As the globe’s population swells – from about 2 billion people a century ago to more than 7 billion today – migration numbers are on the rise, too, from 173 million in 2000 to about 250 million today. “International law and definitions have not kept pace,” argues Will Hickey, author and associate...
Arbitrating life and death: While some nations and their citizens support asylum-seekers, other countries worry about being overwhelmed, including Turkey where soldiers block Syrian refugees at the border
JAKARTA: The European Union is going out of...
Water privatization, in theory, is supposed to steady supplies and costs of the limited resource. But water is essential for survival and is regarded as a basic public service. Government handing control to companies seeking profits leads to problems including emphasis on increased costs, reduced...
Russia is Europe’s most populous country, and Vladimir Putin, in his fourth term, promises to focus on modernizing the economy and social institutions. “It is evident... that achieving a new level of economic development is hardly possible in total isolation,” argues Viatcheslav Morozov, professor...
Identity crisis: Russians are divided over support for modernization versus traditionalism; peasant imagery such as the painting Time for Harvesting by Grigoriy Myasoyedov is used for political purposes even as Vladimir Putin promises modernization...
The transition period for Britain’s relationship with the European Union and membership privileges end in December, and Brexit talks are at a stalemate. “Any future direct EU access after the transition period is over will be decided by whether Brussels feels the UK regulation is ‘equivalent’ to...
North Korea is among the world’s most isolated nations. Since the end of the Korean War in 1953, the regime lashes out at South Korea, thriving just across the border. The most recent provocation: a landmine attack that wounded two South Korean border guards. Seoul responded by switching on...
Empty threat? North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatens war against South Korea, top; South Koreans carry on with life as usual
SEOUL: The blood-curdling threats against the South emanating from North Korea are all too familiar, but ironically the...
Few countries will be insulated from the slowdown of the Chinese economy, even those not intricately tied to the Chinese supply chain. “China did indeed stimulate its way out of the 2008 crisis but now it has to deal with overcapacity and debt,” writes Nayan Chanda, founding editor of YaleGlobal...
As the Chinese economy slows down, economies that have long relied on feeding the world’s factory are becoming increasingly worried. Some Indian politicians and commentators, however, perceive in China’s troubles an opportunity for India to shine....
The capture in Libya of Abu Anas Al Liby, accused of engineering the 1998 bomb blasts that destroyed two US embassies in Africa and killed 220 people, represents a violation of Libyan sovereignty by the United States, suggests a Abu-Dhabi newspaper. The United States did not notify Libyan officials...
His badge gleaming in the sunshine, the sheriff strides down the dusty western street, wins his shoot-out with the villain, restores peace and order, and rides off into the sunset.
This Hollywood stereotype is embedded in America’s psyche, but...
A generic version of the world’s top-selling prescription drug – Lipitor – was anticipated this fall, and Katherine Eban, writing for Fortune, suggests that “Generic-drug companies are now feuding like greedy relatives at Lipitor's graveside.” Exclusive rights to sell drugs end 20 years after...
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