As part of its ongoing battle to isolate the communist regime of Fidel Castro, the United States plans to crack down on companies and people that do business with Cuba in contravention of US law. The US Treasury Department has identified ten Cuban companies that have helped US citizens travel to...
In the latest move to obey President Bush's orders to tighten U.S. sanctions on Havana, the Treasury Department on Monday identified 10 companies owned by the Cuban government and warned that anyone doing business with...
Architecture reflects a society’s values and aspirations for how governments, businesses and families might make use of space. With the 21st century emerged a desire around the globe to display wealth and power quickly, explains an article prepared by staff of Spiegel Online, and “Yearnings for...
Click here for the article on Spiegel Online.
The World Health Organization recently called the outbreak of swine flu a health emergency of “international concern.” Government responses have been varied with the US noting that none of the cases domestically have been fatal; Europe and Hong Kong urging its citizens to avoid travel to the US and...
Click here for the article on Time Magazine.
Donald Trump continues a pattern of rejecting longstanding US national security policies and supporting Russian interpretations by praising the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as a fight against terrorism. Both the United Nations and the United States opposed the invasion. US intelligence...
Manufactured goods from Mexico have comprised a larger share of the US imports, reaching 14 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund, while China’s share in it has declined. With labor costs rapidly increasing in China, and wages doubling every few years, US investors have looked to...
Click here for the article in The New York Times.
Peace and stability in an expanded Europe cannot be separated from the fortunes of its giant neighbor to the east, Russia. President Vladimir Putin, who was recently won a second term in office, talks of being the president of a free people in a free country, but his actions so far have been marked...
At his inauguration, Putin strutted like an emperor, not a president.
STOCKHOLM: Vladimir Putin said all the right things when he took the oath of office for his second term as President of Russia on May 7...
The West uses sanctions to encourage authoritarian governments to meet global norms. In this two-part YaleGlobal series on the efficacy of sanctions, authors examine the experiences of two countries. In the first of the series, Hong Kong-based journalist Philip Bowring argues that sanctions can...
RANGOON: The US is to ease its economic sanctions against Burma, the UK has announced a suspension, and other EU countries are likely to follow suit soon. But all are still an inadequate response to the opportunities for real change at all levels...
Governments tend to rely on national security apparatuses to protect those in power as much as the country at large. President Xi Jinping assumed leadership of the Chinese Communist Party in late 2012, and since then, indicated an expectation for increasing the nation’s global influence. Such...
Securing power: Top three of China's National Security apparatus, Xi Jinping, from the left; Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang (top); Xinjiang militants crash a car in front of Tiananmen Square gate in October 2013
BEIJING: When Xi Jinping came to power,...
