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...
A US national intelligence estimate – a consensus of 16 intelligence agencies – recently concluded that Iran discontinued its nuclear-weapons program due to “international pressure.” Author and Middle East analyst Dilip Hiro examines the chronology of events and argues that Iran started and ended...
Once in charge: The 2003 US invasion of Iraq not only ended Saddam Hussein's rule, but probably also the Iranian quest for nuclear weapons
LONDON: Contrary to the claim by Washington’s latest National Intelligence...
After a US judge has blocked a US executive order banning travelers from seven predominately Muslim countries as well as all refugees, President Donald Trump criticized the judge for putting the naton in “peril” and questioned his authority. “The separation of powers is crucial to understanding how...
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On the heels of last month’s riots in France a storm of violence has broken out in Sydney, suggesting that comparisons should be made. Both events involve tensions between Arabs and the wider cultures in which they live. The riots in Sydney, however, make clearer the particular contribution of a...
A MONTH ago Paris was burning, as riots broke out following the accidental death of two Arab youths. They were fleeing police at the time. Now it's Sydney's turn, as a demonstration over the mugging of two lifesavers in...
新兴经济体已加入发达国家的行列，开始了疯狂的能源争夺战。为获取石油和天然气，他们冒着更大的风险钻井作业，却对因之产生的气候、环境和公众健康等问题置若罔闻。各国和石油公司不遗余力地钻探石油，然而一旦发生事故，弥补损失却并非易事，4月20日以来墨西哥湾油井爆炸和持续漏油事件就说明了这一点。本系列上下两篇文章检视了政府在结束对化石燃料依赖问题上的失败。上篇分析了海湾漏油事件昭显出来的复杂的全球联系和能源行业根深蒂固的既得利益。不论立足当前还是长远，良好的治理和法规都能对环境、生态和投资者利益起到很好的保护作用。政治领导人可以利用石油行业的混乱局面逃避责任；或者，...
华盛顿：泄漏的石油持续不断地涌入墨西哥湾，丝毫没有停止的迹象，这已经成了全世界的噩梦——漆黑的漏油带将扼杀海洋生物和美国海岸生态。但是，当危机减缓的时候——希望如此——能源、环境和贸易的政策会因此而改变，这场危机的影响力会远远超出墨西哥湾。
这场被称为“BP漏油事件”或“深水地平线”(Deepwater Horizon)漏油事故”的灾难使两个长期盟友心生芥蒂，大西洋两岸都怒火难平。石油公司和各级政府都手忙脚乱地控制石油泄露，但美国公民却不买账，对BP(1998年以前称为英国石油公司)...
Vancouver, a beautiful city with mild weather on the Pacific coast, is fast-growing technology hub in need of skilled workers. A US crackdown on immigration has made the job of recruiting skilled immigrant workers from Seattle, San Francisco and Silicon Valley much easier. Companies like Apple,...
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Tools of globalization like the internet, so often blamed for homogenizing the world, are also encouraging diverse lingual communities to connect and even revitalize their endangered languages. “Linguists estimate that of the world’s remaining 6,500 languages, up to half will no longer be in...
Disappearing voices: Gyani Maiyi Sen, 75, remains one of the world's last Kusunda speakers, top; Boa Sr., the last known Bo language speaker died in Andamans at 85 (Photo of Boa by Anvita Abbi)
NEW YORK: No one should be too surprised to overhear an...
Villagers in Thailand’s Taling Chan district have organized in an attempt to stop the planned construction of a natural gas pipeline. They fear the pipeline and its attendant support operations will industrialize their village and threaten their lifestyle. The pipeline, which would carry gas from...
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