When Starbucks coffee shop opened in the Forbidden City seven years ago, China was striving to join the international economic community. Now, the country’s citizens are divided about adopting international trends versus preserving cultural and historical heritage. Rui Chenggang, a television...
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A politically integrated world; the United Nations Security Council hosting expanded and regional organizations, like the African Union; and new applications of economic integration – this could be the face of global diplomacy 15 years from now, predicts Anne-Marie Slaughter in an article for...
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Angela Merkel is stepping down as her party’s leader and said her fourth term as German chancellor is her last. Some analysts anticipate “prolonged paralysis and a Germany less inclined to share its wealth and locked in confrontation with its neighbours” and others hope for a stronger coalition...
To stem the spread of nuclear weapons, President Bush proposes a ban on all sales of civilian nuclear enrichment technology. Under his new plan, nuclear countries would provide fuel only to those countries that renounce enrichment. Recognizing that this could fundamentally change the Nuclear Non-...
President George W. Bush called on Wednesday for a renewed effort to halt the spread of atomic weapons by banning all sales of civilian nuclear enrichment and reprocessing technologies to countries that do not already...
Is there a global 'face' for female beauty? If so, it isn't Asian, say the heads of several Asian modeling agencies. As the Elite modeling agency gears up for its talent search in Singapore this weekend, only about one-fifth of the contestants are Asians. "There may be more...
OF the 65 girls in the Elite Model Look contest being held here on Saturday, 12, or almost one-fifth, are Asian. But the chances of any of them winning it are slimmer than their waistlines, say industry insiders...
Residual anger about the Iraq War needn’t impede economic cooperation between the US and Europe, maintains Jeffrey Garten, dean of the Yale School of Management. According to Garten, accusations of continued American unilateralism are largely exaggerated. US President Bush is currently engaged in...
Happy American farmer, but US policy on GMO is a source of friction with Europe.
NEW HAVEN: Three months after the Iraq War it is clear that the news of the demise of the Trans-Atlantic alliance was greatly...
Close-knit global communication is helping to spread information and arouse passions about developments in far-away places. This New York Times report finds widespread resentment among Kenya’s Muslim community about their condition at home and abroad. Much of that resentment is born of a...
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For centuries, Islam in Southeast Asia was renowned for its adaptability to local practices and tolerance of other religions. Over the past three decades, however, fundamentalists have tried to homogenize Islam, introducing new tensions. The second article of this two-part series explores Arab...
Growing Arabization: Muslims pray in a Jakarta mosque. Conservatism and
intolerance are on the rise in Southeast Asia. (Photo: Copyright Steven L. Raymer)
NAGOYA: In Malaysia and Indonesia traditional greetings used to...