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Free Trade Under Threat

Nayan Chanda February 29, 2016

Anxiety is spreading in the world’s wealthiest nations about unemployment, inequality and economic uncertainty due to outsourcing, global supply chains and big trade agreements. The wages of ordinary workers stagnate while corporate earnings soar. Sizable blocs of voters angrily resist trade agreements, immigration and protections for refugees. “The US presidential elections in November promise...

India’s Regulator Effectively Bans Facebook’s Free Basics Service

Sean McLain, Joanna Sugden and Deepa Seetharaman February 10, 2016

Net neutrality as principle argues that internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, without favoring or blocking particular websites. “Facebook Inc.’s efforts to expand Internet access in the developing world suffered a blow Monday when India’s telecommunications regulator ruled that the social-media company’s plan to offer free access...

False Sense of Security

Nayan Chanda February 9, 2016

Few countries will be insulated from the slowdown of the Chinese economy, even those not intricately tied to the Chinese supply chain. “China did indeed stimulate its way out of the 2008 crisis but now it has to deal with overcapacity and debt,” writes Nayan Chanda, founding editor of YaleGlobal Online, in his column for Businessworld. “For India to be congratulating itself for not being part of...

Charsadda Attack: It Is Time to Ask Pakistan Army Some Hard Questions

Umer Ali January 20, 2016

Militants stormed Bacha Khan University in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 20 and injuring 60. A Pakistan Taliban official quickly claimed and then withdrew responsibility. The attack comes just after a year after 134 were killed at a school in nearby Peshawar. Pakistan endures repeated attacks on schools as symbols of progress and idea centers. Pakistan must confront the extremism in its...

Nuclear Blackmail – Pakistan and North Korea Are Adept Practitioners of This Art

Nayan Chanda January 18, 2016

North Korea may be dramatic and Pakistan quiet, but both nations use nuclear weapons as diplomatic tools, suggests Nayan Chanda, founding editor of YaleGlobal Online, for the Times of India. “While North Korea has repeatedly defied the United Nations and tested its weapons to dramatically attract international attention, Pakistan has used its nuclear arsenal more quietly, as an indirect...

Faulty Mission?

Nayan Chanda January 12, 2016

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched “Make in India” to create jobs and attract foreign investment, but the campaign “remains mired in political battles and cultural battles,” explains Nayan Chanda, founding editor of YaleGlobal Online who also consults for the publication. “India’s hope to take up the slack from China’s … increasingly expensive labour force may have come too late.” The...

Despite Their Economic Strides, China and India Lag on Health Care

Zeena Johar and Xue Ying Hwang December 17, 2015

Adequate health care, providing security for a nation’s workforce, is among the key attributes of economic development. “India and China have adopted insurance as a tool to provide health-care access and mitigate catastrophic expenditures,” explain Zeena Johar and Xue Ying Hwang, adding that each nation has adopted an independent route towards achieving universal health coverage. “Despite good...