This article from Outlook India suggests that one of the Bush administration’s objectives in the war on Iraq may be to maintain the dominance of the US dollar in the global economy. The Euro in recent years has been an attractive alternative to the US dollar for many countries around the world,...
What's this US-Iraq war all about? Many readers will think of it as a dumb question. Obviously, it's about oil: the US wants to control the world's second-largest oil reserves. Of course, it's about strategic concerns...
Just a day before North Korea announced the resumption of the operation of a nuclear reactor closed since 1994, a top US official gave for the first time a personal account of his meeting with North Korean officials. He said that after reviewing the Clinton administration’s North Korea policy, the...
Yongbyon fuel rod fabrication plant, 1992 (image courtesy of IAEA). Inset: President Kim Jong-il.
During my visit to North Korea on October 3-5, top North Korean officials acknowledged the existence of a covert uranium enrichment program....
The new coronavirus strikes as the pace of growth for some large economies around the world has slowed or even contracted. That constrains governments’ ability to respond. “This is a supply shock – not a demand shock that can be rectified with monetary stimulus,” explains Stephen Roach, author,...
Globalization muzzled: China’s export machine sputters weakening globalization while streets of some cosmopolitan centers like Shanghai are empty (Source: Reuters)
NEW HAVEN: With financial markets reeling in the face of a global pandemic, fear and...
The world is not so different from a small, connected community, confronting numerous challenges with consequences for all inhabitants. Resolution requires cooperation rather than competition that exacerbates the pressing global problems, including climate change, nuclear non-proliferation,...
We're trapped in a debilitating paradox. People around the world increasingly perceive their interconnectedness and interdependence. In principle, they recognize that this implies a need for closer international cooperation. Yet governance at all...
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, troubled by a YouTube video that criticized Islam, took steps to shut down the popular video website in Pakistan. The authority created a dummy site, leading viewers who expected YouTube to a blank site. Such tactics are not unusual in countries that...
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The long-term future of global trade hangs in balance as the World Trade Organization struggles to reach consensus on desperately needed reform. A two-part series analyzes the promise WTO once held and how the pursuit of narrow and immediate gain by the richer nations may threaten the future for...
Beware of what you wish for: The failure of the Doha Round could be disastrous for all, including poor countries
WASHINGTON: Franklin Roosevelt, launching the first international trade negotiations in the spring...
Afghan elders approved of a long-term security accord that would allow the United States to maintain a relatively small military presence in the country for training and counterterrorism operations after 2014. But President Hamid Karzai keeps slipping in new demands. Susan Rice, US national...
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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order extending travel restrictions for citizens of six countries including Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania. Previous orders restricted travel for Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen as well as Chad, North Korea...
