Since late October, a natural gas storage well in California has been leaking 100,000 pounds of methane per hour. The colorless and odorless gas is hazardous to health and the environment. The Aliso Canyon leak is accidental but many companies deliberately burn off excess natural gas at energy...
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Western powers have lost their competitive edge in the global marketplace and are responding with a wave of protectionism. Excuses range from protecting “sensitive” industries to economic “patriotism,” but global investment is under attack. One reason could be that the West has lost a competitive...
First, the French government decides to give itself the right to veto foreign ownership in 11 “sensitive” industries. This was done primarily to derail Italian energy group Enel's bid for Suez, a French concern. French...
Thucydides, a general in Ancient Greece, was exiled from Athens after failing to reach the city of Amphipolis to prevent takeover by the Spartans. In exile, he wrote a history of the 27-year Peloponnesian War and determined, “It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that...
Power trap: US President Donald Trump commissions the newest US aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford; in ancient Greece, rising and established powers fought for dominance
STOCKHOLM: China’s rise and the relative decline of the United States...
印度的青年优势素来被视为一种“人口红利”（demographic dividend）。然而，破败的教育体制无法让毕业生们胜任快速增长的经济中的工作岗位。由于倚重精英学校、忽视早期教育，印度不仅在灵活性、创造力和毕生学习的激情方面，而且在基础技能方面都落后了。美国企业研究所（American Enterprise Institute）的朱利萨•米利根和萨达纳德•杜海姆主张，印度每年有800万青年加入劳动力大军，其中只有被拣选出来的一小部分人是训练有素的。2009年的《教育权法案》旨在让每个印度孩子都享受高质量的教育，可单单有钱并不能保证干得漂亮。...
华 盛顿：尽管经济增速放缓和腐败丑闻频发近来给印度蒙上些许阴霾，大家依然普遍认为印度是崛起中的大国。当人们声称印度的崛起时，其中一个要点便是经济学家 所谓的人口红利：这种论调认为，由于拥有庞大的青年人口，印度将以其庞大的劳动年龄段人口为傲，这些人口能够支撑相对少的退休人员。不过，一旦我们深入考 察印度教育的糟糕状况，便知这种评价没那么确切。
根 据经济合作与发展组织的国际学生评估项目（OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment...
Since the financial crisis in 2008, many central banks have implemented easier monetary policies and other tools to stimulate economic growth. Due to those efforts, the interest rates have dropped in many countries, in turn reducing investment gains and swelling debt of pension funds. In some...
Corporations are increasingly eager to resume control over traditional government responsibilities. The latest example: Facebook released a white paper on plans to develop a borderless cryptocurrency system with a group of central banks, regulators and 27 partner companies. Facebook along with Uber...
During the American campaign in Afghanistan there were reports that, along with Taliban and al Qaeda members, the military leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), Juma Namangani, was killed. However, one Tajik official says that Namangani was actually regrouping and hoping to launch a...
Armed Islamic militants have not been active in Central Asia for two summers. Nevertheless, regional leaders profess to be concerned about possible new insurgent incursions and are calling for continued vigilance....
Between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge regime terrorized Cambodians and killed about 2 million people and displaced millions more in an attempt to restore an agrarian society, as explained by the Cambodia Tribunal Monitor. Scott Neuman, writing for NPR, explains how the Khmer Rouge came to power...
