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G20 Must Address the Anti-Globalization Undercurrent to Stay Relevant

Peter Drysdale September 2, 2016
Immigration, trade and many other aspects of globalization are interwoven into daily routines, taken for granted, and some opponents contend that communities and entire countries can easily sever the connections. G20 leaders, meeting in Hangzhou, China, must address global stagnation and populism that feed resentment and disrupt cooperation, increasing inequality and the power of despots....

Chronic Problems, Not Just Crises, Should Be a Global Health Priority

James Chen September 1, 2016
Sudden outbreaks of diseases like Zika or Ebola ignite alarm while chronic medical conditions, many easily prevented, are often ignored or accepted because they seem less urgent. Societies must revise priorities to “unlock the full potential of the developing world, argues James Chen, writing for Stanford Social Innovation Review. “The World Health Organization recently estimated that the global...

Chinese R&D Goes Global

Jacopo Dettoni August 31, 2016
China is transforming from recipient of foreign direct investment to source as its firms set up new research and development operations. Chinese firms have announced nine new overseas research centers during the first half of 2016, reports Financial Times, as compared with the United States, 16 projects; Germany, 10; and Japan, 7. “It comes at a time when Beijing is gradually liberalising its...

G20 Summit: Leaving West to Deal With Crises, China Focuses on Positives

François Godement August 30, 2016
China’s vision for global order and skill at managing global economic affairs will be on display at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou. Other nations attending may expect answers on pressing concerns, from war in the Middle East and the refugee crisis to territorial disputes in the nearby South and East China Seas. “As the host country, China has engineered impeccable rhetoric and goals that are hard to...

Tough Question in Climate Change: Who Gets Saved?

Christopher Flavelle August 29, 2016
Governments preparing for climate change already assess which communities can be saved and which cannot. Christopher Flavelle compares Newtok and other remote communities in Alaska with Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana, all trying to escape rising waters. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development ran a National Disaster Resilience Competition intended to raise awareness about climate...

World Risk Index: The Human Factor in Natural Disasters

Axel Bojanowski August 26, 2016
Natural disasters strike without warning, but government preparation and regulations on infrastructure contribute to saving lives, suggests the World Risk Index from United Nations University researchers and development organizations. Shallow earthquakes struck Haiti and New Zealand each in 2010, reports Axel Bojanowski. In Haiti, more than 100,000 lost their lives while New Zealand suffered...

Emails Reveal How Foundation Donors Got Access to Clinton and Aides at State Department

Rosalind S. Helderman, Spencer S. Hsu and Tom Hamburger August 23, 2016
The Clinton Foundation’s website, transparent about the source of its donations, lists names of major foreign donors including those from Australia, Saudi Arabia and Sweden. The website also insists that “Secretary Clinton was not involved in the work of the Foundation when she was serving as Secretary of State.” A release of an aide’s emails suggest that foundation donors and representatives did...