India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks common ground with his foreign counterparts and one of those includes religion, specifically Buddhism. That religion began in 624 BC in a stretch of northern India that is now Nepal – and spread throughout Asia. “Modi went beyond the notion of promoting...
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The G-20 leaders, though accustomed to protests and denouncements, may find resisting protectionism even more arduous. But with the International Labour Organization forecasting a loss of 50 million jobs globally due to the current recession, refraining from protectionism is precisely what is...
By the time the leaders of the G-20 nations gather at London’s ExCel Conference centre on 2 April, they will surely have seen — at least on television — thousands of protesters denouncing them for the misery being...
A Chinese policy that generally limited families to one child has been revised: Couples can have two children if either spouse is an only child. But China may discover that increasing family size is tougher than reduction, warns demographer Joseph Chamie. “This mid-course correction in population...
Baby steps to stop aging: Doting on one child, top; China’s superannuated wait around for benefits
NEW YORK: In an attempt to mitigate a near-certain demographic future of rapid aging, shrinking labor force and critical gender imbalance, the Chinese...
Hispanics, about 17 percent of the US population, represented just 10 percent of voters in the nation’s 2012 presidential election, but soundly rejected harsh proposals on immigration, including rigid enforcement and no amnesty for those already in the country illegally. Since the election, both...
Unwelcome guests? The US imposes strict limits on guestworkers - Mexican guestworkers line up at the US consulate (top), willing to take on jobs in agriculture and other industries, like packing lettuce in Arizona, which most Americans don't want to...
President Obama may be worthy of the Noble Peace Prize if he can achieve a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty on nuclear weapons. But many obstacles stand in his way. New nuclear weapon states, transfer of weapon technology, and the strategic exigencies of balancing the threat of US military...
A disarming chat: India won't give up right to test nukes in favor of a flawed non-proliferation regime
PHILADELPHIA: US President Barack Obama won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize; now he has to prove he deserved it. Obtaining a Comprehensive Test Ban...
Large blocks of voters, including unions and some professions, often choose a president based on a clear-cut stance on one issue like trade. The positions of unions and blue-collar workers “reflect a widespread belief that free trade with developing countries, and with China in particular, is a...
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When India voted alongside the US in a recent IAEA Board resolution targeting Iran’s nuclear policies, governments around the world were stunned. It signaled that India had overturned its history of “non-alignment” and closed ranks with US foreign policy interests. The July 18 agreement between the...
Many a slip between the cup and the lip: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Bush toast their agreement in July 2005. (Photo: White House)
WASHINGTON: There is a growing concern in the US Congress over...
Israel’s expanding conflict with the Muslim world may have forced many observers into a frustrated state of ambivalence. Yet “Boston Globe” columnist James Carroll urges onlookers to examine the larger context of Islamist extremism. Israel confronts extraordinary violence from Hezbollah and Hamas,...
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