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China Says It Will Help Iraq

Rita Brown June 18, 2014
Iraq is OPEC’s second largest producer, and political ineptitude, sectarian violence and impending civil war threaten future oil production and global oil prices. Disruptions in Libyan production have already added to supply problems, and many had hoped Iraqi producers to step up pace. The United States led a coalition to invade Iraq in 2003 and depose dictator Saddam Hussein, and withdrew by the...

China Plan to Cap CO2 Emissions Seen as Turning Point in Climate Talks

Kathy Chen and Stian Reklev June 4, 2014
China, the world’s leading contributor to carbon emissions, has announced plans to set a cap on pollution levels, notably just a day after the US pledged to reduce its own global footprint: “[T]he fact that the two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases made unprecedented announcements on climate within 24 hours of each other sparked optimism among observers hoping to see the decades-old deadlock...

Developing Countries and Global Trade

March 1, 2013
With almost any product – electronics, processed food, even some services – designs and components are sourced from multiple countries. A new report from the UN Commission on Trade and Development suggests that global investment and trade have become “inextricably intertwined through international production networks of growing degrees of complexity that now account for some 80 percent of the...

Horsing Around the Global Food Chain

Nayan Chanda February 18, 2013
Regulators in Britain tested the DNA of meat in packaged lasagnas, labeled as beef, and discovered some containing more than half horsemeat. Fast, convenient, affordable frozen and processed meals – often marketed to the poorest consumers – have complex supply chains with many subcontractors for the many ingredients, explains Nayan Chanda, YaleGlobal’s editor. Intense competition and lingering...

World Momentum Builds for Universal Health Coverage

Yanzhong Huang March 9, 2012
The US may resist universal health care coverage, but less wealthy emerging economies are investing in providing health care to all. Despite the economic recession, nearly 100 countries are studying how to institute government-funded programs, aiming to offer affordable basic care for all citizens and control costs, reports Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on...

Problems Will Be Global – And Solutions Will Be, Too

Anne-Marie Slaughter October 13, 2011
A politically integrated world; the United Nations Security Council hosting expanded and regional organizations, like the African Union; and new applications of economic integration – this could be the face of global diplomacy 15 years from now, predicts Anne-Marie Slaughter in an article for Foreign Policy. The strongest states in 2025 will be those that have maintained “vibrant economies...

Let Down by Politics

Nayan Chanda December 6, 2010
When 20 global leaders convened in 2008 to review the unfolding credit crisis, many anticipated a new forum for global cooperation. In meetings since, “the leaders failed to reach an agreement on any of the contentious issues that threatened economic recovery,” writes Nayan Chanda, editor of YaleGlobal, in his regular column for Businessworld. Chanda urges patience, noting “It will take more than...