Boasting uninhibited women, lush tropical backdrops, and cheap production costs, Brazil has become a prime destination for adult film outsourcing. But Brazil also has the second highest incidence of HIV and AIDS in the western hemisphere. Last month, the porn industry's increasingly global...
SAO PAULO - Flush with dollars, American porn film directors swoop into Brazil for its exotic and uninhibited women, dazzling tropical backdrops and cheap production costs -- a phenomenon that has turned South America's...
In a book to be published this week, former US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott tells the story of President Bill Clinton’s personal diplomacy in averting a possible nuclear war in South Asia. The conflict began in May 1999, when Pakistani commandos infiltrated the Indian part of Kashmir in...
On the brink of a catastrophe: Indian artillery pound Pakistani infiltrators in the Kargil region of Kashmir. Pakistan was reported to be readying its nuclear weapons until President Clinton intervened
WASHINGTON: During...
An Arab influence continues to transform secessionist efforts in Chechnya into a drive for an Islamic state. Islam, long part of the region’s identity, however, was not the impetus for nationalistic movement to separate from Russia, underway since the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union. Al Qaeda has...
Certain dramatic developments in Chechnya have given rise to a perception that radical Islamist organisations have steered the secessionist movement toward creating an Islamic imamat in North Eastern Caucasus, similar...
Explorers slowly extended regional trade routes throughout ancient history, and the year 1000 marked the first time that an object could circle the world. Thus, globalization began, argues Valerie Hansen, the Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University. This essay is based on her book...
The Year 1000: A small portion of the Qingming Scroll from the Song Dynasty, left, shows vibrant trade in a Chinese community; author Valerie Hansen conducted research in more than 15 nations to explore the earliest days of globalization, including...
From Sudan to Congo to Côte d'Ivoire to Rwanda, the African continent seems plagued with humanitarian crises. Some of these situations have received international attention – though often times, too late. Others have been virtually ignored. Such is the case with Northern Uganda, home to one...
Suffer the young: A group of children formerly abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army enjoy their freedom, but others may be kidnapped to replace them
NEW HAVEN: For nineteen years, war has plagued northern Uganda. Led...
Since the 2010 earthquake, billions of dollars in aid have poured into Haiti. But most of this money has gone towards salaries for expatriate NGO workers, not towards rebuilding Haiti. The trend has created a class of well-compensated expats who take jobs that might have gone to Haitians and drives...
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti five years ago was followed by a flood, as billions of dollars were poured into a reconstruction effort largely led by private non-governmental organizations.
Almost immediately, Haitians, activists, and...
Brazil is reluctant to impose sanctions on Iran, grounding its opposition on three major issues. First, Brazil sees sanctions as a prelude to military intervention and points to Iraq as the last time a UN resolution about weapons ended up in conflict. Second, Brazil thinks sanctions will be counter...
The obstacles to U.S. efforts to tighten UN sanctions against Iran were apparent in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's March 3 meetings in Brasilia. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, "It is not prudent to push Iran against the wall," and...
The following is a transcript of Nayan Chanda’s interview with Infosys founder, N.R. Narayana Murthy, conducted on April 28, 2006. Murthy analyzes factors required for success in the global market. He founded Infosys in 1981 with six software professionals, and now serves as the chairman and chief...
Nayan Chanda: We have with us in the studio Mr. Narayana Murthy. He is the founder and mentor-in-chief of Infosys, India’s second largest software company. Infosys was founded in 1981 with capital of $250, and today...
