The US and Europe increasingly seem at odds over an assertive Russia, flush with oil money, strong militarily and ambitious with an educated, nationalistic population. This two-part YaleGlobal series explores the implications for Europe, the US and the world. In the first of the series, Katinka...
The latest scandal involving tainted milk adds to the perception that the label “Made in China” covers layers of warnings: a potentially resentful work force, suffering low pay and abuse; managers who place profits over safety, striving for quantity over quality in production; minimal quality-...
During the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, US financial experts lectured Asians to accept good governance, transparency and free-market outcomes while avoiding drastic government intervention. Asian nations indeed tightened their belts, saving funds and seeking out safe havens for funds, including...
Uncertainty and infighting await nations that lack a strategy for leadership succession. The Kim family has ruled North Korea since it declared independence in 1948, but Kim Jong Il has not groomed his children for leadership. So speculation centers on them along with Kim’s fourth wife, Kim Ok,...
China has become known as factory to the world – as manufacturers invested in factories to take advantage of a labor force that accepts low wages and a government with minimal environmental standards and even less enforcement. Shoppers like low prices while the companies enjoy immense profits....
Awarded the right to stage the 2008 Olympics, China set to work polishing cities and parks, designing grand architecture, and coaching citizens to be warm and welcoming hosts. No sacrifice was deemed too great for achieving a successful Olympics and sending a message worldwide about China’s can-do...
The US shotgun marriage with Pakistan, arranged after the 9/11 attacks in order to launch the US “war on terror,” has begun to fall apart, and in the process endangers the very state of Pakistan. The US detoured to Iraq and relied on Pakistan’s military ruler General Pervez Musharraf as an ally to...
Low interest rates prompted many investors and homeowners to pour savings into real estate and homes. Investors, convinced that prices could not fall, purchased debt packages including mortgages based on ample credit with little down payments. Prices for homes and investments soared, with the total...
Before summer of 2008, India and Pakistan were gradually normalizing relations and edging toward agreement on territorial claims in Kashmir. But the longstanding dispute, in play since Pakistan separated from India, remains a live issue for politicians and extremists in India and abroad, to...
2008年夏天之前，印度和巴基斯坦关系渐趋正常化，并且两国正朝着协商解决克什米尔领土争端的方向缓慢前进。但伦敦国王学院（King’s College London）教授、安全分析家哈西•V•潘特（Harsh V. Pant）认为，自印巴分治起即出现的这一持久争端将继续是个热点问题，印度国内和国外的政客和过激分子会利用这一争端来破坏印度的全球抱负。印度人 80％是印度教教徒，13％是穆斯林。查谟－克什米尔邦（the state of Jammu and Kashmir）是唯一一个穆斯林占多数的邦，在支持了数年的武装斗争之后，...
Many benefits flow from free trade, and attempts to “protect” economies from competition are doomed. Yet free trade has fallen into disrepute, as more workers, voters and politicians express skepticism, questioning why most rewards flow to a few. Costa Rica’s former vice-president, Kevin Casas-...
The poor are often the last to benefit from technological leaps in health care. But trained physicians and technological advances combined with the presence of a large number of poor dispersed throughout the Indian countryside could usher in changes for health-care delivery. Rapidly declining costs...
The 21st century poses new dangers on many fronts for democratic nations – terrorism, organized crime, cyber warfar, nuclear proliferation and failing states. Those dangers divide rather than unite the 26 member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which includes European democracies...
One of the goals of the Treaty on European Union, signed in 1992, was for the continent “to assert its identity on the international scene, in particular through the implementation of a common foreign and security policy including the eventual framing of a common defence policy, which might in time...
The US and Europe – firm allies throughout the 20th century – now differ on many issues, global security in particular. This YaleGlobal series analyzes the European-American relationship and points to areas of fracture. In the first article, journalist and author Bruce Stokes describes the world’s...
For seven years, the Olympics have guided political, economic and cultural goals in China, and this two-part YaleGlobal series suggests that the country will struggle to manage a huge void left with the Games’ conclusion. Communist Party leaders used the Olympics to rally citizens and portray a...
China hosted memorable Olympics Games, ignoring criticism about pollution, relocation of poor Chinese and repression of protesters. For the past seven years, the Olympics became symbol and reason for the Chinese people to endure sacrifice. This two-part series examines the implications of Chinese...
Pakistan has long failed to meet the needs of its own citizens, and this two-part YaleGlobal series explores how weak governance and over-reliance on military solutions have contributed to political turmoil and a build-up of extremism. In the rugged federally administered tribal areas, the 1901...
