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Betting the Nation on Globalization

April 29, 2003
The rapid spread of SARS in several countries has historical precedence in the influenza epidemic of 1918. According to the author, 25% of Americans contracted the flu virus and 650,000 died from it. Worldwide, an estimated 70 million died from the flu. Just as the movement of men during World...

What Big Eyes You Have, Dear, But Are Those Contacts Risky?

July 7, 2010
With the help of popular comics in Japan and a global star like Lady Gaga, a fashion for giant eyes has sped around the globe – catching some eye doctors and health regulators off guard. In the US, teens forgo prescriptions and go online to purchase contact lenses, imported from Asia, that extend...

Should China and the U.S. Swap Stimulus Packages?

March 6, 2009
The US and China’s economies have been intertwined for a long time but the solutions they each have adopted to fight global recession are polar opposites. The author argues that in order to effectively grow the economy, they need to do opposite things. They both need rebalancing and should swap...

Can Assad Keep Crossing the “Red Line”?

May 17, 2016
Major international powers have intervened in Syria’s civil war with the hopes of ending atrocities, extremism and a flow of refugees. But countries disagree about a role for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. Unconfirmed reports allege that Syria did not eliminate all its stockpiles of chemical weapons, as...

After a Half Century, Thaw in US-Cuba Ties

December 18, 2014
US and Cuban presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro issued simultaneous announcements – a start to normalizing ties after 53 years “that could bring more trade, support for Cuba’s nascent entrepreneurs and more open communications with the island,” reports Mimi Whitefield for the Miami Herald. The...

A Floundering WTO – Part II

March 23, 2006
The goal for the Doha Round of WTO talks is to ease trade for developing nations and eliminate poverty. But the 150 members of the WTO have failed to reach agreements that would lower barriers for small and developing nations. In the second of this two-part series about the WTO, MIT professor...

Central Banks' Action Hints At US Fears

December 2, 2011
The world’s largest central banks, led by the US Federal Reserve, have united to ease the flow of money and bank loans in the global system. The Wall Street Journal’s Geoffrey Smith compares the defensive measures tried in war, pointing out many analysts worry about what comes next and whether the...

Angela Merkel Consigns Ireland, Portugal and Spain to Their Fate

November 11, 2010
With a surplus in hand, Germany has little patience with Portugal, Ireland, Spain and other nations steeped in debt. A permanent rescue fund and amendments to the Lisbon Treaty, with conditions proposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, will shift more responsibility for problematic debt onto...
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