对贸易保护主义的忧虑当中,奥巴马对中国轮胎征收的关税,在规模上几乎微不足道。此外,它得到了WTO协定的支持,因为该协定允许各国从中国进口产品对地方产业的侵害中寻求哪怕是暂时的补偿。大多数批评家对于此项关税似乎没有注意到的是,即使此项关税额度小,也无法改善失业问题,但它的确向美国工会做了妥协――工会是医疗辩论中一支关键的政治力量。因此,这一微不足道的动作能够产生重大的后果:成功改革美国医疗状况,反过来能促进美国经济。让医疗状况原封不动,会使美国背上更大的赤字,使美元价值下跌,并使消费和贸易严重紧缩。关税额度虽小,但有着巨大的影响。这就是奥巴马的主要战略目标。――耶鲁全球
在美国经济持续不景气的迷雾中以及对开始抬头的贸易保护主义的全球忧虑中,G20的元首齐聚美国钢铁之都“匹兹堡”。不过,他们一定还记得“全球思维,地方行动”这句老话。
尽管巴拉克·奥巴马总统肯定会听到人们对美国向中国轮胎征收关税的计划做出种种批评, 但是他的批评者们应当首先照照镜子。虽然许多国家很难对最大的经济猩猩(economic gorilla)(即使在它生病时)心怀怜悯,但是它们应该认识到奥巴马此项颇具争议的贸易决策是受美国国内斗争影响的。此项不幸的轮胎关税案可能是对地...
2010年10月,安吉拉•默克尔总理宣称德国的多元文化主义失败了。几个月后,在民众抗议北非独裁领导人的声浪中,英国的卡梅伦和法国的萨科齐都呼应了她的评价,其实正是这些独裁者的政策长期以来为欧洲提供了防波堤。耶鲁全球在线这次系列文章认为,欧洲不能采取鸵鸟政策,而是必须与穆斯林地中海邻居们合作,以便同时改善自身的前景。沙达•伊斯兰(Shada Islam)在本系列的下篇中指出,移民及其接收国都应该为多元主义的失败负责。欧洲穆斯林的融合至关重要。忽略移民的贡献,用不合理的政策约束他们,这既不能帮助塑造充满活力的国民身份认同,也无助于帮助陷入困境的经济。无论如何,严厉的政策可能招致民众学习突尼斯、...
布鲁塞尔:与从前不同,欧洲领袖很快就制裁利比亚达成共识。但这是容易的部分,他们面 前的更大挑战是重新塑造欧洲与觉醒的阿拉伯世界的关系,以及欧洲与北非和中东的少数族裔的融合问题。该地区的动荡已经激发了涌向欧洲的移民潮,新兴的民主 也可能令欧洲穆斯林少数族裔民众更大胆地主张自己的权利。
不幸的是,就在欧洲大国领导人承认建造多元社会的失败后紧接着发生了中东动乱。
德国总理安吉拉·默克尔去年10月宣称,德国创建多元文化社会的努力“完全失败了”。 她是第一个发表这种观点的欧洲主要政客。今年2月...
巴基斯坦的平民政府曾几度遭遇军事政变,而上周该国的最高法院发起了几乎可称为史上第一场的司法政变。巴基斯坦如今面临恐怖主义问题、政治动荡和经济危机,然而激进的最高法院让这些难题愈发复杂——判决总理优素福•拉扎•吉拉尼(Yousuf Raza Gillani)藐视法庭罪成立,禁止他继续在议会任职。最高法院还对新近获得提名的总理候选人马赫杜姆•谢哈布丁(Makhdoom Shahabuddin)下达了逮捕令。乔治敦大学民主研究所马歇尔•B•科因主任宝拉•纽伯格(Paula Newberg)指出,最高法院声称支持民主,然而,在眼下北约即将从阿富汗撤军、巴基斯坦面临巨大的外交政策挑战的时候,...
法官的权力:最高法院首席法官伊夫蒂哈尔•穆哈默德•乔杜里(上图)判决总理优素福•拉扎•吉拉尼(下图)藐视法庭罪成立,并宣布他不适合继续担任总理职务
华盛顿: 在关于通过巴领土向北约驻阿部队提供给养的问题上,巴基斯坦与北约的谈判陷入僵局,巴国内新生的议会体制艰难地维持稳定,而此时该国国内又起波澜。在一场近似司法政变的行动中,巴基斯坦最高法院因总理优素福·拉扎·吉拉尼(Yousuf Raza Gillani)犯下的藐视法庭罪而禁止他继续任职。最高法院使政府陷入混乱,损害了国内的政治关系,...
President Barack Obama will be the first US president to visit Burma, nestled between India and China, since renamed by its government as Myanmar, as well as Cambodia. The tour includes his attendance at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with also a stop in Thailand. The trip emphasizes...
LONDON: Taking little time to rest after a contentious campaign, President Barack Obama heads to Burma, acknowledging budding human rights and a government, after more than two decades, now eager for trade and open to new connections with the West...
The National Rifle Association has traditionally represented a highly specific interest group among the US population. Increasingly, though, the NRA has come to link the success of its pro-gun lobbying in the US with similar struggles underway in other nations. NRA leaders have exhibited a...
Once just a club for red-blooded American gun owners, the National Rifle Association has become a savvy global lobby. It presses for gun rights at the United Nations. It assists pro-gun campaigns from Sydney to São...
In a recent interview with YaleGlobal editor Nayan Chanda, Kemal Dervis, former Minister of Economic Affairs in Turkey and author of the book A Better Globalization, talks about reforming the United Nations Security Council and the role of international financial institutions. Excerpts of the...
Nayan Chanda:
The first question I'd like to ask is this issue of North Korea's declaring to have nuclear weapons. That issue brings the question or world security right to the doorstep of the United Nations...
Russia and China recently began a series of joint military exercises, marking the countries' first cooperative military action. Officials on both sides explained that the collaboration was designed to protect against international terrorism and provide security for the region and the world....
Russia and China launched their first joint military exercise yesterday in a show of force calculated to dissuade the US from presuming a dominant role in global security.
Fighter planes, bombers and more...
People forced to pay their own health-care costs tend to hunt for bargains. As a result, medical tourism is booming, with patients in the US, Canada and UK scheduling flights to obtain surgery in India, Thailand, and other countries with trained physicians and procedures that cost 25 percent or...
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