Government and corporate helplessness to stop oil gushing from a broken pipe in the Gulf of Mexico is a depressing reminder of the world’s utter dependence on a limited supply of fossil fuel that poses so many environmental threats. US President Barack Obama suggested that the accident could...
Observers have long hoped for new openness and cooperation from a confident China. They scan every international event, from the majestic Beijing Olympics of summer 2008 to the recent G-20 summit in Toronto, for indications of China’s policy direction. If any clear trend is visible, it is that the...
Reliance on carbon fuels varies wildly among developed and undeveloped countries. Nations that have yet to take action on limiting carbon emissions are not necessarily the globe’s major polluters. This two-part series examines government responses to transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable...
La dependencia a combustibles a base de carbono varía extremadamente entre países desarrollados y subdesarrollados. Las naciones más contaminantes del mundo no son necesariamente las que aún no han impuesto límites a sus emisiones de carbono. Esta serie en dos partes examina la respuesta...
Al igual que los países desarrollados, las economías emergentes se unen a la alocada rebatiña energética, tomando riesgos más elevados en excavaciones en busca de petróleo y gas natural y despreocupándose en gran medida de los efectos secundarios en el clima, medio ambiente y salud pública....
Emerging economies have joined developed nations in the wild scramble for energy, all taking greater risks in drilling for oil and gas supplies while largely shrugging about effects on climate, the environment or public health. Nations and corporations go to great lengths to explore and drill, but...
In an interview with Nayan Chanda, Editor of YaleGlobal Online, Daniel Yergin, one of the world’s leading experts on energy, discusses the future of dependence on oil and a push towards efficiency. He also talks about the “globalization of demand”, in which he states that the success of...
Respect and admiration around the globe for US President Barack Obama has not faded 18 months after the historic election, reports an April-May survey of 22 nations, released today by the Pew Research Center ’s Global Attitudes Project. Exceptions were five of six predominantly Muslim nations,...
El fútbol es el deporte más globalizado. Los propietarios de cualquier equipo deportivo de la demanda y pagar por los mejores talentos en cualquier parte del mundo. Antes de 1995, las reglas del fútbol en Europa limita el número de jugadores extranjeros a un puñado por club. Un jugador belga...
Soccer is the most globalized sport. Owners of any sporting team demand and pay for top talent from anywhere in the world. Before 1995, soccer rules in Europe limited the number of foreign players to a handful per club. A Belgian player successfully protested that the rules violated European laws...
西方国家正分心关注经济和军事问题，以色列在解决巴以冲突中的顽固不化，加上美国那鼓励自由选举但却拒绝选举结果的令人费解的政策，这一切都让像土耳其这样的新兴民主力量推动政府加强与地区邻国之间的联系。正如这一系列文章所分析的，其结果就是，像土耳其那样的国家虽然长久以来就是北大西洋公约组织成员的国家，不再对西方国家亦步亦趋。作者迪利普•希罗（Dilip Hiro）在《耶鲁全球》系列文章的下篇中解释道，土耳其独立外交政策背后的政治转型，始于有着伊斯兰教背景的改良主义政党——正义与发展党（Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi 或 AKP）——赢得2002年的大选。从经济增长、...
Democracy in rising powers like Turkey – along with economic and military distractions for the West, Israel’s obstinacy in resolving conflict with the Palestinians and convoluted US policies that urge free elections but punish results – prompts governments to strengthen ties with regional neighbors...
The attack by Israel’s naval forces on a group of six vessels carrying 700 activists and aid for blockaded Gaza left nine civilians dead and unleashed a torrent of condemnation. This episode and other developments in the Middle East point to a new turning point. In the first of this two-part...
