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American Made…Chinese Owned

Sheridan Prasso May 13, 2010
Chinese companies are increasing US investments and adding jobs, particularly throughout the conservative South. Wages still remain high by Chinese standards, but land is cheap and energy is reliable. In a cover article for Fortune Magazine, Sheridan Prasso reports that more than 30 states, ports and municipalities have hired representatives and offered tax incentives to lure Chinese companies...

China's Crackdown on Nonprofit Groups Prompts New Fears Among Activists

Keith B. Richburg May 12, 2010
The purpose of a non-profit or non-governmental organization is to act for the public good, with no benefits for individual organizers. But China’s communist government is wary of competition in serving the public good, and recent reports suggest a tightening control over what Keith Richburg of the Washington Post calls a “freewheeling civil society sector.” During the past two decades, thousands...

Black Hole on the Black Sea

Sharon Weinberger May 11, 2010
Stray nuclear weapons remain a grave concern for global security, and national leaders cannot afford to overlook any remote corner of the planet. South Ossetia, in northern Georgia, is a “jurisdictional black hole” with minimal border checkpoints, writes Sharon Weinberger for Foreign Policy. Separatist conflicts flare in the region, along with smuggling, corruption and plenty of fraudulent deals...

Greek Crisis and the Future of the European Union – Part II

Jean-Pierre Lehmann May 7, 2010
Internal divisions can endanger any union more than external threats. Mistrust – a lack of shared basic values or vision – can decimate cooperation, explains Jean-Pierre Lehmann, professor of political economy, in the second article of a two-part series analyzing the Greek debt crisis. Lehmann describes Greece’s immense debt load, the history of corruption, and their effect on the European Union...

A Giant Compromise?

May 6, 2010
One of the many promises of globalization is that multi-governmental organizations will be able to better manage international issues that simultaneously affect the interests of many countries. The International Whaling Commission is one such body, but it has been hampered in recent years by countries like Japan that are exploiting a loophole to overcome the IWC's putative moratorium on...

Greek Crisis and the Future of the European Union – Part I

Jonathan Fenby May 5, 2010
Membership in the 16-nation euro zone was supposed to boost Europe’s wealth – but the debt crisis in Greece reveals how a weak link in the chain could also risk spreading misery. Deeming Greece, a nation of 10 million, “too big to fail,” EU members scramble to put together a bailout package. Meanwhile, Greeks take to the streets, burning EU flags and protesting austerity measures, with three...

How To Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons

May 5, 2010
As signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty gather to review its forty years’ performance, the danger posed by nuclear weapons remains undiminished. Gareth Evans, Co-Chairman of an International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, interviewed by Nayan Chanda, Editor of YaleGlobal Online, discusses the threat and urgent tasks ahead for the international community...