Iraq has stood strong against three outside ideological forces that attempt to sway its future: the brutal violence of Al Qaeda, the rigid inflexibility Iran-inspired and aided Shia conservatives, as well as the US neoconservative vision that anticipated an instant switch to democracy and...
The British ended colonial rule in the subcontinent in 1947 by partitioning Pakistan and India, and the two have been antagonists ever since. Despite the tangled history of the two nations, the latest episode of a seaborne assault on 10 targets in Mumbai requires the world to take a fresh look at...
Indians still move abroad to work or study, but increasing numbers of restless immigrants are now turning to their ancestral land for opportunity. “By several estimates, between 50,000 and 60,000 information-technology professionals alone have returned to India from overseas since 2003, most to the...
The landmark Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, put in force in 1970, has three goals: preventing spread of nuclear weapons or technology, promoting cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear energy and encouraging nuclear disarmament. Because disarmament has not been a priority, the...
After hijacking a fishing trawler in the Arabian Sea and plotting targets using Google Earth, a group of young men then set course for India’s financial center of Mumbai, landing by dinghies on November 26 and unleashing brutal attacks on locations that symbolize a diverse and connected world – two...
President-elect Barack Obama will enter office on January 20 with multiple security dilemmas around the globe clamoring for attention. Impoverished North Korea, with its nuclear weapons program and ruled by a ruthless dictator, is one security matter that should be on the top of his list, argues...
各国政府把高速增长当作通往经济繁荣的捷径，而政策制定者们通常也依靠市场来发现和控制问题。在耶鲁全球关于增长极限两部分系列文章的第二部分中，全球未来研究所（Global Institute for Tomorrow）的创始人钱德兰•纳伊尔（Chandran Nair）指出了全球经济危机与气候变化之间的平行关系。这两大问题的根源都在于过度追求财富，同时由于它们要求做出某些共同的牺牲，故尔这两个问题都没有简单的解决办法。纳伊尔解释说：“对一些国家不加限制的生态消费模式的近距离观察显示，在自由市场条件下追求经济增长会出现同一类别的无度挥霍现象，并导致金融危机。”为避免灾难，...
Governments pursue rapid growth as a path to prosperity, and policymakers generally depend on markets to reveal and control problems. In the second of this two-part YaleGlobal series on the limits to growth, Chandran Nair, founder of the Global Institute for Tomorrow, points to parallels between...
The double whammy of two global crises – recession and climate change – emerged after too many of the world’s citizens pursued lifestyles that the planet simply cannot sustain. This YaleGlobal series explores the limits of growth and calls for global governance that will encourage sustainable...
The world watches in amazement as India, with about one-sixth of the world's population and great diversity, chalks up impressive economic growth. Large-scale changes as India develops, though, are not wrought without friction. In recent decades an entrenched bias has favored city growth,...
The world’s most populous nation is rapidly forming trade, investment, technology, security, and cultural ties with developing nations around the globe and in particular Latin America. Latin America is “no longer content being the ‘backyard’ of the United States,” explains David Shambaugh, director...
Leaders gathering in Washington DC for a G20 summit to discuss the global financial crisis recognize that a global response is required. Any new financial architecture also requires international cooperation – even as the economic slowdown increasingly triggers calls for protectionist measures at...
Economic crisis can be a time of opportunity, particularly if political leaders are savvy enough to use the down period to introduce needed reforms. Zhiwu Chen, finance professor with the Yale School Management, offers such a blueprint for China. An economic stimulus package announced this week by...
Enthusiastic and relieved, Europe joins the impromptu global celebration of Barack Obama’s election as US president, but problems lurk. This YaleGlobal series examines reactions from around the world, and in the third and final article of the series, journalist Shada Islam reports on how Europe...
