Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has surprised many of his conservative critics by adopting some of the free-market policies that he once opposed. But foreign business leaders – especially those at Microsoft – have been less pleased with da Silva's support for free software. Under...
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Arab television coverage of the war on Iraq is not unlike many US stations: talk shows, press briefings, and video footage. The messages differ, however. On Arab TV, Americans are portrayed as aggressive and barbaric, while Arabs are heroic. Networks like Al-Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV did not exist...
THE recent airing of gruesome pictures of American casualties and prisoners of war (POWs) has again set the American media talking about the unbridled nature of Arab television, particularly the Qatar-owned Al-Jazeera...
The Greek debt crisis may well destroy the European single currency, argues Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman: Greece’s debts are immense, and no logical plan is in place for repayment or rapid reforms. If Greece remains in the EU, the nation would be a weak and struggling partner. More EU...
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Inflation is a friend to those in long-term debt, especially those with low interest rates, reducing the value of money that is repaid over time. As the United States ends quantitative easing, Japan and the European Central Bank continue the policy tried since the economic crisis of 2008,...
“You want quantitative easing? I’ll show you quantitative easing!” That’s the message Japan’s central banker Haruhiko Kuroda sent to global securities markets Friday, spurring the Dow to a record high. He announced that he will boost asset purchases...
Iran and P5+1 countries – United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France and Germany – are extending talks on ending Iran’s nuclear program for another four months. A “six-month halt in all significant advances in Iran's nuclear program will remain in effect, as will the modest but...
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美国总统巴拉克• 奥巴马外交政策的关键之一是核武裁减，这从他亲自主导作出意在阻止核弹扩散的安理会1887号决议中可见一斑。然而，核扩散专家本奈特•拉穆博格指出，该决议对降低核武装备基本上没什么作用，更重要的是，它无法处理那些与试图获得核弹的国家相关的问题。事实上，决议中漏洞之多，足可以让伊朗保留它的核浓缩工厂。面对如此没有威慑力的决议，尤其在欺诈问题上，拉穆博格提出了有确定的时间表和具体措施的“行动模式”，包括暂停商业往来和旅游。不可否认，要批准这个进程可能会充满挑战，但如果留意伊朗、朝鲜、甚至是叙利亚在核项目上的进展，可见现行制度总是无法停止欺诈行为。目前，不幸的是，...
洛杉矶：自上任以来，巴拉克• 奥巴马就把全球核武裁减列入长远的外交政策议程。2009年9月，奥巴马总统尝试迈出第一步：他召集了安理会各国首长，共同签署一项阻止核弹扩散的新决议——1887号决议。支持者的年资和周围的欢呼声在安理会会议室的内外引发了巨大的热情。
该项动议的提出，正是核不扩散体系发现自己面对的困难不断增加之时。它一直希望让不肯签字的印度、巴基斯坦和以色列加入《核不扩散条约》，但它不仅无法实现这一愿望，而且还无法引诱朝鲜回来。雪上加霜的是，该体系发现，...
A whistleblower has exposed how Cambridge Analytica, a data analysis firm, relied on a software program and Facebook user profiles to target voters with political advertisements. The number represents about a quarter of the US electorate. “Documents seen by the Observer, and confirmed by a Facebook...
With democracies abruptly reversing positions on trade or climate change, once trusted alliances seem temporary in nature. “The multilateral world order is slowly fading into the past with new alliances forming and established ones questioned by their founders,” observes Michal Romanowski. “The...
Trade, technology and geopolitics: Sino-Russian cooperation challenges Atlantic alliance; German Chancellor Angela Merkel blocked sale of robotics firm to China
WARSAW: The second decade of the 21st century is marked by the restoration of a concert...
