The goal of sustainability is a clean environment for some, good jobs for others. Confusion is particularly acute in the area of renewable energy as countries accuse one another about unfair competition in solar panels, explains Doaa Abdel Motaal, deputy chief of staff for the World Trade...
Green powering jobs: US worker installs solar panels (top); Chinese workers assemble solar panels for export
GENEVA: The green economy has become the new buzzword around the globe. To environmentalists, the green economy is about greening and making...
The recent ousting of Kyrgyz President Bakiyev exposed the instability of today’s ex-Soviet oil-rich Central Asian nations. Western countries, as well as the nearby giants of Russia and China, have a history of sustaining the repressive rule of communist-era chiefs in order to shore up their own...
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The Sept. 11 attacks on the US may have awakened the world to the dangers of a passenger airliner being turned into a missile, but in malevolent hands a much more traditional mode of transport - a ship on the oceans - could be turned into dangerous tool. On the high seas, ships registered under...
Australian forces seize the North Korean drug-carrying ship Pong Su flying the flag of Tuvalu: Will such interdictions become the norm? (Photo: Australian Department of Defence)
SINGAPORE - The recent capture of a North Korean freighter...
WhatsApp and other social media platforms increasingly influence public perceptions during election campaigns. A parliamentary committee in Brazil is examining the spread of misinformation on social media and finds disturbing trends, including a tendency for confirmation bias. A data analysis firm...
Chinese officials are suppressing open discussion of AIDS, hindering already limited efforts to combat the spiraling epidemic. Rural areas - particularly in central China - emerged as the epicenter of the HIV-AIDS epidemic as farmers were exposed to the virus while selling blood. For years, the...
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Art is a means of soft power for persuading and attracting global attention. “As globalization has distributed economic benefits around the world more broadly, emerging economies are stepping up to express their role as actors in the global sphere,” explains John Zarobell, associate professor and...
Soft power art: The Kochi-Muziris Biennial opens in India, and Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei displays work at a German museum
SAN FRANCISCO: Though the concept certainly predates his analysis, Joseph Nye’s work on soft power has opened a...
Historically, Indonesian laws have reflected a pervasive worry about Chinese influence. It was not until 2000 that then-president Abdurrahman Wahid revoked laws prohibiting the display of Chinese culture and restricting the movement of Chinese-Indonesians. In spite of these changes, Indonesians of...
President Megawati Soekarnoputri has stepped into the controversy over the plight of Chinese-Indonesians by declaring that they are no longer required to possess an Indonesian Citizenship Certificate (SBKRI...
In the turmoil over the rigged elections in Ukraine, there is a growing danger of a new divide emerging between Russia and the West. Yet, contrary to many newspaper comments, this divide was not inherent in the elections which were more a referendum on the corrupt regime of Leonid Kuchma. However,...
Supporters of the Opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko in Kiev: Specter of splitting the country and division between Russia and the West.
NEW HAVEN: Even as the prospect of a repeat vote grows more likely, a...
