Economists have used the phrase “original sin” as a metaphor to refer to the inability of developing nations to borrow from their own currencies. “Developing nations overleverage their economies to external foreign debt, most often, the US dollar, due to an optimistic perception of global monetary...
Dollar tricks: Zimbabwean deal with their worthless currency with black humor, top, and Egyptians are resigned to devaluation
JAKARTA: In Biblical terms, original sin denotes the fall of man after Adam eats forbidden fruit from the tree of...
The world population has grown by about 80 million people annually since the year 2000, but countries make little progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming. The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, a group of corporate executives and political leaders, warns the...
在2003年入侵伊拉克之后，美国的伊拉克政策聚焦于强行推动民主。中东问题专家法瓦兹•A•盖尔盖斯（Fawaz A. Gerges）认为，当地各派本来大体上就以宗教或种族为边界各自为营，而这一政策只是强化了各自成员的忠诚。它的影响持续至今：最近的伊拉克国会选举表明，伊拉克政治体制仍处于分裂之中，难以通过联盟的方式在国会中形成符合宪法规定的多数派，并且引起人们对更多暴力纷争的担忧。特别需要指出的是，什叶和逊尼两派间的分歧充斥伊拉克政治，反映着伊朗和沙特阿拉伯对它的影响。美国会平衡这些外部势力，确保没有一家能占上风。要想组成一个可以顶住地区性宗派主义压力的有凝聚力的国会，任何联盟都必须排除各种分歧...
伦敦：伊拉克第二次国会选举最终未能取得成功。在一个阿拉伯国家举行第二次国会选 举，这实属罕见。人们曾经期望一次成功的选举活动会在中东地区引发民主热（democracy fever）。事与愿违的是，此次巴格达选举却令人厌倦。此次选举活动不仅表明不民主的宗派政治依旧猖獗，它还进一步加剧了受到伊朗和沙特阿拉伯这类外国 势力支持的什叶和逊尼两派间的分歧。
尽管由伊拉克前总理伊雅德•阿拉维领导的、有名无实的世俗政党联盟在伊拉克三月份的国 会选举中领先，然而选举的结果却让我们看到了这个国家因种族、...
Politicians are reaping gains by wrapping themselves in flags and directing hostility toward globalization. “Humankind is developing an emerging ‘global consciousness’ – a collective sensitivity to noble thoughts as well as to phobias and ignoble protectionism,” explains Farok Contractor, a...
Invasive species: Opponents of globalization reject foreign influences, cultural or economic – Hindu extremists oppose the celebration of Valentine’s Day, and US workers reject export of jobs.
NEW BRUNSWICK: Nationalistic politicians rising around...
Jared Kushner is the president’s son-in-law whose work experience was in his family’s real estate development firm. Financial difficulties, complicated personal relationships and unexplained foreign contacts can present obstacles for obtaining a top-secret security clearance, and Kushner had to...
Crises immediately expose any weaknesses in public infrastructure, and COVID-19 will reveal needs in public health and economic systems. Societies realize that privatization and cost-cutting for health care for vulnerable populations expose all citizens to infection, explains Jayati Ghosh. Analysts...
A new report from the UN concludes that the same forces that make globalization so appealing, such as unfettered travel and communications, are also providing a huge boost to narcotics traffickers, who take advantage of porous borders to ply their trade. This is particularly true in the European...
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The latest poll by the Pew Research Center reveals an intense distrust in Asia, not only between traditional rivals like Japan and China, but also between China and India as well as Japan and Pakistan. The public opinion survey, part of the Pew Global Attitudes Project, was conducted in China,...
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