Can Europe Age Gracefully? – Part I

Rejecting Turkey could signal more doubt about the EU's ability to spur reform rather than Turkey's readiness to adapt
Shada Islam
March 21, 2007

Child Labor: The Cause Can Also be a Cure

In providing jobs for millions of Africans, the globalized chocolate industry must also avoid engaging child labor
Susan Ariel Aaronson
March 13, 2007

Globalization and the Middle East: Part Two

A discussion of how globalization has strengthened Islamic fundamentalism
Frank Griffel
January 21, 2003

Globalization and the Middle East: Part One

Why Islamic societies of the Middle East are so opposed to globalization
Barry Rubin
January 16, 2003

When Chinese Martial Arts Flies Through the Global Box Office

Was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon a slickly made Chinese epic or a Hollywood blockbuster painted with a Chinese brush?
Christina Klein
December 9, 2002

Questioning Milton Friedman’s Free Market and Freedom

Political freedoms may not flow naturally from economic freedoms
Pranab Bardhan
January 30, 2007
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Winds of Change: Cinema from Muslim Societies

Films portray many more narratives than news media do
Sheyma Buali
October 10, 2011

Brazil's Stand-Up Comics Lead Social Revolution Against Powerful Elites

The internet’s freedom to joke provides check on the powerful
Tom Phillips
October 7, 2011

Asia’s Lack of Babies

Young women avoid childbirth, focusing on personal wealth rather than national economic growth
Philip Bowring
September 20, 2011

Cycle of “Compulsive Consumerism” Leaves British Family Life in Crisis, Unicef Study Finds

Materialism reinforces inequality, creating difficult and unhappy children
John Bingham
September 20, 2011

An America Adrift

Distracted by 9/11 and wars, the US neglected pressing financial and international issues
Paul Kennedy
September 9, 2011
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