Recent YaleGlobal Articles

To Cope With Oil Shock, Emulate Japan

Dilip Hiro
 June 3, 2008
The world has become too dependent on oil for security and comfort. Conflicts leading to disruptions in oil supply were behind past price shocks, but the most recent shock has been largely spurred by tightening supply and rising demand from emerging economies, explains historian and journalist...

The Global Abortion Bind

Joseph Chamie
 May 29, 2008
Induced abortion has been practiced throughout recorded history in all societies. While legal restrictions do not affect incidence, governments continue to debate appropriate reasons, technology, limits and ethics. The result is dilemmas. Even the strongest supporters of a woman’s right to choose...

The Paradox of Muslim Weakness

Sadanand Dhume
 May 27, 2008
Seven years after 9/11, views on the Islamist threat remain polarized and both are flawed, argues journalist and author Sadanand Dhume: The right overplays the danger to Europe and the United States, while the left underestimates its impact on Muslim-majority countries. Ironically, the very...

Crisis and Response – Part III

Wenran Jiang
 May 23, 2008
An earthquake, 7.9 in magnitude, struck China on May 12, in the midst of global protests about the country’s crackdown on Tibet, complaints about press censorship and grumbling about trade imbalances. This YaleGlobal series compares the domestic and international responses to the earthquake...

Crisis and Response – Part II

Bertil Lintner
 May 21, 2008
When natural disasters strike citizens expect government – authoritarian or democratic – to provide fast, efficient relief using all means possible. This YaleGlobal series explores various responses to two crises, the fierce cyclone that struck the Irrawaddy Delta of Burma and the earthquake that...

Crisis and Response – Part I

Ramesh Thakur
 May 19, 2008
In today’s connected world, news of human disaster anywhere brings immediate sympathy and offers of international assistance. The recent tragedy to hit Burma is no exception. What’s different is the attitude of the ruling military junta, which declined most assistance, denying entry to relief...

For Talks to Succeed, China Must Admit to a Tibet Problem

Michael C. Davis
 May 16, 2008
China’s hard-line policy towards Tibet creates more problems than it solves. Beijing’s recent crackdown on Tibetan protesters has attracted condemnation from around the world, but did nothing to address the underlying problems in Tibet itself. If Beijing is serious about securing Tibet’s long-...

Superclass and the Inequity of Globalization

David Rothkopf
 May 14, 2008
The free-market principles that drive global trade of goods, services and ideas often run counter to notions of institutional regulation. According to David Rothkopf, author and visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, this void in global governance has facilitated the...

Designing Asia

Ellen L. Frost
 May 12, 2008
Growing Chinese economic clout combined with a sympathetic diplomatic posture has helped reorient the power structure of Southeast Asia toward China. A China-led Pacific trade network of port cities, stretching from Australia to India, echoes “pre-colonial 'Maritime Asia,'” explains...

巴基斯坦的新反恐方针

Ashley J.Tellis
 May 9, 2008

Pakistan’s New Tack on Fighting Terror

Ashley J. Tellis
 May 9, 2008
Elections and changes in Pakistan’s government have set a new direction for what US President George Bush calls a “war on terror.” Washington is wary about plans by the government of Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani to seek a balanced approach on dealing with extremism, combining force with dialogue. Some...

The Threat of Global Food Shortages – Part II

Mira Kamdar
 May 7, 2008
The temptation is great to find a quick fix for the shortages and high prices associated with the global food crisis. Indeed, radical changes are needed in how the world produces and distributes food, otherwise substantial numbers will go hungry later this century. That is the grim conclusion of an...

The Threat of Global Food Shortages – Part I

C. Peter Timmer
 May 5, 2008
Climate change, reduced availability of land for agriculture, growing populations in the poorest parts of the world, increased demand from a growing middle class in China and India, rising fuel costs and development of biofuels are among the reasons cited for food shortages and high prices. This...

Climate Change and Tourism’s Winners and Losers

Eric Heymann
 May 2, 2008
Tourism is a major source of revenue and employment, particularly for the developing nations of the world. Historic monuments, sandy beaches, snow-covered mountains and tropical vegetation attract millions of tourists from rich countries seeking novelty and adventure while bringing in precious...

China Ascendant – Part III

Wenran Jiang
 April 30, 2008
China is a world power on the rise, with a growing economy, a proud citizen base that cherishes education, and leadership that promises peaceful transitions to democracy. All will be on display with the Beijing Olympics in August. But national aspirations can collide with the expectations generated...

China Ascendant – Part II

Pranab Bardhan
 April 28, 2008
Hosting the Olympics in August is an opportunity for China to display its economic and social success along with its ancient culture to the world. But there’s a fine line between the display of patriotism and nationalism, warns economist Pranab Bardhan in the second article of a YaleGlobal series...

China Ascendant – Part I

Bertil Lintner
 April 25, 2008
Athletes and Chinese guards bearing the Olympic torch cut a swath through those supporting and protesting a rising China. In this series, YaleGlobal examines the impact of China’s ascendancy. China’s economic growth has given it new resources which, when doled out internationally, have the power to...

Irrational Exuberance to Bust: Financial Bubbles Demand Regulation

Kemal Dervis
 April 23, 2008
As the financial sector has gained dominance in the world economy, some investors have become accustomed to steady growth and double-digit profits. While the financial industry rewards efficiency and innovation among competing firms, the relentless quest for profits and a short-term mentality in...

The IPCC: The Science Is In on Climate Change

April 21, 2008
Rajendra K. Pachauri, director-general of the Energy Research Institute, was elected chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2002. For that work, he was co-awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace. In this interview with Nayan Chanda, Pachauri explains the IPCC’s purpose of...

Clock Running Out on Irreversible Climate Change – Part II

Bo Ekman
 April 18, 2008
The coming negotiations over the successor to the Kyoto Protocol appear doomed as states express more concern about their narrow rights than the planet’s health. Bo Ekman, founder of Tällberg Forum, argues for developing fallback policies that global citizens must consider in the event of failure...
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