NATO’s top civilian leader, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen envisions an expanded, global role for NATO. Today, threats to NATO’s founding members, let alone the world, tend to be global in nature and frequently from non-state actors. Hence, overcoming such threats requires a globally...
Global temptation: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (top) envisons a bigger role but the orgainzation's performance in Afgahnistan raises doubt
WASHINGTON: Since the Cold War, NATO and other institutions have been struggling to redefine...
Most world leaders agree that global warming is a real and pressing issue, and are ready for any ideas on how to stop, fix or adapt to the problem. Environmentalists still express hope that conservation - some immediate sacrifices - could save species, habitats and even some human lives. “...
As the world's leaders gather in New York this week to discuss climate change, you're going to hear a lot of well-intentioned talk about how to stop global warming. From the United Nations, Bill Clinton, and even the Bush administration,...
The following is a transcript of Nayan Chanda's interview with Louis Uchitelle, economics writer for “The New York Times” and also the author of “The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences,” conducted on May 11, 2006. – YaleGlobal
Nayan Chanda: We are pleased to have in our studio Louis Uchitelle, economics writer of the New York Times. He has just published a book, “The Disposable American,” and this book is going to be the main subject of our...
Violent and vocal, Iranian students marched in protest again this week. The immediate stimulus was a government proposal to privatize the universities, but, according to one government worker who joined in, "For 25 years we have lived without any freedom. We want social freedom, economic...
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常为决策者忽视的人口变化趋势，显然与美国的移民入境政策相关。如果美国国会和奥巴马政府打算实施有效的移民入境政策，他们必须理解移民政策将如何随时间发展而影响美国人口。人口统计学家约瑟夫•夏米（Joseph Chamie）指出，决策者应该先问问，美国的人口数到底该是多少。对这个问题的回答将决定移民入境率，因为移民对人口增长存在乘数效应。美国现在是世界上人口最为稠密的发达国家，从目前的增长速度来看，美国人口在本世纪末前有可能超过欧盟。事实上，移民政策不仅影响社会保障和医疗保健等国内问题——这些问题由于政府的债务水平也会产生国际影响，而且还会影响资源运用以及与全球气候变化密切相关的碳排放量。设想一下...
等在门外的移民：除非控制移民率，否则美国的人口将超过欧洲。
约：随着美国新政府和国会开始应对移民政策改革，他们将再一次面对这样一个重大的问题：未来美国人口应当是多少？美国人口是否应当无限地增长下去，以至到 本世纪末，人口翻番达到6亿人？显然，对这个至关重要的人口问题的任何回答，都会对美国乃至国际社会产生严重和深远的经济、政治、社会和环境的影响。
美国一些主要的决策者不加批判地相信由移民增长导致的人口膨胀有利于美国的发展，能确保美国的繁荣、影响力以及与其他国家的和谐关系，即便有负面影响，...
The roots of Syria’s intractable civil war rest in sectarian differences and a legacy of colonialism that divided a region’s people, favoring a few elites and suppressing dissenters. Today, the violence continues unabated. The bitter feud that divides Syria’s minority Alawites and Christians and...
LONDON: The Indian subcontinent is about 5000 kilometers away from the cockpit of the Middle East’s latest upheaval, but analysts would do well to examine the subcontinent’s recent history to gain insight into Syria’s intractable conflict. At its...
Food prices may not reflect the full costs to the environment, including pesticides during the growing phase or wastewater after processing. The loss of clean water, fertile soil and other features of nature can exacerbate droughts, food shortages and wildfires. Trucost is using mathematical models...
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO, won 53 percent of the vote along with taking the majority of legislature seats. Issues in Mexico include the war on drugs, complacency against the Trump administration and failure to prosecute major criminal cases. By building grassroots support over...
