Many predicted that the rise of the Internet in the 1990s would herald an information technology 'revolution' that would change almost every aspect of human life. While the reality for many has proven less exciting than the hype, there is one small corner of cyberspace that is living up...
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HONG KONG: In the last ten years, the Internet has opened up incredible amounts of...
China is intent on dominating the entire South China Sea, including sections claimed by neighboring nations like the Philippines and Vietnam. The coercion has caught the United States off guard. Using tracking systems and military installations, “China has set the stage to turn areas around its...
US freedom to navigate while China is free to expand its control: US Navy ship conducts FONOP mission near Chinese-made island, top; Chinese aircraft lands on runway built on an artificial island
WASHINGTON: After President Barack Obama’s visits to...
Inventors and inventions drive economic growth, and it’s not just the titans like Thomas Edison who created new industries by filing hundreds of patents for products like the phonograph, the movie camera, an incandescent light bulb. By experimenting and comparing results, workers at different...
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Robert J. Shiller, a 2013 Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor of Economics at Yale University and the co-creator of the Case-Shiller Index of US house prices. He is the author of Irrational...
Many diplomats, academics, and human rights groups claim that recent American policies and blunders have “eroded the moral leadership that Washington has pursued without embarrassment for years.” Citing the Iraq war, prisoner detention at Guantánamo Bay, the promulgation of the Patriot Act, and...
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The phrase "clash of civilizations" may be a popular framework for understanding the conflicts between the United States and the Middle East, but in the end it hinders the progress of peace and democracy, writes Sarah Eltantawi. The idea of a stiff binary – "West" versus "...
One byproduct of the widespread "clash of civilizations" discourse overtaking discussion of US-Islamic and Middle Eastern relations is the idea that people are either positioning themselves in agreement with or in...
As the US moves toward military action against Iraq, many people in Saudi Arabia are adamantly opposed to Saudi assistance of the US. Dismissing the idea that the US wishes to spread democracy, ordinary Saudis see an anti-Muslim and pro-Israel agenda in America's every move in the region....
A decade ago Saddam Hussein was the villain Saudis feared. These days, the Iraqi strongman can find in the kingdom the most unlikely allies.
"In 1990 Saddam was wrong in invading Kuwait, now the US would be wrong...
在2011年911袭击发生几个小时之后，巴基斯坦信誓旦旦地保证，将协助美国对抗来自邻国阿富汗的恐怖主义。但是经过今年五月在阿伯塔巴德发现本拉登藏身之所，和11月美国空袭阿富汗边界造成24名巴士兵丧生等一系列事件后，两国之间的互不信任达到了顶点。本期耶鲁全球系列文章将对恶化的关系及其地区影响进行探讨。在下篇文章中，华盛顿威尔逊国际研究中心（Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars）的亚洲项目主任罗伯特M•哈撒韦（Robert M. Hathaway）认为，不能就此放弃在巴基斯坦的努力。尽管美国和巴基斯坦在战略上有差异，...
灭火：愤怒的巴基斯坦民众示威抗议北约空袭造成伤亡（上）；美国参议员约翰•克里（John Kerry）、巴基斯坦前驻美大使侯赛因•哈卡尼（Hussein Haqqani）（左）以及巴基斯坦总统阿西夫•阿里•扎尔达里（Asif Ali Zardari）（右）
华盛顿：传遍华盛顿的悄悄话现在声音越来越大： 离婚不可避免，甚至可能就近在眼前。随着11月26日美国的空袭造成巴基斯坦境内20多名士兵死亡，美巴之间艰难的“战略伙伴”关系就变得更加尖锐。伊斯 兰堡随即做出了反应：...
The Catalan regional premier relied on results of a referendum to declare and then quickly suspend independence for Catalonia. The declaration has been “received by an unshakeable rejection on the part of the opposition in Catalonia, all of the parties in Spain – whether on the left or the right...
