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The World Is Watching America's Election

Frida Ghitis November 8, 2016
The US election had its bizarre moments, and global interest runs high. Citizens of Canada, Mexico and elsewhere sense that their countries have a huge stake in the outcome. Newspapers around the globe detail poll closing times for the 50 states, and small crowds gather around televisions, laptops and smartphones to monitor results. “But watching America is not just a spectator sport -- people...

Is Globalization Sowing the Seeds of Its Own Undoing?

Jay Ogilvy October 14, 2016
Globalization’s fast pace is destabilizing, and the economic market is becoming more influential than the nation-state, writers have argued. Inequality is entrenched with economic and cultural divisions in education, income and employment. “Those ‘who can take advantage of the global economy’ are clearly benefiting from globalization and tend to cluster in the same clubs, colleges and communities...

Donald Trump and the Declining Prestige of US Democracy

Gideon Rachman October 11, 2016
The nomination of Donald Trump, that an erratic candidacy could go so far, reflects poorly on the United States and other democracies. Admittedly, the businessman is not a practiced politician. The troubled campaign, lacking in policy specifics, has been marked with lies and insults against any who criticize him. Comments during debates and public rallies for the world to see often carry an...

Capitalist Democracy’s Left-Behinds Challenge the System

Humphrey Hawksley August 2, 2016
Democracy appears to be malfunctioning in a fast-paced world. “The concept of the Western-style democratic system is that an accountable government funded by revenue from the market will distribute wealth thus creating a stable society,” writes journalist Humphrey Hawksley, who points out large number of citizens, many uneducated, are convinced that democratic systems are rigged by wealthy and...

Global Elites Must Heed the Warning of Populist Rage

Martin Wolf July 21, 2016
Dissatisfaction runs high in many of the world’s most advanced economies – and many voters are turning to leaders who encourage nationalism, protectionism and other extreme policies, explains Martin Wolf in the Financial Times. He points to studies showing “Stagnant incomes bother people more than rising inequality.” Economic recessions, aging populations, rising inequality, immigration and...

Erdogan Targets More Than 50,000 in Purge After Failed Turkish Coup

Humeyra Pamuk and Ercan Gurses July 20, 2016
The Turkish government is said to be blaming a self-exiled religious leader for a July 15 coup attempt and targeting his supporters in the military, judiciary and education systems. Fethullah Gulen lives in Pennsylvania and denies having a role in the coup attempt. “A former ally-turned critic of Erdogan, he suggested the president staged it as an excuse for a crackdown after a steady...

Post-Brexit, Can a Kinder, Gentler Model Help Globalization Survive?

Peter Ford, Sara Miller Llana and Howard LaFranchi July 6, 2016
Politicians that do not learn lessons from Brexit, the United Kingdom’s decision to end membership with the European Union, will unleash new economic disruptions. “For years, a wave of anti-establishment resentment, feeding on anger at widening social inequality and hostility to foreigners, has been building across Europe,” writes Peter Ford, Sara Miller Llana and Howard LaFranchi for the...