Russian President Vladimir Putin has made few friends within the anti-globalization movement, despite government actions that – on the surface, at least – reflect goals espoused by demonstrators – from Seattle to Genoa. Liliana N. Proskuryakova argues that anti-globalization activists have held...
Populist authoritarianism: Vladimir Putin opposes globalization like the Left but lacks respect for civil liberties and social welfare
ST. PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin's policies have sought to...
Kenyan’s government is in turmoil with two men claiming to be president. Elections were held in August 2017, and courts found irregularities and ordered a repeat election in October. Raila Odinga, an opposition leader, boycotted that October election that led to President Uhuru Kenyatta being sworn...
Globalization is a non-stop economic process. Individuals, companies or governments are always on the lookout for new processes or innovations – and so the economic and power structure of the world is never stagnant. The West made a mistake in assuming that the flow of technology and know-how moves...
The reality of "globalization" is that it is a continuous economic process driven both by fundamental economic policy changes by individual governments and by technological innovation. New countries and sources of...
The Ebola threat disrupts daily routines in the four countries where infections are spreading and concern is high in neighboring nations and beyond about doing business or accepting travelers and students from the region. The numbers of infections are small. Meticulous attention to precautionary...
The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington last week may have been overshadowed by the Ebola crisis facing West Africa, but decisions that flow from that historic gathering could determine how swiftly countries such as mine, Liberia, recover from...
The North American Free Trade Agreement, in effect for more than two decades, likely saved the US auto industry. “Even in the narrowest sense – to protect jobs in car assembly plants – a wall of tariffs against America’s southern neighbor would probably do more harm than good,” suggests Eduardo...
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Just as employees work remote, business owners can also operate a business from anywhere in the globe. Businessweek describes a man who ran a business that connects patients with affordable dentists in 27 nations, first from Mexico and then from Thailand. High-speed internet and free online tools...
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Ireland’s decision in September to borrow from the European Central Bank to repay €55 billion in bonds of bankrupt Irish banks calmed markets for the time being. The outcome satisfied large European banks that held the bonds, but left the Irish government with an open-ended commitment to cover...
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After World War II, Kosovo became a province of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Kosovo, with its majority of ethnic Albanians, enjoyed near-autonomy until 1989 and the oppressive rule of Slobodan Milosevic. The Albanians resisted throughout the 1990s, atrocities ensued,...
Cry for self-determination: The demand for independence could slide Kosovo into a conflict with Serbia and Russia, eventually involving the West. (Photo: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc)
PRISTINA: It’s almost nine years since...