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The Arabs and Africa: A Topic for Discussion

June 1, 2006
The current rift in Arab-African relations can be traced to a historical residue of opposition and colonialism, which must be understood in order to be mended. Egyptian Author Mustafa el-Fikky Al-Hayat offers 10 points for understanding the Arab-Africa relationship. From myths concerning the Arab...

In Florida Groves, Cheap Labor Means Machines

March 22, 2004
In Florida citrus groves, where most of the crop is still harvested by hand, machines are still a rare sight. As technological improvements take hold, however, Florida growers are seeing less need for the Latin American migrants who currently do much of the work. Facing increasingly fierce...

Seeking Justice Abroad

September 30, 2005
For years, Palestinians and human rights activists have protested the unequal treatment non-Jews receive from Israel's justice system. Now, frustrated Palestinians are seeking redress for their grievances against Israel in international courts. "If a state doesn't or is not capable...

Immigrants' Cash Floods Homelands

May 17, 2004
Remittances that migrants send back home to help their families, have long formed a crucial component of developing countries' income. In El Salvador, for example, remittances total 14% of the country's gross domestic product. Money-transferring technologies have only made this process...

Learning Globalization From Football

April 21, 2006
Football is not only popular, but probably the world's most globalized profession. The most talented Brazilian, Cameroonian and Japanese football players move from country to country more so than doctors, computer scientists, blue-collar workers or bank tellers. On the club circuit, rules...

Landmark China-Taiwan Flight Thaws Ties, for Now

January 27, 2003
To loud fanfare, an airline flight from Taiwan to Hong Kong, and then on to Shanghai, was hailed as a first step towards direct transportation across the Taiwan Strait. Though about 800,000 Taiwanese live and work in China, they have traditionally had to make complex connections to fly home for...

Competitiveness, Not Offshoring, Is EU Weakness

November 15, 2006
Inexpensive cheap global labor poses fewer problems for the EU than accelerating technological change and the inability to adapt, according to a study from the European Commission. The global outsourcing market grew over the previous decade, from 8 percent of the world GDP in 1990 to 11 percent in...

US Report, in Shift, Turns Focus to Greenhouse Gases

August 26, 2004
After rejecting the Kyoto Protocol on climate change in 2001 and questioning the scientific validity of reports issued by a UN climate panel, the Bush administration issued a report indicating that emissions of heat-trapping gases were the only likely explanation for global warming. The White House...
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