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"Voice of the People"

January 23, 2006
After polling more than 50,000 people from around the world, a World Economic Forum survey, administered by Gallup, "overwhelmingly found that political leaders are dishonest, have too much power and are too easily influenced." The results of the survey, branded the "Voice of the People," were announced just before the start of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in...

David's Friend Goliath

Michael Mandelbaum January 20, 2006
Foreign leaders, demonstrators and citizens in opinion polls around the world do not think twice about, criticizing the US as a threat to international stability. Despite such widespread criticism, few attempt unified action to oppose or restrict the world power. Michael Mandelbaum calls this discrepancy the most significant feature of 21st-century international relations and offers two reasons...

Aussies Tackle Global Warming

Alan Goodall January 20, 2006
Amidst rising energy demand and a growing concern about environmental degradation, Australia is emerging as the new leader in the effort to combat global warming in the Asia-Pacific. At a meeting in Sydney last week, Australia along with India, China, South Korea, Japan and the US mapped out practical solutions to eliminate deficiencies of the Kyoto Protocol. The participants – who together...

They’re Rounding the First Turn! And the Favorite Is…

Nicholas D. Kristof January 19, 2006
Anticipating President Bush’s February trip to India, Nicholas D. Kristof evaluates the other Asian giant ready to seize the 21st century as the great world power. While autocratic China boomed over the past decade, democratic India has lumbered under the weight of its overly bureaucratic civil society and socialist economic policies, producing fewer jobs than its potential. But with flourishing...

Insults from America

Mike McPhate January 13, 2006
Indian call center employees have discovered an unexpected drawback in their line of work. Of millions of calls, about 5 percent involve bigotry from US customers who are angry about outsourcing and grasp an opportunity to speak their minds. Call center workers hear attacks about cultural inferiority and accusations about reaping the benefits of outsourcing at the expense of US workers. These...

CNBC Business Channel: Global Village Now a Reality

January 11, 2006
CNBC has accomplished a broadcasting-first with Worldwide Exchange. The program, simultaneously broadcast on three continents, has anchors and chief executives conversing between New York, London and Singapore. The fiber-communications technology that makes the show possible has come to define globalization, broadcasting smooth and instantaneous interactions regardless of distance. Previously,...

U.S.-China Ideological Rivalry Heats Up

Eric Teo Chu Cheow January 6, 2006
While the US relies on free markets and free societies as the basis for contemporary socioeconomic and political movement, China focuses on stability as the essence of its foreign policy. The Anglo-Saxon model, which has fueled globalization, stems from a collection of neo-liberal practices called the “Washington Consensus,” whereas the Chinese model, based on a dual economy of private and public...