The speed of communications, travel and globalization in general has transformed international relations. World order is no longer unipolar or multipolar; it is more like a multiplex theater than a chessboard, argues Amitav Acharya, in an article based on his new book, “The End of American World...
Beginning of the end? Last US prisoner retrieved from Afghanistan (top); new alliance in the making as Russia and China hold joint exercise, Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands with Russian naval...
As the world welcomes its 7 billionth person, the global fertility rate is about 2.5 children per woman. If maintained, that rate would lead to a global population of 15 billion by 2100. Pundits even fret about the most widely used scenario for global population – a UN projection based on about 2...
Hello World! Population growth is strong in Africa (top) and India, with its crowded streets
NEW YORK: By UN calculations, on October 31, the world’s population will hit 7 billion, twice the total 44 years ago and triple the population 66 years ago...
Contrary to what its most adamant critics maintain, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a primary defense for poor and oppressed nations against exploitation from powerful nations and companies. Economist Richard G. Lipsey traces how the international institution that regulates trade emerged from...
No Luddites here: Supply-chain production, containerization and global trade have created consumer nirvana
VANCOUVER: One major target of those protesting globalization on behalf of the poor is the World Trade...
美国或许是服务经济，但它仍然是世界最大的制造商。罗格斯商学院管理和全球商业教授法罗克•康恰克特（Farok Contractor）指出，美国制造业和美国工人有很多理由仍然保持上涨势头。美国公司投资高科技设备，美国工人每小时为产品增添的价值位居榜首。最近的经济困难也帮助刺激了制造业的复苏：工资下降使得美国有能力与劳动力成本低的中国竞争，焦虑的美国人工作时间延长，能源价格提高和自然灾害的频繁出现，都促使跨国公司将工厂安置到更接近美国市场的地方。康恰克特还指出了可能阻碍复苏的因素：美国学生对科技缺乏兴趣。因为美国工人的流动性大，美国制造商不愿意提供新技术培训的见习期。...
新泽西纽瓦克市：按照经济政策研究所（Economic Policy Institute）最近的一份研究，自2001年以来，因为与中国的贸易赤字，美国已经丧失了280万的就业岗位，其中70%在制造业领域。实际上，到沃尔玛或者梅西百货公司购物的消费者已经很难找到美国生产的商品了。
制造业在美国GDP中的比重现在确实只有12%到15%，从根本上说， 美国是服务经济。但是，美国仍然是世界最大的制造商，如果从每个工人每小时工作的附加值来看，其生产率仍然天下无敌（见表-1）。美国制造业的工资平均是...
Yemen’s civil war is also a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The country of 27 million people is surrounded by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden to the south and Oman to the east. Hodeida is a key port city on the Red Sea. “Renewed attacks on the Red Sea...
Read the article from Deutsche Welle about possible famine in Yemen.
US National Security Agency cyberweapons have been used against Britain and the Ukraine before spreading to other computers around the globe. The agency – charged with securing US information systems – is the largest of 17 intelligence agencies that combined had a budget of about $70 billion in...
Shoals and reefs dotting the South China Sea, now subject to competing claims from several nations, once presented treacherous traps for passing ships over the centuries. International law on deep-sea shipwrecks is murky, and recovery rights clash with preservation and research efforts. Owners,...
Underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio's team was exploring the wreckage of a 13th-century Chinese junk off the coast of the Philippines when it made an unwelcome discovery about China's maritime muscle in the 21st century.
As a twin-prop plane...
Massive protests have paralyzed Hong Kong, and resolution could be tested as the summer comes to a close and China ponders how to respond and exercise control. The protests began with one demand, withdrawing an extradition bill that would allow Hong Kong people to be sent to China for trials. The...
Managing two systems: Police tactics harden against Hong Kong's massive protests, and tensions escalate over broken promises as the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office holds its first press conference
HONG KONG: With summer coming to a close, the...
