11 attacks on New York's Twin Towers was breathtakingly disproportionate. Tragic though it was, a death toll of 2,977 barely registers on the Richter scale of military conflict and acts of terrorism. If the same had happened t...

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a surprise move on September 3 that he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure. The next Japanese prime minister will be under intense scrutiny for how he addresses the Taiwan question and China-J...

Japan's Defense Ministry has shockingly request nearly $50 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. If granted in full, this would amount to a 2.6 percent increase from the previous year, the largest annual increase since 2014. The military spending request lays out Japan's plans to bui...