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How to End the Forever War

Harold Hongju Koh
 May 14, 2013
Ending a war can be more time-consuming and challenging than starting one, especially the so-called global war on terror that has defied conventional notions. Harold Hongju Koh, professor of law and former dean of Yale Law School, describes how the war on terror transformed into endless war in this...

Lopsided Chinese-US Relations

Edward Gresser
 May 9, 2013
Chinese-US relations come to the public’s attention mainly through official actions, yet linkages are conducted at two levels, observes Edward Gresser, executive director of Progressive Economy, a research program of GlobalWorks Foundation in Washington, DC. While relations among the nations’...

Expanding Civil War: After Syria, Iraq?

Mohammed Ayoob
 May 7, 2013
Intervention and war are a way of life in the Middle East. With intervention fueling conflict, sectarian tensions reemerge and leaders restrict basic rights and freedoms and even resort to using force to restrain their own citizens. A recent example is the Iraqi government kicking out Arab...

Rescuing the European Model

Joergen Oerstroem Moeller
 May 2, 2013
Europe has suffered through a debt crisis, but governments are trimming, not abandoning, social welfare programs. Such modifications could become a model for economic globalization around the globe, suggests Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, a senior research fellow with the Institute of Southeast Asian...

Lone Wolf Terrorists – No Easy Catch

Bruce Riedel
 April 30, 2013
Vigilance and a global crackdown on terrorism have so far deterred those trying to plot attacks on a grand scale in the US. A bigger challenge may be impromptu attacks by disgruntled young men, like the bombing at the Boston Marathon by two brothers, young adults whose Chechen immigrant parents had...

Is Pakistan a Failing State?

Gustav Ranis
 April 25, 2013
Since its independence, Pakistan has had civilian rule for 25 of the past 65 years, including the last five. The ongoing struggle between the country’s military and civilian government is again in the limelight over the detention of Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on a court order...

Is Tourism the Most Destructive Enterprise?

Elizabeth Becker
 April 23, 2013
Travel has grown exponentially since the 1960s, and tourism employs more people than any other industry. As political developments have opened borders, as new technologies in aviation and communications provide new access, few destinations go unexplored, suggests Elizabeth Becker, author of...

China Targets Greenland for Mining

Will Hickey
 April 18, 2013
Tight profit margins in the mining industry – along with consolidation among large multinationals, huge capital investments, high-tech automation and rigid equipment maintenance contracts – have reduced job creation for nations with natural resources. Greenland, with 57,000 citizens, mostly...

US Could Be World’s Most Populous Country

Joseph Chamie
 April 15, 2013
Nations that manage to satisfy a large population politically, economically, socially can become beacons of hope for the rest of the world. The US is the world’s third most populated country, trailing China and India, but could aim to become most populated by the end of the century: An eightfold...

Brazil and the US – Not on Same Page

Alistair Burnett
 April 12, 2013
The US is reported to be planning a state visit for Brazil’s president, the first of a Brazilian leader in two decades. The two largest democracies in the Western Hemisphere have much in common, yet are often at odds. The US has the world’s largest military, Brazil’s ranks 10th; the US has the...

Winning Without a Fight in the South China Sea

Marvin Ott
 April 10, 2013
China has the largest military in Asia, and expenditures on Chinese navy, coast guard and air force are second only to that of the United States. Still, China is pressing new forces into protecting sweeping claims in the South China Sea – cruise ships and tourists. For decades Chinese maps have...

To Lift Afghan Women, Educate All

Susan Froetschel
 April 8, 2013
As NATO plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, stability is in doubt for a country with inept governance and stubborn opposition from an obscurantist group. Crime reports from Afghanistan suggest the Taliban are waging attacks on police and schools, including the recent attack on a convoy...

WMD Proliferation Threatens the World

Carol E. B. Choksy, Jamsheed K. Choksy
 April 5, 2013
Forces battling in Syria accuse each other of discharging chemical weapons; the United States and North Korea shift equipment about, raising the threat of nuclear exchange. The globe has many accords to curtail weapons of mass destruction. Yet most are “are trumped by influence-peddling, profit-...

Experimenting on Good Governance in Latin America

Humphrey Hawksley
 April 3, 2013
Association Agreements are trade agreements between the EU and non-EU countries on bilateral relations, progressive trade liberalization, political and economic cooperation, while emphasizing human rights and democratic principles. A region-to-region agreement between the EU and Costa Rica, El...

The EU as Last-Ditch Escape Artist

Jonathan Fenby
 April 1, 2013
Europe plays a dangerous game by tackling debt crises country by country. The latest economy to implode is a small nation that gained a reputation as an offshore banking center: Cypriot banks invested in Greek bonds and, after Greece imploded, required rescue – which comes at a cost. With deposits...

Should South Korea Pursue Nuclear Arms?

Bennett Ramberg
 March 29, 2013
South Korea and the United States confront a dilemma in responding to erratic threats from impoverished, nuclear-armed North Korea. South Korea ranks among the top 15 largest economies, while the North is dysfunctional. In recent weeks North Korea has test-launched a long-range missile, criticized...

India’s Agriculture on the Brink

Deepak Gopinath
 March 27, 2013
Sound food policy should be a priority for India, on track for the world’s largest population by 2025. India has also achieved status as a major food exporter with rice, wheat and buffalo beef. Indian policies emphasize minimum support prices for farmers and subsidized crops for the poor, but...

Peace Deal for Turkey

Mohammed Ayoob
 March 25, 2013
Promised rapprochement between Kurdish rebels and the Turkish government has implications for the Middle East, particularly Syria, Iraq and Iran, nations that also have sizable Kurdish minorities concentrated in contiguous regions. Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan issued a statement on the...

BRICS Not That Sturdy

Harsh V. Pant
 March 22, 2013
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa represent about 40 percent of the world’s population and nearly 25 percent of its economic output. Yet momentum of the organized grouping of strong emerging economies could be fading, suggests Harsh V. Pant of King’s College. A major challenge to...

“China Dream” – Unshaken Party Rule

Börje Ljunggren
 March 20, 2013
China’s new president is entering office with more charisma and more authority than has been credited to previous leaders. Xi Jinping is ambitious for big reforms, but must deal with corruption, environmental devastation and an unwieldy bureaucracy that’s mostly lacking vision and set on...
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