China and India move troops to a disputed border, and the US president offered to mediate. “Thousands of Chinese troops have reportedly moved into an area along the eastern Ladakh border, which India considers its territory,” reports CBS News. The two nations share a border that is about 3,400...
Fervent democracy at the national level is hampering monetary policymaking for the broader European Union in bringing quick end to the Greek debt crisis, explains Chris Miller, a Yale doctoral candidate and research associate at the Hoover Institution. Greek voters resent austerity measures imposed...
The Greek dilemma: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras did not get the support he expected from Russian President Vladimir Putin (top); meanwhile Greeks have had enough of austerity
NEW HAVEN: For a brief moment after Greek Prime Minister Alexis...
Coal provides about a third of the globe’s primary energy needs, according to the World Coal Association, and India ranks third in coal production and consumption, after China and the United States. China produced six times as much coal than India in 2012, but is acting to reduce its reliance and...
But nations like India are forecast to bear the brunt of climate change with record heat and falling water tables. The World Health Organization reports 7 million died from pollution in 2012, more than a third in fast-growing Asian nations.
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As NATO plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, stability is in doubt for a country with inept governance and stubborn opposition from an obscurantist group. Crime reports from Afghanistan suggest the Taliban are waging attacks on police and schools, including the recent attack on a convoy...
Battle for Afghanistan’s future: Afghan students celebrate graduating from Thunderbird School of Global Management's Project Artemis (top); back home, the Taliban destroy a girls’ school. (Top Photo: Project Artemis)
EAST LANSING: As NATO troops...
Though it’s rare for officials in Vietnam to speak freely on foreign affairs, a colonel’s speech to an academic audience was secretly recorded and posted online. “The occasion was a meeting of senior Party cadre who administer or teach at colleges and universities in the capital area, and who...
One afternoon in mid-December, Colonel Tran Dang Thanh shared his views on foreign affairs with an audience of deans and professors drawn from Hanoi's many universities. Like all Vietnamese Communist Party business, Thanh's comments were considered...
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russia would support the Kyoto protocol on limitation of emission of green house gases into the atmosphere marks an important step. The Kyoto Protocol received a big blow when the Bush administration refused to support it. Given that there was...
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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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