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Goals for Global Society Go Into Retreat

June 6, 2019
Election results in India and the European Union reconfirm sentiments expressed during the 2016 elections in the United States and the United Kingdom: Nationalism is on the rise, and the goal of a global society with shared values and efficient governance for the common good is in retreat. “The...

Compulsory Insurance Scheme for Migrant Sri Lankan Workers in United Arab Emirates

October 30, 2003
There will soon be a new mandatory insurance scheme for Sri Lankan migrant laborers working in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf states. As mandated by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, all prospective employers of Sri Lankans must now obtain an insurance policy for...

Modi Doubles Down on the Neighborhood

June 10, 2014
In anticipating India's foreign policy under newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi, many have focused on his pragmatic growth policy based on international trade and investment while wondering if he would first turn to East Asia. Early signals suggest that Modi will focus on building...

RAND Corporation: Truth Decay

February 7, 2018
Too many in US leadership and the general public rely on feelings rather than rational analysis, facts and lessons from history, and such trends explain increasing rejection of contributions to US prosperity by education, science or globlaization. Four trends mark what Jennifer Kavanagh and Michael...

Higher Education: Apocalypse Now?

July 3, 2015
Digital technology is revolutionizing higher education with increased globalization, student enrollment and privatization. Digital technology may be more revolutionary than the printing press in that it “not only disrupts the dissemination of knowledge, but also its production,” report the editors...

Modi and India’s Muslims? Al Jazeera

June 9, 2019
In the aftermath of his party’s convincing election victory, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tried to push the issue of decreasing inclusion and representation by the substantial Muslim minority to the spotlight. History shows that the rise of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP...

叙利亚的大屠杀：世界没有干涉的欲望

January 23, 2012
阿拉伯之春（The Arab Spring）激发了逊尼派叙利亚人对阿拉维派的独裁者巴沙尔?阿萨德（Bashar al Assad）的不满，阿萨德此后动用了坦克和武装部队，对抗议进行了毫不留情的镇压。在最近的自杀式爆炸发生之后，叙利亚政府迅速地谴责了基地组织，然而却没有任何组织出面声明承担责任，而与此同时，反对派领导人则质疑政府精心策划了这些袭击，以掩饰政府对抗议的暴力反应。根据联合国的估计，自2011年3月份以来，已经有超过5400人遭到杀害，而阿拉伯联盟为了制止冲突，采取了前所未有的措施。恐怖主义分析家法哈德?纳泽尔（Fahad Nazer）认为，网络报道和视频正给怒气火上浇油，...

Seeking Safety Abroad: Hidden Story in China’s FDI Statistics

September 10, 2015
Despite a recent slowdown, China’s economy is still growing. Its citizens are much wealthier than they were just a few decades ago and like investors around the world, they seek secure places to store assets. “However, the fact is that enormous amounts of liquid money held by Chinese individuals...
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