China is not content with being second place in economic or military prowess, and a divisive election in the United States may open a window of opportunity for Chinese moves toward hegemony, especially in the South China Sea, suggests Harry Kazianis, director of Defense Studies for the Center of...
Window of crisis? Barack Obama, attending his last G20 summit as US president, meets with Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, top, as the Philippines reported that Chinese vessels nearing Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea; Filipino soldiers...
As NATO relinquishes its peacekeeping duties in Bosnia this week, the EU will step into the role, launching the most ambitious peacekeeping mission yet undertaken by the body. In Bosnia, the EU will attempt to crack down on organized crime while dangling the prospect of future Union membership as...
Not many people are likely to notice it, but a military ceremony in Bosnia this week will be a landmark moment for Europe as it struggles to be taken seriously as a player on the world stage.
Tomorrow's event...
As the global frenzy over Iraq reaches its boiling point, the Bush administration has downplayed the threat of nuclear weapons in North Korea. Capitalizing on US distraction, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is apparently building up a nuclear stockpile, perhaps to later sell to improve a weak...
"Time is running out,'' President Bush has warned sternly in recent days. He was talking about Iraq and the U.S. demand that it end its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs or face war. But the president...
One of the most contentious issues for the European Union as it prepares to admit 10 new members are the farm subsidies to the Eastern European economies. The question of who should foot the bill generates the greatest wrangling. Yet, much of the disagreement has suddenly disappeared now that...
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In part one of this 2-part series, David Zweig explained the processes by which China joined the global economy. In part two, China scholar Deborah Davis discusses the prospects for China's continued economic growth. While incomes have improved and everyone's boat has risen, Davis says,...
With a renewed focus on education, more Chinese children are completing at least nine years of schooling.
Twenty years ago, 80% of the Chinese population survived on less than a dollar a day. Rural families saved...
With more asylum seekers fleeing conflicts in various parts of the world, receiving countries are experiencing some hard times. The UK, for example, is already feeling over burdened. Recently, the government announced that it would grant 15,000 families indefinite leave to remain and enable them to...
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After decades of constitutional restrictions on offensive forces, Japan has reopened a national debate about the military. As part of its surrender after World War II, Japan agreed to dismantle its armed forces and since then has largely relied on the United States for military support. In the...
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Violent and vocal, Iranian students marched in protest again this week. The immediate stimulus was a government proposal to privatize the universities, but, according to one government worker who joined in, "For 25 years we have lived without any freedom. We want social freedom, economic...
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