The Kyoto Protocol, part of an international effort to protect the earth’s climate, came into force this past Wednesday. A day later, a team led by Tim Barnett of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography unveiled fresh evidence detailing the very real effects of global warming. By focusing on ocean...
A parcel of studies looking at the oceans and melting Arctic ice leave no room for doubt that it is getting warmer, people are to blame, and the weather is going to suffer, climate experts say.
New computer...
Still struggling after decades of failed poverty alleviation schemes and IMF-imposed structural adjustment programs, poor women in some developing countries are finding hope and success in micro-loans. In Mexico, where banks have generally ignored the financial services needs of the poor,...
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In an apparent challenge to the military dominance of the US, four European countries agreed to create a joint military staff this week. France, Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg – all of who opposed the US-led war on Iraq – agreed to integrate their militaries in several key areas. The move was...
The transatlantic political rift widened this week when Germany, France and two other European Union countries agreed to form a military general staff. At a summit meeting not far from NATO headquarters in...
In an era in which technology has made physical distance seem irrelevant, drug enforcement officials must find newer methods to compete with the increasingly flexible and multinational drug trade network. In the summer of 2002, the Drug Enforcement Administration, working with 25,000 officials in...
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As six-way talks begin in Beijing on August 27, all participants – excepting North Korea – agree on one thing: the Korean peninsula must remain nuclear free. Aside from this fundamental point, however, all participants remain divided about the appropriate course of action. North Korea continues...
North Korea mixed smiles with threats and China urged patience yesterday as the US and its allies huddled to coordinate their positions on the eve of talks over North Korea's nuclear crisis.
The two...
Hyundai, the leading car manufacturing in Korea, is looking to expand its sales in the European and Asian markets. Hyundai's power in the American market ought to be supplemented by a strong presence in the growing European and Asian markets, company officials say. With this in mind, Hyundai...
As far as Hyundai Motor Co. is concerned, if North America and China are important for the market they currently offer, then Europe and other parts of Asia are valuable for their potential.
Exports to Europe...
Was US President George W. Bush's trip to Africa primarily self-serving or truly centered on the continent's welfare? Throughout the five-day visit, critics asserted that the only interests the US President holds in Africa are American. Some observers believe that after finding itself...
ABUJA - Has Africa seized a permanent place on the US foreign policy agenda or is it fated to endure more years of neglect now that President George W. Bush has wrapped up his five-day sprint through the continent...
香港的经济究竟有没有从1998年的亚洲金融危机当中走出来?在《环球企业家》的谢国忠看来，实际上，比起1998年，香港的经济在一定程度上是更加把泡沫“吹”大了。由于香港经济过度依赖房地产和金融行业，因此，泡沫越来越大，至今已经积重难返。比如，香港目前房价非常之高，但是，有超过三分之二的土地却并未开发，而且，香港还可以学新加坡那样，填海造田，因此，香港的高房价并不是由于所谓“土地稀缺”而引起的。香港的房地产价格之所以居高不下，是因为香港背靠大陆，而大陆过去十年经济的繁荣造就了大批的权贵阶层，这一阶层在香港推动房地产市场的攀高，使得港府被绑架到新一轮的房地产泡沫经济的制造大潮当中去。...
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