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Defiant Chinese Admiral’s Message: South China Sea “Belongs to China”

September 16, 2015
Naval officers from around the globe attended the Defence & Security Equipment International conference in London, and admirals from the United States and China offered views on security in the South China Sea. According to an article in Defense One, Yuan Yubai, who commands the North Sea Fleet...

Global Capital on the Run

June 14, 2006
Around the world, stock markets are in a sharp decline, and analysts are trying to determine if herd mentality is at work or if the trend reveals other risks. At the same time, more investors venture beyond national borders in search of opportunities. Thirty years ago, foreign investing was tightly...

Global Europe

October 27, 2005
As European leaders meet at Hampton Court, British chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown writes about a need for a drastically new approach to the EU. After all, the EU was founded to make intra-European trade successful and to integrate the economies of the member countries, not specifically to...

China Urges US to Protect Creditors by Raising Debt

July 15, 2011
China, a major lender to the US, urges the president and US Congress to reach agreement on lifting the nation’s debt limit, so that bills can be paid. “China holds more than $1 trillion in United States Treasury securities, making it highly sensitive to any developments that could lower the value...

Bomb Kills Three Chinese in Pakistan

May 4, 2004
In an unprecedented event, three Chinese engineers in Pakistan were the target of a terrorist car bombing Monday morning. Western aid workers have received the brunt of attacks from radical Muslim groups in Pakistan since the 2001 war in Afghanistan. "Frankly speaking, we never thought of...

Seeking a Path in Democracy’s Dead End

February 4, 2008
While sending US troops to Afghanistan and Iraq, the Bush administration also urged democracy throughout Central Asia, including the former satellites of the Soviet Union. Citizens in Georgia and Ukraine responded, but elsewhere dictators cling to power, relying on violence, corruption and charges...

Muslims “Get” Globalization, But Does It Get Them?

January 22, 2007
The last half-century has seen an unmistakable rise in income levels and life-expectancy in Muslim-majority countries, but their citizens have a negative impression of globalization. International business consultant Mehmood Kazmi attributes this antagonism to the widening chasm of...

Turkey Saying No to Accepting G.I.'s in Large Numbers

December 4, 2002
Turkey’s newly elected government, which has strong Islamic roots, announced its decision to deny access to substantial number of American GI’s in case of war against Iraq. The government reached this decision, officials reported, because of the need to take into consideration public sentiment,...
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