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Ranking the Rich 2004

May 3, 2004
The process of helping developing nations is a lot more complex than simply giving foreign aid via public and private donors. Richer nations can benefit or harm poorer nations through policies on security, aid, immigration, environment, technology and trade. In an effort to rate which programs work and which do not, Foreign Policy Magazine and the Center for Global Development (CGD) have...

Think Twice Before Migrating - The Grass There Won't Always Be Green

Goh Chok Tong May 3, 2004
Singapore seems to be at a low point economically, especially as compared to the emerging regional powerhouses, China and India. However, urges Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, Singaporeans should not despair over the country's difficulties. With the brain power, technical skill, and sheer perseverance that Singaporeans possess, they can easily overcome the hard times, Goh says. Most...

N Korea Offers US Pledge on Weapons

Victor Mallet May 3, 2004
North Korean officials condemn terrorist organizations, including al-Qaeda, and promise not to sell nuclear materials to them in interviews with The Financial Times’ Selig Harrison on Tuesday. Taken togethers, their comments constitute an unexpectedly friendly gesture to the US, especially coming from a regime that has been known to sell both materials and technologies to militants in unstable...

How Far East Can Europe Go?

Shada Islam May 3, 2004
As the celebrations over the expansion of the European Union die down, debates over the next big expansion proposal are sure to heat up. Talks on Turkey's entry into the European Union, however, won't be limited to a simple discussion of the economic benefits of regional consolidation. To some, letting Turkey - an Islamic nation that has been accused of human rights abuses - into the...

US Cannot Tune Out Its Iraq Crisis

Ghida Fakhry May 2, 2004
As the violence in Iraq continues, the Bush administration is faced with a more difficult challenge, says news anchor Ghida Fakhry of Al-Hayat/LBC television network. In addition to the war on the ground, America must also fight its negative media image in the Arab world, which grows by the day thanks to broadcasts by independent Arabic news channels. Stations such as Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya...

Is a Do-Gooder Company a Good Thing?

Amy Harmon May 2, 2004
Is Google, the ubiquitous search-engine website, a completely neutral resource for users worldwide? The corporate motto of the company is “don’t do evil,” but as reporter Amy Harmon of the New York Times writes, Google is so influential that questions of morality are difficult to address. Rankings in search results, for example, can make or break small businesses selling through the internet....

Some Lost Jobs Never Leave Home

Jessica M. Vaughan May 2, 2004
With global trade expanding to all sectors, the US is now witnessing not just its goods being produced abroad, but increasingly, services as well. Many American companies, seeing the advantages of hiring foreign workers, have moved a step further – instead of moving service centers abroad, many companies are now importing foreign professionals into the US to do the job. This kind of outsourcing...