Figure 1 Huke, W. (2008, January 30). File: JuergenHabermas.jpg . WIKIMEDIA COMMONS. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JuergenHabermas.jpg Jürgen Habermas, a thinker who deeply shaped postwar European intellectual history and consistently defended and advocated for a more rational and civilized public world, has recently passed away. There is sadness in his passing. Even more heartbreaking is that the world he leaves behind seems to be drifting ever further away from th

Corruption is easy to condemn and hard to understand. In recent months, anti-corruption investigations and reforms have appeared in headlines from China to the United States, often framed as matters of financial stability, market confidence, and state credibility. Public discourse usually treats corruption as economically destructive. Indeed, corruption and bribery are condemned as sins, as Proverbs 29:4 declares: “By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who ar

The determination of sovereignty of the sea isn’t as easy as creating barriers on land, since the sea is always fluid and has an unbounded nature. Unlike land, where barriers can define clear territories, under the continuous flow of ocean, the establishment of maritime borders could be extremely elusive. One of the disagreements that recently came to sharp focus is Japan’s decision to release treated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the