Recent YaleGlobal Articles

Need to Tear Down Another Wall

Jean-Pierre Lehmann
 July 4, 2013
At the 2013 World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa, more than 300 Israeli and Palestinian civic leaders, led by captains of industry Yossi Vardi and Munib R.Masri, called for a break in the impasse on peace talks, instructing Israeli and Palestinian political leaders to achieve in...

Get Ready for the Next China

Stephen S. Roach
 July 2, 2013
Foreign investors and governments must prepare to deal with China's new economic goals. Under new leaders, China is shifting toward a stable consumer-led growth model, away from production and rapid growth, writes Stephen S. Roach, Yale professor, author and former chairman of Morgan Stanley...

The Quest for Green Jobs

Doaa Abdel Motaal
 June 27, 2013
The goal of sustainability is a clean environment for some, good jobs for others. Confusion is particularly acute in the area of renewable energy as countries accuse one another about unfair competition in solar panels, explains Doaa Abdel Motaal, deputy chief of staff for the World Trade...

How to Allocate CO2 Emissions

Humberto Llavador, John Roemer, Joaquim Silvestre
 June 25, 2013
Delivering on his election pledge to tackle the climate change issue, President Barack Obama today instructed the US Environmental Protection Agency to establish carbon emission standards for both new and existing power plants. Important as this is, the unilateral move will have a limited impact as...

Iran’s President-Elect May Offer New Opening

Mohammed Ayoob
 June 20, 2013
Iran’s voters rejected hardline conservatives in favor of Hassan Rouhani, a former chief nuclear negotiator who has served in the country’s National Security Agency, known for his conciliatory style. Mohammed Ayoob, professor and author, describes the president-elect as adept in foreign policy with...

Countries Globalized But Education Lagging

Dominic Sachsenmaier
 June 18, 2013
Schools at all levels, particularly universities, could do more to prepare students for a global society by adding globalization to curricula – not just facts about other parts of the globe, but languages, analysis and connections. The framework of entire disciplines has not kept pace with a fast-...

El milagro económico turco bajo fuego

Dilip Hiro
 June 13, 2013
La estabilidad, la democracia y la integración con la economía global han transformado a Turquía en una potencia regional con una economía fuerte. El primer ministro Recep Tayyip Erdoğan llamó la atención del mundo árabe por sus posturas diplomáticas, apoyando las Primaveras Árabes en Egipto y...

Turkey’s Economic Miracle Under Fire

Dilip Hiro
 June 13, 2013
Stability, democracy and integration with the global economy have transformed Turkey into a major regional power with a strong economy. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attracted admiration throughout the Arab world for his diplomatic stances – supporting Arab Spring protesters in Egypt and...

US and China Explore New Relationship

Robert A. Manning
 June 11, 2013
By setting a few priorities, the top leaders of the United States and China may have cleared some misunderstandings and reduced mistrust. Still, a new type of relationship for the two countries remains “aspirational,” suggests Robert Manning, senior fellow of the Brent Scowcroft Center for...

China: El Lado Oscuro del Crecimiento

Yanzhong Huang
 June 6, 2013
En sólo tres décadas, China ha dejado de ser uno de los países más pobres, para convertirse en la segunda economía más grande del mundo. Sin embargo, en palabras de Yanzhong Huang, un senior fellow para Salud Global del Council on Foreign Relations de Washington DC, el rápido crecimiento chino se...

China: The Dark Side of Growth

Yanzhong Huang
 June 6, 2013
In just three decades, China has been transformed from one of the world’s poorest nations to the world’s second largest economy. But rapid growth imposes long-term environmental, health and social costs, and other nations should be wary of emulating China’s model, cautions Yanzhong Huang, a senior...

Asia’s New Triangle

Harsh V. Pant
 June 4, 2013
With China’s relations with Japan and its Southeast Asian neighbors worsening over territorial disputes, Beijing is ramping up its efforts to mend fences with India. The task is not easy, explains security expert Harsh V. Pant. Just before Li Keqiang visited India, his first foreign trip as China’s...

El nuevo triángulo asiático

Harsh V. Pant
 June 4, 2013
Tras el empeoramiento de las relaciones de China con Japón y el sureste asiático debido a disputas territoriales, Beijing busca limar asperezas con India. La tarea no es fácil, según explica el experto en seguridad Harsh V. Pant. Antes de la visita de Li Keqiang a India, la cual fue su primera...

Los límites del poder petrolero saudita

Fahad Nazer
 May 30, 2013
Arabia Saudita enfrenta una posible desestabilización en múltiples frentes. Su ciudadanía moderna y adinerada ha dependido de millones de trabajadores extranjeros calificados y no calificados para construir su infraestructura y atender sus casas, bancos y restaurantes. El dinero proveniente del...

Limits of Saudi Oil Power

Fahad Nazer
 May 30, 2013
Saudi Arabia is facing multiple fronts for potential destabilization. A modern society and wealthy citizenry have depended on millions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers to build infrastructure and keep homes, banks and, restaurants running smoothly. Oil money is also behind tremendous...

¿Sustentabilidad o greenwashing?

João Paulo Cândia Veiga
 May 28, 2013
El árbol de candeia, nativo de Brasil, es una fuente excelente de un ingrediente valorado por sus cualidades antiinflamatorias que es usado en cosméticos para piel sensible. “Brasil es el único productor a nivel mundial de Bisabolol y controlaba el mercado del producto hasta 2010, cuando Symrise...

Sustainability or Greenwashing?

João Paulo Cândia Veiga
 May 28, 2013
The candeia tree of Brazil is an excellent source of an ingredient valued for its anti-inflammatory effect and used in cosmetics for sensitive skin. “Brazil is the sole world producer of natural Bisabolol, and until 2010, when Symrise bought more than 70 percent of local production, controlled the...

The Promise of Africa

Ian Shapiro
 May 23, 2013
Energetic and talented leaders, intent on contributing to Africa’s rise, gathered for the World Economic Forum on Africa 2013 in early May. The WEF is an independent international organization committed to engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional...

India-China Love-Hate on the Silver Screen

Coonoor Kripalani
 May 21, 2013
In April Chinese troops moved inside the temporary line of actual control along the disputed border with India. Indian troops countered by setting up camp nearby in a standoff that ended 20 days later, before the official visit of China’s Premier Li Keqiang to New Delhi. For Indian cinema buffs,...

Can Global Supply Chains Be Accountable?

Jerry Davis
 May 16, 2013
A factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 workers may be a wakeup call for apparel manufacturers, retailers and consumers. More than 90 percent of US apparel is made outside the country, and the unending quest for low prices and profits encourages crowded factories with brutal...
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