Populists claim to represent the fears and desires of ordinary people, and nationalist forces who generally express little interest in global standards or governance are organizing around a shared hostility toward Muslims and other immigrants. Azeem Ibrahim, director of the Displacement and...
United by fear: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met in June to discuss worries about migration and Muslims; the yellow vest movement that began in France and spread to Canada gains traction by opposing...
Confirmed COVID-19 cases exceed1 million worldwide, and the death toll is more than 50,000. Numerous economies imposed shutdowns of all but essential services like food, ordering citizens to shelter in their homes and avoid crowds. “Coronavirus prevention measures that include required or...
In an apparent last-minute save, Germany's transportation minister persuaded his Italian counterpart to join Berlin in blocking other EU countries from granting more authority to Brussels over transportation rules. The German government fears that if the EU Commission acquires more authority...
Germany appears to have stopped - for now - a proposed European Union directive that could have paved the way for the EU Commission to eventually undermine bans on heavy trucks operating on Sundays in...
The recent G-8 meeting in Evian, France attracted particular attention because it was the first time leaders of the west met after the U.S. war on Iraq. Also, in an effort to widen the scope of dialogue, for the first time, leaders from some developing countries were invited to attend the summit....
Billed as an opportunity for French diplomacy to reassert itself following divisions between Europe and the United States over the US-led war on Iraq, this week's summit of the world's leading industrialised nations,...
重庆市委书记被清洗，标志着中国的改革派与新保守派之间正发生权力转移，这将对外交政策和外国投资者有着重大影响。就政府管治而言，专制体制下的中国可以有很快的政策步伐，但最高领导层中却存在着改革派与新保守派的分裂。薄熙来是毛泽东战友之子，被称为“太子党”，是新保守派的领军人物。他积极推行的政策就是建立在国有企业、低工资、政府补助住房和高调的反腐运动之上。中国专家顾德明指出，外国投资者、跨国企业及西方消费者也许喜欢这种的政策，因为这样可以在短期内带来低成本的货物和利润。但是，他在结论中提到，从长远来看，对政府和商业的改革计划会支持地方选举、薪资谈判及市民社会，“代表着人类的进步。”——耶鲁全球
巴黎：随着重庆直辖市市委书记薄熙来于三月十五日被马上解职，北京小心营造的“团结领导层”的形象被粉碎。风格张扬的薄熙来本是政治局常务委员会有抱负的候选人。中国国内都能感到这位身为太子党的高调领导人的陨落所带来的回响，这倒也寻常。但考虑到这次解职背后的权力斗争和政策讨论，其影响很可能会在大范围内为外国投资者和中国的国际伙伴所感知。
薄熙来激起了强烈的情绪，重新让人们尝到了自1978年来就被埋藏起来的意识形态上的苦涩。他是一个双面的政治家，作为毛泽东战友薄一波之子，他的血脉推着他前进。...
China again succeeded in mobilizing its allies to block Taiwan's bid for observership at the World Health Assembly (WHA), the highest decision body of the World Health Organization (WHO). Taiwan's bid was rejected for the seventh time in a row. This year, however, because of the Sars...
Although Taiwan was rejected yesterday for the seventh time in its bid to become an observer in the World Health Assembly (WHA), Taiwanese officials saw remarkable progress in other countries' support for Taiwan's bid...
The revelation of a nuclear weapons program in North Korea will test the Bush administration's ability to manage foreign policy and a multi-front war on terrorism. Former ambassador to Korea Stephen Bosworth says he's concerned "about the overload on the intelligence side, human and...
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Foreign fighters have converged on Syria, especially Aleppo, and reporters describe the many languages and goals on the war’s frontlines for Spiegel: “Aleppo, the destroyed, divided city, has become a symbol for the horrors of the air war that the Syrian regime and its allies are waging against the...
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