Global online connectivity presents and exposes many vulnerabilities. Writing for Modern Diplomacy, Al Lewis explains that advanced persistent cyber threats share six characteristics with terrorism: “asymmetry, cost effectiveness, contributions of loose associations, will to succeed, impossibility...
People tend to notice the health and associated economic crises caused by a disease like Ebola only after the disease strikes close to home. But to protect all, every community must care for others far away, suggests Trond Undheim in an essay for Fortune. The chances of contracting Ebola are small...
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Trond Undheim is senior lecturer in Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Undheim is also founder of Yegii.com, an insight network that connects companies to global expertise...
Introduced to Southeast Asia in the 13th century, Islam gradually supplanted Buddhism and Hinduism, but co-existed with ancient traditions over the centuries. Since the 1970s, however, fundamentalist Islam has spiked in multicultural countries such as Malaysia, with Muslim students and scholars...
KAMPUNG BUNOHAN, Malaysia -- Rohimah Zakaria, dressed in a fringed black tunic and matching pants, with a silver dagger tucked into the waist, rocked hypnotically on a wooden stage at the edge of this rural village.
The 53-year-old...
Consumers, businesses and even countries have indulged in debt, funding all sorts of projects, from the luxurious to the ludicrous. But central banks around the world are acting to end the days of cheap liquidity, removing money and pushing up interest rates, warns journalist Peter Hartcher. After...
It’s only when the tide goes out that you can see who's been swimming naked, remarked the billionaire investor Warren Buffett. The world has been swimming in super-cheap liquidity for the past five years.
The...
Almost 7 million people around the world join in playing World of Warcraft, an online game that offers true global competition. Developed by Blizzard Entertainment, based in California, the game breaks cultural barriers by appealing to a massive global audience and offering an increasing array of...
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Tight profit margins in the mining industry – along with consolidation among large multinationals, huge capital investments, high-tech automation and rigid equipment maintenance contracts – have reduced job creation for nations with natural resources. Greenland, with 57,000 citizens, mostly...
Melting ice, opening mines: Foreign mining companies flock to Greenland to explore (top); ice free Nuuk harbor can help ship minerals
DAEJEON: A large mineral discovery ignites anticipation in nearby communities for economic development,...
As Beijing played host to the first US-North Korea talks, reports from Washington claimed that the Pentagon is seeking China's help in bringing about regime change in North Korea. Under Washington's urging, China indeed took the initiative to invite North Korea to Beijing for talks, but...
North Korean poster shows US Capitol Hill on the cross hair: Planning to deter Washington's plan of regime change by brandishing nuclear weapons.
Washington: The collapse of US-North Korea talks in Beijing last week extinguished a slim hope that...
A global recession is anticipated in 2020, and Nouriel Roubini and Brunello Rosa suggest it could be severe. Fiscal-stimulus policies are unsustainable and contribute to overheating and inflation, which in turn drives up interest rates. US trade disputes with China, Europe, Mexico and Canada...
