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WHO Criteria for Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions

April 15, 2020
Nations that act swiftly to contain COVID-19 can expect to lift economic restrictions more quickly. “This principle will save lives and mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic,” explains the director-general of the World Health Organization. A pandemic by its very definition requires a whole-...

Vietnam and China: Balancing Geography and History

August 24, 2017
Neighbors China and Vietnam share a long, complicated history. China is the dominant partner and most recently pressured Vietnam to cancel an oil-drilling contract in the South China Sea with the Spanish oil firm Repsol. Soon afterward, Vietnam’s defense minister met with his counterpart in...

Vietnam May Turn Threats into Opportunity

June 2, 2020
China’s aggression in the South China Sea poses an economic and security threat for nations with exclusive economic zones in that region along with their many trade partners. “To confront the danger, Vietnam openly begins cooperation with the Quad, ostensibly to manage the Covid-19 threat,”...

Women More Educated Than Men But Still Paid Less

March 6, 2014
Women now outnumber men in global university attendance and graduation rates. Most gains are in developed nations; in some countries, as many as two thirds of graduates are women, though discrimination still lingers. Globally, the ratio is 93 men to 100 women; men tend to concentrate in engineering...

From Globalization to Regionalization

October 30, 2018
The United States was undisputed leader of economic globalization until the 2008 global financial crisis. The country’s moral and economic leadership has since gone into decline. The US share of global gross domestic product has dropped for more than 20 years, from 32 percent to 22 percent. This...

Perceptions and Realities of Globalization

May 30, 2008
Globalization is a non-stop economic process. Individuals, companies or governments are always on the lookout for new processes or innovations – and so the economic and power structure of the world is never stagnant. The West made a mistake in assuming that the flow of technology and know-how moves...

The End of Textile Quotas Will Redistribute Pain and Gain

June 10, 2004
The abolition of textile quotas by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in January 2005 does not bode well for all developing countries, says Edward Gresser, Director of the PPI Project on Trade and Global Markets. Although the lifting of textile quotas will be a much-awaited victory for developing...

Empire by Other Means: Russia’s Strategy for the 21st Century

February 2, 2017
Since Vladimir Putin became president of Russia in 2000, his first of three terms so far, the nation has steadfastly pursued a seven-part strategy for gaining influence over former Soviet republics and preventing them from moving into the more liberal sphere of the West. In her book "Beyond...
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