Anxious America – Part II

The US lacks a plan to increase scientists – and the prosperity they generate
Susan Froetschel
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Can the Doha Round Be Salvaged?

Failure to agree on market access could weaken the WTO
Ernesto Zedillo
May 9, 2006

East Asia’s Troubled Waters – Part II

Japan and South Korea clash over fish, iffy energy resources and two rocks
Peter Beck
April 27, 2006

East Asia’s Troubled Waters – Part III

Chinese forced-labor victims press Japan to embrace emerging international standards of accountability
William Underwood
May 2, 2006

A Setback for Democracy

The US-led invasion in Iraq interrupted the Middle East’s gradual movement toward liberalization
Dilip Hiro
May 4, 2006

Al Qaeda Talking Heads

Propaganda blitz by bin Laden, al-Zawahiri and al-Zarqawi may be aimed at hiding their weakness
Fawaz A. Gerges
May 11, 2006
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10 Genes, Furiously Evolving

Virus reassortment is one key to explaining the swine flu’s global spread
Carl Zimmer
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Japan Pays Foreign Workers to Go Home

Even if you’re of Japanese descent
Hiroko Tabuchi
April 24, 2009

There is Nothing Called the 'Moderate Taliban'

The Taliban cannot be made legitimate
MJ Akbar
April 20, 2009

Wary on Obama

Obama needs to shore up Indian concerns quickly
Stanley A. Weiss
April 21, 2009

A Wild Cossack Rides Into a Cultural Battle

When movies are an extension of politics by other means
Ellen Barry
April 14, 2009
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