A large consensus has formed that developing countries, China and India in particular, hamstrung the Copenhagen Climate Conference. While these countries may have refused to submit to certain emissions targets, this does not mean they are not making vast strides in attempting to avert climate...
Green fields: India hosts world's largest producer of windmills; now the wait is to bring power to the people
SAN FRANCISCO: The failure in Copenhagen to agree on either fixed targets for greenhouse gas emissions or a rigorous system for monitoring...
When the decision was made to cane Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno – a Malay-Muslim woman – for drinking beer in public, Malaysia’s religious authorities did not foresee the ramifications globally or domestically. The former model’s punishment for an act considered common in many parts of the world...
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Admiral William J. Fallon, former commander of US Central Command, analyzes the ongoing US role in Iraq and Afghanistan, including criticisms about troop numbers, in this interview with Nayan Chanda, YaleGlobal editor. Fallon also describes security matters related to Pakistan, Iran, China and...
Nayan Chanda: We are delighted to welcome to our studio Admiral William J. Fallon, former commander of US Central Command and currently Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow at the center for International Studies at Massachusetts...
The double whammy of two global crises – recession and climate change – emerged after too many of the world’s citizens pursued lifestyles that the planet simply cannot sustain. This YaleGlobal series explores the limits of growth and calls for global governance that will encourage sustainable...
Man vs. nature: Unsustainable lifestyles add to global economic and environmental pressures; above, a man pauses atop Victoria Falls in Africa. (Photo: Annie Griffiths Belt, © 2008 National Geographic Society)
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Gender inequalities have long left African women outside the formal economy, forced to fend for themselves in informal trade while their brothers and husbands secured employment in the civil sector and state-owned enterprises. Yet the liberalization of African state economies and the elimination of...
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A global credit crisis has prompted consumers worldwide to slow spending, leading to shuttered factories in China. Leaders of China, like those throughout the world, worry that economic crisis could trigger political instability and demands for change. Growth in the domestic national product,...
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Amidst the lingering turbulence in the Middle East, US policymakers look to Africa as an alternative source of petroleum. Washington has launched military training operations in a number of African nations in an effort to combat Islamic terrorism and secure oil supplies. While there is no doubt...
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European society once was organized according to religion. People headed to neighborhoods, schools, hospitals and even jobs based on religious affiliation and word of mouth from fellow congregants. Muslims began immigrating into European communities after secularization took hold, and secular...
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