Food prices have doubled during the past two years, and Moisés Naím of Foreign Policy observes that politicians, journalists and economists often blame the recent hikes on growing demand by rising middle classes in the developing world. But Naím cautions against blaming people in India and China...
There are many culprits we can blame for higher food prices. But the poor isn’t one of them.
The spike in food prices is a global crisis, and it is destabilizing politics and economics everywhere. Food prices...
Trade has not been a priority for the Bush administration, and negotiations have stalled over a free-trade agreement between the US and South Korea. Meanwhile, South Korea has lots of leverage and plenty of alternative markets, including China. The inability of the US to reach such a major trade...
Sovereign concerns: South Korean farmers' demand for protection, rejected by the US, gets sympathetic hearing in Europe
WASHINGTON: Efforts to create a US-South Korea free-trade area, commercially the most...
The sustained protests for democracy in Hong Kong have spread to cities around the globe, challenging anyone with ties with China to take a stand. “Few protests have the potential to go global like those in Hong Kong due to the large number of people from Hong Kong and mainland China studying...
Local protest, global echos: Show of support for Hong Kong protesters at a game in Houston; demonstration outside Canadian legislature in Edmonton.
NEW HAVEN: Most democracy protests are short-lived, garner little international attention and are...
More than 10,000 yellow-vested protesters in Paris expressed fury toward their government over increasing inequality, unemployment and poor services in rural areas with wealth going unshared. “The Arc de Triomphe, symbol of French Republican pride, was vandalised and tagged with insulting graffiti...
Surveys find solid disapproval of adultery in every country, yet technology and social media, modern lifestyles and flexible gender roles, films and news reports about the affairs of politicians and celebrities make the activity more visible worldwide. “Historically, most cultures consider the...
Adultery on trial: From Chinese leader Bo Xilai, with wife Gu Kailai, to a Pakistani commoner, adulterers in some nations face punishment and shame
NEW YORK: Adultery, despite near universal disapproval, has become more visible and prevalent...
The German constitutional court ruled against the European Central Bank’s public sector purchase program, launched in 2015. Martin Wolf argues for the Financial Times that the move contributes to EU disintegration: “It is an attack on basic economics, the central bank’s integrity, its independence...
The telephone, satellite television and the Internet have connected the Islamic community of 1.2 billion people across the globe. This connectivity has strengthened Muslims' sense of belonging to one community, which Islamic scholars call ummah. But it has also brought the realization that...
Muslims in Indonesia: One God, many colors.
NEW HAVEN: In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, the effect of globalisation on Islam has emerged as a hotly debated topic. With twenty percent of the world's population professing...
For more than 70 years the world has refrained from the horrors associated with nuclear attack. The threat no longer seems remote as North Korea conducts tests and names possible targets, and the US president dismisses “strategic patience,” promising a fiery response in return. A nuclear strike...
Impetuous and cautious: US President Trump threatens Pyongyang with “fire and fury” while German Chancellor Angela Merkel urges caution
PARIS: As tension mounts over a possible nuclear confrontation with North Korea, America’s European allies are...
