On Wednesday, the Kyoto Protocol on global climate change enters force, marking a milestone for environmentalism. But making climate change "a central moral test of our time" was wrong, writes Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist. Lomborg points to existing climate...
When the Kyoto treaty enters into force on February 16, the global warming community will undoubtedly congratulate itself: to do good they have secured the most expensive worldwide treaty ever. They have succeeded in...
The internet tool RefWorks allows professors and students to organize and store research, automatically creating bibliographies. The firm RefWorks describes itself as an international company – but it is based in the US, home of the Patriot Act, which after the 9/11 attacks granted federal...
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Taiwan is turning against China’s "one-country, two-systems" approach to reunification, whether because of ongoing protests disrupting Hong Kong or the dismissive response by Beijing. China announced in August that Hong Kong could proceed with elections, but with a pre-approved slate of...
Systemic divide: China’s President Xi Jinping, right, with Hong Kong’s Chief Executive C. Y. Leung, wants "one country, two systems" (top) Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests stir up anxiety in Taiwan about protecting its democratic system
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Acts of intervention – with military action, aid and promotion of trade – have characterized international politics since the Cold War. Corporate intervention can now be added to the list of tools for alleviating poverty and encouraging development and education in impoverished nations. Social...
SAN PEDRO, Ivory Coast: Intervention has become a trademark of international politics since the end of the Cold War, from Bosnia and Timor in the 1990s to Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya in the past decade.
The cocktail of military action, aid and...
North Korea has about 2 million cell phones, accessed by the wealthiest in the urban centers. “In a 14-month span between 2012 and 2013, the number of mobile-phone subscribers in North Korea doubled to two million from one million, and it now may exceed 2.5 million, according to Orascom Telecom...
An odd thing is happening in North Korea, and it may be happening faster than anyone anticipated.
Access to mobile technology has exploded, at least among those who can afford it. In the capital and other major cities, there are now two million or...
The interrogation of the prime suspect of the Bali blast in October and forensic evidence have raised the tantalizing possibility that the attack was a suicide bombing. If this turns out to be true this would be the first suicide attack by a Muslim in Indonesia, perhaps in Southeast Asia. While...
Indonesian police say they have found books and video discs of speeches by Osama bin Laden in a house rented by the suspected mastermind of last month's Bali bombings.
Police say a laptop computer belonging...
Syria's porous border with Iraq, continuing presence in Lebanon, and harboring of Palestinian groups have all poisoned US-Syrian relations. A recent visit to Damascus by US Assistant Secretary of State Willam Burns may have led to a breakthrough in several diplomatic impasses. "Certainly...
An unexpected U-turn in United States-Syrian relations in recent weeks has left observers puzzled. Shortly after the US- led efforts at the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution expressing opposition to...
Declining circulations and advertising revenue have forced newspapers in the US and UK to reduce costs – and some editors now look for low-wage, talented help in India, Singapore and other countries. Such moves may reduce costs, but could also lead to community backlashes and further erosion in...
The rush of job recruiting ads on MonsterIndia.com tells the story of the latest class of workers to watch their trade start migrating to another continent.
"Urgent requirement for business writers," reads...
