The US may be a service economy, but it’s still the world’s largest manufacturer. There are many reasons to remain bullish on US manufacturing and the American worker, suggests Farok Contractor, professor of management and global business at Rutgers Business School. US firms invest in high-tech...
NEWARK, NJ: Some 2.8 million American jobs – 70 percent of them in manufacturing – have been lost since 2001 because of the US trade deficit with China, according to a recent Economic Policy Institute study. Indeed, consumers visiting a Wal-Mart or...
Democracy requires hard work, patience, compromise and trust. Citizens may be dissatisfied with a leader but must stay informed and engaged in politics. Yet support for democracy around the world is in decline. The University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Future of Democracy analyzed data from more...
Oil-rich states in the Middle East have long depended on migrants from countries such as India and Bangladesh to fill the demand for labor in capital-intensive projects and protected indigenous labor by promoting large civil service classes. But global inflation has reduced real wages while...
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Chelyabinsk, transportation hub and one-time Russian industrial center for weapons manufacture, was closed to foreigners until 1992. The combination of crisscrossing highways, a million-plus population and Russians’ fondness for dashboard cameras in vehicles to collect evidence in the event of...
CHELYABINSK, Russia, Feb 15 (Reuters) - A meteorite streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, raining fireballs over a vast area and causing a shock wave that smashed windows, damaged buildings and injured 1,200 people....
Competitive nations recognize that education helps societies advance. China is embracing research in sensors, brain-image scanners and other high-tech equipment to study children’s learning and performance in real time. “Neuroscience – studies of brain development, structure, function and...
Shaping young minds: Students at Jinhua Xiaoshun Primary School wear headbands with sensors developed by a Massachusetts company, and a UNESCO delegation visits the State Key laboratory of Neuroscience and Cognitive Learning (Photos: Wall Street...
China and India are locked in a serious border crisis. Despite reports of reduced tensions amid negotiations in recent weeks, soldiers along the border in Galwan Valley clashed with hand-to-hand combat on June 16. India reported 20 dead along with unconfirmed casualties for China. Both sides have...
Clashing construction: India’s and China’s efforts to strengthen respective infrastructure along their Himalayan border provoked hand to hand combat
NEW DELHI: Since the start of May, Indian and Chinese forces have been squaring off in the tough...
在关闭的大门背后，政府官员相互交流着往往跟公开声明不同的情绪，公众对此习以为常。但维基解密曝光的美国国务院密电的几百个具体例子还是令人震惊。泄密凸显了快捷的全球通讯的前景和风险。在这个世界上，个人能够破坏全球战略计划，强大无比的政府则竭力控制危害性的蔓延。这是私人和公共声明之间、言论自由的要求和保密的需要之间矛盾的戏剧性展示。鉴于维基解密泄密事件提出的诸多严肃问题，以及针对泄密内容的争议和辩论使世界每个角落都不得安宁的事实，耶鲁全球在线将以两篇的系列文章探讨密电泄露事件所涉及的外交、民主、国防和司法等领域。在上篇文章里，贾姆希德•乔柯西集中探讨了伊朗核政策密电泄露所产生的影响。贾姆希德•...
印第安纳州布鲁明顿：美国国务院大量被盗窃的密电在网上泄露，此事的影响将在未来若干年里都会是人们分析的对象，但有一种模式正逐渐显现：虽然这些密电似乎让伊朗在追求核武器时胆子更大，但也显示出伊朗在世界上的孤立程度。美国对北非和中东腐败的专制政权的坦率评估或许能恢复阿拉伯民众对美国的信心，这或许是伊朗付出的代价。
12月，在日内瓦举行的有联合国安理会成员、欧盟和伊朗参加的核问题会谈没有什么成果，这并不令人吃惊。但是维基解密泄露的密电所显示的信息却鼓励了这次伊朗的谈判者，让他们采取了强硬的立场...
The US-led war on global terror may face a new challenge in Uzbekistan, a Central Asian country infrequently featured in news headlines outside the region. Charles William Maynes, President of the Eurasia Foundation, argues that US policy toward Uzbekistan is failing to curb the rise of radical...
An Uzbeki man in a Tashkent market: A developing sense of hopelessness may be behind the recent spate of violence.
WASHINGTON: Most Americans cannot find the country on the map, yet since last week their papers...
