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Is This the End of Globalization?

Heather Stewart March 10, 2006
The anti-globalization message – protecting jobs and traditional industries – has powerful appeal in a fast-changing world. History shows that the most successful economies are those that open themselves to foreign competition, yet economists still struggle to explain how free trade can benefit all players, especially when markets specialize at what they do best. More citizens of wealthy...

What a Shame

Mohamed Hakki March 9, 2006
Neoconservatives support using the unrivaled power of the US to spread democratic values and prevent conflicts before they start. As the Iraq war drags on to its third year, such politicians have become less influential in the US. But one neoconservative disciple, Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank since 2005, has been arguing for greater accountability. As the former US deputy...

Anxious America – Part I

S.L. Bachman March 9, 2006
Americans tend to take contributions from foreigners for granted. But with the post- 9/11 obsession with security, the attitude is changing, leading to visa restrictions and worry about business deals that in the past raised nary a concern. In a two-part series, YaleGlobal examines the implication of this extra concern about security on US economic prosperity. Recently the announcement about a...

Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Melting Rapidly, New Study Warns Of Rising Sea Levels

Juliet Eilperin March 8, 2006
The Antarctic ice sheet is losing mass at a significant rate, which can be linked to global warming, reports the journal Science. At the same time, two other scientists from South Africa warn that climate change could seriously deplete the water supply in the southern and western regions of Africa by the year 2100. Satellites supplied data on the ice sheet and the global sea level, which is...

Iraq Through the Prism of Vietnam

William E. Odom March 8, 2006
Viewing the Vietnam War as consisting of three phases provides insight into the Iraq War, which is repeating the errors that marked each successive phase. The first phase of the Vietnam War commenced with a miscalculation of US strategic interests. What became the US imperative in Vietnam of “containing China,” preventing the Soviet Bloc from expanding in the region, had no solid basis....

Hacia Aguas Ignotas

Pratap Bhanu Mehta March 7, 2006

Saudi Oil Facilities: Al Qaeda’s Next Target?

John C.K. Daly March 7, 2006
Osama bin Laden’s January promise of more attacks on the US was soon followed by a failed suicide attack on a refinery in Saudi Arabia. Any attack on Saudi oil facilities would bring immediate harm to the US and the rest of the world. Iraq already provides a powerful example of the deleterious effects of strikes against oil facilities. Since June 2003, Iraq facilities have been hit 298 times,...