Leaving behind its history as an underdeveloped state dependent on US foreign aid and security umbrella, South America’s largest nation has ridden the wave of globalization to become a formidable economic and diplomatic power. In just two decades, Brazil cultivated a middle class by opening its...
Media reports on Google’s redirecting internet searches by Chinese authorities to its uncensored site in Hong Kong have largely presented it as a conflict between two global titans. But the narrow focus of such reporting overlooks that Google’s pull-out was limited, leaving many services in place,...
China has shown increasing intransigence towards the world in the defense of what it considers its core interest. This two-part series analyzes how China’s hard line policy may not have helped its best interest. Recent developments in the US-China relationship – both in politics, with the rocky...
Black carbon, commonly known as soot, a byproduct of incomplete combustion, is a major contributor to global warming. It also can have significant, deleterious effects on one’s health. Now, several environmental groups are asking the US Environmental Protection Agency to regulate black carbon under...
炭黑，即人们通常所说的烟灰，是不完全燃烧的副产品。它是全球气候变暖的主要祸首，同时也严重危害人类的健康。由于炭黑对海冰和冰川产生影响，现在几家环境组织正要求美国环境保护署（US Environmental Protection Agency）按照《清洁水法案》（Clean Water Act）对炭黑进行管控。虽然这项提议的成功性可能不大，但是气候专家小约翰•C•托平（John C. Topping Jr.）指出，全球为减少炭黑可以做出的努力还有很多，这只是其中一项。在发展中国家安装更为环保的炉灶，或者改进吉普尼车（jeepney）（一种改造过的吉普车，在菲律宾被用于公共交通），...
The recent Moscow Metro bombings are symptoms not only of radical Islam as a global force, but also a consequence of Russia’s long-standing policies toward Muslims within its sphere of control, according to security expert Richard Weitz. Chechen rebels faced with fighting an imposing and well-...
US policy in Iraq following the 2003 invasion focused on imposing democracy. But this policy has only served to perpetuate sectarian allegiance divided roughly along religious or ethnic lines, according to Middle East expert Fawaz A. Gerges. The effects endure today: the recent Iraqi parliamentary...
在2003年入侵伊拉克之后，美国的伊拉克政策聚焦于强行推动民主。中东问题专家法瓦兹•A•盖尔盖斯（Fawaz A. Gerges）认为，当地各派本来大体上就以宗教或种族为边界各自为营，而这一政策只是强化了各自成员的忠诚。它的影响持续至今：最近的伊拉克国会选举表明，伊拉克政治体制仍处于分裂之中，难以通过联盟的方式在国会中形成符合宪法规定的多数派，并且引起人们对更多暴力纷争的担忧。特别需要指出的是，什叶和逊尼两派间的分歧充斥伊拉克政治，反映着伊朗和沙特阿拉伯对它的影响。美国会平衡这些外部势力，确保没有一家能占上风。要想组成一个可以顶住地区性宗派主义压力的有凝聚力的国会，任何联盟都必须排除各种分歧...
Many equate Toyota’s current woes with a failure of Japan Inc, even Japan itself, according to East Asian specialist Lam Peng Er. But this would be a mistake. Toyota’s ills are really a congeries of missteps now caught up in conspiracy theories and political wrangling. For years, Toyota was...
The Copenhagen climate summit was not just a failure to achieve meaningful results to avert climate change, it was also a failure for national actors to find solutions to supranational problems, according Tällberg Foundation Chairman Bo Ekman. Indeed, the summit was likely to fail from the...
国际贸易专家杰弗里•加腾（Jeffrey E. Garten）认为，华盛顿对中国货币风险处理的喧嚣不仅仅是贸易争吵。如果美国给中国贴上货币操纵国的标签，并对中国商品征收惩罚性关税，不仅会破坏依然很脆弱的世界经济的复苏，其影响而且还可能会波及国际关系其它领域，包括对伊朗制裁和气候变化。为了避免国际争吵，危及全球化，加腾建议中国、美国、英国、欧元区国家和日本召开会议，合作消除贸易不平衡。但是最重要的是，美国和中国都要明白对方受到的约束和想要达成的目标。在很多方面，美中两国的目标都以就业问题为核心，而在实现这种目标的具体方式上两国存在巨大差异。如果不能相互理解，不能降低口水战的力度，...
Washington’s uproar surrounding China’s handling of its currency risks becoming more than a trade spat, according to international trade expert Jeffrey E. Garten. If the US labels China a currency manipulator and imposes tariffs on Chinese goods, not only could this action wreck the recovery, as...
The recent killing of a Uighur terrorist in Afghanistan has brought new focus on the ethnic group in China’s western border region.of Xinjiang. The situation of the Uighurs – an ethnic Turkic, Muslim minority – reveals much about China’s internal conduct and external worries, according to China...
