Cities and nations inspire, not when their citizens fear and denigrate immigrants, but instead welcome the newcomers’ skills and ideas and celebrate their rising influence. “In a world where terrorism and Islamophobia is spreading rapidly, London showed its inherent multicultural, diverse character...
In a world where terrorism and Islamophobia is spreading rapidly, London showed its inherent multicultural, diverse character when it elected the first Muslim Mayor, Sadiq Khan. He won the maximum number of votes garnered by any other mayor of the...
Western terms defining regions often stick despite the existence of more relevant, indigenous language. The label “Maritime Southeast Asia,” covering the area shared by Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia, fails to take into account shared Austronesian language roots or history including the...
Seafaring legacy: Nusantaria is the world's largest archipelago, and advances in marine technologies over centuries drove global commerce and cultural exchanges; a stone relief from Borobudur in Central Java, built during the 9th century, details...
Boasting uninhibited women, lush tropical backdrops, and cheap production costs, Brazil has become a prime destination for adult film outsourcing. But Brazil also has the second highest incidence of HIV and AIDS in the western hemisphere. Last month, the porn industry's increasingly global...
SAO PAULO - Flush with dollars, American porn film directors swoop into Brazil for its exotic and uninhibited women, dazzling tropical backdrops and cheap production costs -- a phenomenon that has turned South America's...
After much outside pressure and great internal dissent, South Korea has announced its willingness to consider liberalizing rice imports. The country currently allows only a small percentage of its domestic rice demand to be met by imports. Yet to comply with rules set by the World Trade...
Talks on rice imports will start in the near future, as Korea has recently notified the World Trade Organization that it is ready to negotiate with rice-exporting WTO members. But the Korean government will have to fight an uphill battle, not...
Due to advances in global media technologies, the public and the private sectors in the United States are increasingly subcontracting services to countries with cheap labor. Contractors for the State of New Jersey arranged for telephone operators in Bombay, India to handle calls from the state...
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China is rising and its leaders vow this rise will be peaceful. A shared history can be a motivating force, binding citizens together. “Some leaders, though, selectively use historical memories to serve political and strategic objectives,” explains Suisheng Zhao, professor and director of the...
Making history: The Road of Rejuvenation, an exhibition at the National Museum of China, describes the nation’s quest for peace and prosperity after the Opium War of 1840; China’s President Xi Jinping lifts a glass to celebrate multiple deals with...
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons allows non-nuclear nations to engage in scientific research on using nuclear power for peaceful purposes. States cannot engage in the transfer of nuclear material without safeguards, and non-nuclear states agree to accept safeguards and...
Pyrrhic victory: Iranian president's pleasure about the tripartite nuclear deal may be short lived
WASHINGTON: While 189 members huddled in New York to review implementation of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the most important actions...
The wave of protests that swept through the Middle East in 2011, known as the Arab Spring, rocked governments and ended a handful of dictatorships. Citizens of those countries anticipated a new era in the region’s politics amid the power of activism. “All of the revolts of 2011, except for Tunisia’...
After the spring, harsh winter: The Arab Spring brought Mohammed Morsi, right, to power in Egypt only to be replaced by his defense minister, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi; Syrian refugees flee the war in the chaotic aftermath
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