As the global frenzy over Iraq reaches its boiling point, the Bush administration has downplayed the threat of nuclear weapons in North Korea. Capitalizing on US distraction, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is apparently building up a nuclear stockpile, perhaps to later sell to improve a weak...
"Time is running out,'' President Bush has warned sternly in recent days. He was talking about Iraq and the U.S. demand that it end its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs or face war. But the president...
Climate change is changing communities and their surrounding environment, exacerbating floods, droughts, wildfires, storms and other challenges associated with human interventions. “It has a cruel way of exposing existing failures, which is why good governance is so important in countries preparing...
在制定切实可行的全球战略以结束不可持续的经济失衡问题上，世界最大经济体的领导者们再次拖拖拉拉。乱哄哄的希腊债务违约威胁，希腊政府仓惶的应对，以及意大利上升的债券价格和债务危机均给G20峰会蒙上了阴影。欧元区领导人同意为困境中的成员国设立不低于1万亿美元的救助基金，但其余国家却依然推诿搪塞，不愿出资。耶鲁全球本系列三篇文章分析了诸种旨在稳定全球经济的努力。在中篇中，经济学家大卫•达皮斯（David Dapice）指出政府高负债，经济增长缓慢以及各国政府的应对无法统一，是对全球经济最大也最直接的威胁。各国政府认识到有必要在降低债务、缩减开支、增加税收并逐步改善全球失衡等方面进行全球合作。...
让我们一起祈祷：奥巴马总统和尼古拉•萨科齐（左），安格拉•默克尔和戴维•卡梅伦（右）齐聚二十国集团戛纳峰会
梅德福(Medford)：希腊对是否就债务问题进行公投举棋不定，这给二十国集团戛纳 峰会蒙上阴影。正如人们担忧的那样，此次会议以惨淡收场。围绕希腊债务问题的这出备受关注的大戏遮蔽了一些更加根本的全球经济难题。作为世界第四大债券市 场的意大利正在偿还其债务的6%。如果意大利人不彻底改变生活方式，意大利的财政状况没有根本扭转，那么这个比率将最终导致债务违约。欧洲的银行持有巨额 主权债务。...
Strong education systems contribute to strong economies. Every three years the Programme for International Student Assessment, PISA, tests the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in math, reading and science. More than 80 countries have participated, and many obsess about rankings....
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Read more about the PISA test from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development.
Top Ranked Nations for PISA issued in 2015:
Science: Singapore, Hong Kong and Macao
Reading; Singapore, Hong Kong and Canada
Science:...
The union movement in construction has suffered steady eroding membership over recent decades as employers confront pressure from foreign competition. As a result, the industry turns to nonunion workers to reduce costs. In Denver, Colorado, illegal immigrants are a prime source for nonunion...
DENVER -- Over the past three decades, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners has seen its share of interior construction jobs in Colorado plunge to just 10% from 70%. That decline has prompted union leaders...
As China's center for foreign investment and cosmopolitan culture, Shanghai provides an intriguing case study on the intersection of globalism and nationalism, writes James Farrer. During the recent wave of anti-Japanese protests, demonstrators' voices alternated between an intensely...
'Evil plotter': Demonstrator throws projectile at the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai while security forces seek to avoid confrontation. (Photo: Reuters)
SHANGHAI: One of the more surprising aspects of the recent series...
When the price of oil spiked in the 1970s, the profits were lost to corruption and thus only deepened oil-producing nations’ social problems. We can do much better this time, argues Mohamed Sid-Ahmed: the current boom in oil prices is an opportunity for oil producers to further develop their...
The Nobel Foundation's decision to award this year's peace prize to the International Atomic Agency and its director, Mohamed El-Baradei, highlights the importance of the energy sector in today's world. Despite the...
At the start of 2010, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heralded internet freedom as a top foreign policy concern. But the website WikiLeaks released a series of embarrassing military and diplomatic cables, and the US restricts its employees from reading documents readily available throughout...
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