After the 2008 global recession, Americans understandably tightened their purse strings for charitable giving. Yet giving to international causes rose by about 15 percent in 2010 – the largest percentage increase of all categories, including religion, health or education, according to Giving USA...
Hours after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, Pakistan pledged to assist the US in fighting terrorism in neighboring Afghanistan. But a series of events, including the May discovery of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad and the November US strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers along the Afghan border,...
在2011年911袭击发生几个小时之后，巴基斯坦信誓旦旦地保证，将协助美国对抗来自邻国阿富汗的恐怖主义。但是经过今年五月在阿伯塔巴德发现本拉登藏身之所，和11月美国空袭阿富汗边界造成24名巴士兵丧生等一系列事件后，两国之间的互不信任达到了顶点。本期耶鲁全球系列文章将对恶化的关系及其地区影响进行探讨。在下篇文章中，华盛顿威尔逊国际研究中心（Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars）的亚洲项目主任罗伯特M•哈撒韦（Robert M. Hathaway）认为，不能就此放弃在巴基斯坦的努力。尽管美国和巴基斯坦在战略上有差异，...
For a decade, NATO forces have struggled to stabilize Afghanistan and defeat terrorist groups that were the source of the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington. The killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and growing tension between Washington and Islamabad further complicate the situation in...
Violent riots broke out in Britain in August, and researchers, searching for reasons, examined the messages relayed by rioters over social media. Many of the calls to don disguises and join the mayhem were in a dialect labeled Multicultural London English by sociolinguists and Jafaican by the media...
The world’s largest democracy wages constant battle against entrenched special interests and the lure of socialistic protectionism. The most recent skirmish was on India’s plan to allow limited foreign direct investment in the retail trade. Critics rallied, raising doubts about the government’s...
The year 2011 has given rise to a wave of peaceful protests around the globe. In Tunisia, Egypt, Europe, the United States and now even Russia, citizens organize via social media, convene in public spaces and protest policies that fail to protect the public interest. Alarm is building about...
When the Arab uprisings began, Iran was delighted. Iranian leaders claimed credit, suggesting their 1979 revolution inspired the revolutionary spirit sweeping the region – even though Iran repressed its own election protesters in summer of 2009. Young adults who galvanized protests did not risk all...
Europe’s rapid response to the debt crisis may have overshadowed the long-planned negotiations on climate change in Durban, but the contrast throws light on the problem of global governance, explains economist Scott Barrett. Both crises demonstrate the limits of collective action in the face of...
China publicly shrugged at the Obama administration’s initiative to engage with Burma, widely seen as part of the US plan to reinforce its position in Asia. This YaleGlobal series analyzes the global ramifications of Burma’s willingness to diversify its relations beyond China. The West had...
The ice-breaking visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Naypyidaw ended 50 years of US-Burma estrangement. The Obama administration has signaled desire for US engagement with the pariah regime since 2009, and since March, Burma’s Thein Sein has strived to widen the military regime’s...
Global power is shifting, particularly in economic matters. Asia’s emerging powers seek enhanced leadership roles in world affairs, yet those roles may not be warranted until the nations take on more responsibility for regional and global governance and security, argues Amitav Acharya of American...
