Villagers in Thailand’s Taling Chan district have organized in an attempt to stop the planned construction of a natural gas pipeline. They fear the pipeline and its attendant support operations will industrialize their village and threaten their lifestyle. The pipeline, which would carry gas from...
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Censorship of art in one country can put a global spotlight on the banned material. “’Lipstick Under My Burkha,’ which follows two Hindus and two Muslims searching for personal and sexual freedom, was blocked from Indian theaters this year by the national censor board even as it collected awards at...
Fervent democracy at the national level is hampering monetary policymaking for the broader European Union in bringing quick end to the Greek debt crisis, explains Chris Miller, a Yale doctoral candidate and research associate at the Hoover Institution. Greek voters resent austerity measures imposed...
The Greek dilemma: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras did not get the support he expected from Russian President Vladimir Putin (top); meanwhile Greeks have had enough of austerity
NEW HAVEN: For a brief moment after Greek Prime Minister Alexis...
For the first time since animal domestication 10,000 years ago, a disease has spread from humans to animals. A new study from the University of Edinburgh shows how a version of the staph infection started in humans, spread to chickens, and then spread throughout the global poultry industry....
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Conventional wisdom suggests that a booming economy can protect China from all economic woes. But this two-part series argues otherwise. China’s resistance to rising prices – despite the global pressure raising costs for food and fuel – has distorted economic policies and only delays the reckoning...
Olympic bloat: China's effort to fight inflation by populist measures could hurt the country's long-term economic future
BEIJING: Conventional wisdom that a fast growing Chinese economy would be immune from global...
Globalization is a tool like the pen and, as such, can be used for worthy or terrible purposes, as YaleGlobal has noted in the past. David Korten, writing for Yes, points out that globalization’s definitions vary and can influence levels of support for the age-old phenomenon. YaleGlobal simply...
The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests led to iconic images, like the lone man, his identity unknown, confronting a line of Chinese People’s Liberation Army tanks. The ongoing protests in Hong Kong, which began in 2019, have already lasted more than twice as long as the Umbrella Movement and more than...
Struggle continues: Hong Kong’s lengthy protests since June 2019 provoke police shooting, and Tiananmen Square’s tank man from 1989 still inspires (Source: South China Morning Post)
IRVINE: In 1989, residents of cities across the People’s Republic...
International trade was already in retreat before the Covid-19. The pandemic will test cross-border supply chains, alliances, investments, travel and other connections. Douglas Irwin, writing for the Peterson Institute for International Economics, warns that protectionist steps to limit trade will...
