The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued recommendations in strong support for net neutrality, prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal internet access for all. The recommendations are unlike efforts in the United States to reverse net neutrality rules and allow internet providers to...
The world is not preparing for its most pressing challenges, and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized global institutions for failing to recognize widespread aspirations or to confront reality. He addressed the World Economic Forum, an annual meeting of corporate, government and other...
Six major banks agreed to pay fines near $6 billion for the varying roles of their traders roles in alleged manipulation of foreign exchange rates. “In total, authorities in the United States and Europe have fined seven banks over $10 billion for failing to stop traders from trying to manipulate...
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Global leaders have been more adept at resolving economic crises than the climate crisis. Negotiating an economic crisis, whether it’s Brussels imposing euro budget oversight and consequences for excessive debt or the US avoiding a fiscal cliff of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes, is forced...
NEW YORK: The annual ritual of climate negotiations has just ended in Doha, following a pattern similar to previous climate conferences. The negotiations continued late into the night. Agreements reached at the last minute will do little to limit...
The European Union may strengthen after voters in the United Kingdom elected to withdraw from the Union, and Chris Miller, associate director of Yale’s Grand Strategy Program, offers analysis as to why: Britain’s economic challenges could prompt hesitation among other members contemplating a...
Falsehoods and second thoughts: Britain’s Brexit proponent Boris Johnson gave false hopes to voters, top, while Austria’s far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer has chosen to support EU
NEW HAVEN: Events since the Brexit vote suggest that...
An immediate challenge for the international community, one that dominated discussions at the G20 summit in Hamberg, is North Korea. The dogged pursuit of a nuclear weapons by the rogue nation illustrates the repercussions and security dilemma of any nation’s quest for absolute security, heightens...
Securing insecurity: World leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Donald Trump struggle in search for agreement; leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organization meet in Astana
WASHINGTON: The G20 summit in...
The United States invaded Afghanistan soon after the September 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, DC. After more than 17 years of war, Donald Trump signals that the war’s end is near. The “timing appears to be based on electoral calculations rather than the security situation on the ground,...
Populists claim to represent the fears and desires of ordinary people, and nationalist forces who generally express little interest in global standards or governance are organizing around a shared hostility toward Muslims and other immigrants. Azeem Ibrahim, director of the Displacement and...
United by fear: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met in June to discuss worries about migration and Muslims; the yellow vest movement that began in France and spread to Canada gains traction by opposing...