Recent YaleGlobal Articles

Restricting trade is often a tool for governments that want to show their commitment to human rights. But Europe is divided over the relative importance of human rights versus economic growth or the value of trade in promoting those rights. On one hand, trade with China helps to lift millions out...

Talented professionals, including information-technology workers, chose to migrate for jobs and high wages. Such workers have often moved from developing countries in Asia and Eastern Europe to the wealthy developed nations, where graying populations and a lack of youth interest in mathematics and...

With the end of the Cold War and falling demand for offensive weapons systems, the military-industrial complex was forced to find substitutes for public spending. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, meeting today in Bucharest, will consider deploying one such product. Placing high-tech missile-...

As public pressure builds to curb climate change, every industry that relies heavily on fossil fuels can expect new regulations. This two-part series examines the challenges of regulating global waters and skies. So far, the shipping and aviation sectors of the transportation industry have kept a...

Ted Turner started a global broadcasting network well before globalization became a common currency. His philanthropic efforts have since demonstrated both his global vision and blunt assessments of the challenges facing the world. As such, Turner is a master of globalization. As co-founder of the...

Proponents of nuclear weapons suggest that eliminating the arsenals of world powers could endanger the world. Such analysts contend that nuclear weapons deter threats, preventing both nuclear and even conventional war while providing political stability. Author Jonathan Schell challenges those...

The detonation of a nuclear weapon – intentionally or not, by state powers or terrorists – will produce no winners. The very real danger that terrorists could unleash a nuclear weapon in major cities adds new urgency to dealing with the gathering threat. This three-part series explores the...

Fear of trade has emerged to be as potent a weapon in the hands of the Democratic candidates as fear of terrorism proved to be for the Republicans in the last two US elections. The unilateralist policies of the current administration have produced not only enormous negative political returns for...

印度正在迅猛发展的经济能让她所有的国民，无论是城市居民还是农村居民，都一样过上富足生活吗？迄今为止，印度的经济增长，几乎无一例外地集中在城市中心，而农村地区在很大程度上，仍然在极度贫穷的泥淖中挣扎。由于印度70%的人口居住在农村地区，所以绝大多数的印度人发现，他们并没有享受到国家经济繁荣带来的好处。印度的农民通常是以农业为生，而印度的政治制度青睐牙尖嘴利的中间商，不利于贫苦农民。有法律规定农民须通过国营市场来出售他们的农产品，这助长了官僚主义、铺张浪费和高昂的消费品价格。然而，与印度企业家们展开紧密合作的外资如果安置适当，就可以让农民直接进入城市市场；...