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Argentina or the "Principles"?

May 10, 2005
Financial instability in emerging market countries has been a major concern for the international financial system. Argentina's debt crisis, during which the country's entire financial sector collapsed, triggered serious discussions on how to improve the world's response mechanisms...

Microsoft to Share Windows Code with India

December 13, 2002
Fear of losing a huge market and a software development market may be pushing Microsoft to do what it hates doing – share with select customers its closely guarded software secrets. The fact that the Indian government is seriously considering the wide use of networked computers for administration...

Workers Falling Behind in Mexico

July 15, 2003
In Mexico, there are too many workers and too few jobs. The country has failed to recover from the financial crisis of the 1990s that sent the peso and the average standard of living plummeting. And, while the number of unskilled laborers remains high – indeed higher than ever before as women...

East Asia and Bumpy Sino-Taiwanese Relations

July 1, 2004
With the Taiwan’s presidential election over the issue of its relations with China has receded from the public attention. This inattention, a leading Indonesian commentator Yusuf Wanandi says, could lead to the eruption of a dangerous conflict between China and Taiwan, affecting the stability and...

With Growing Confidence, India Pursues Mergers Abroad

October 6, 2011
With India removing protectionist shackles, its businesses are no longer content with large market shares in the country and now seek a global reach, reports Vikas Bajaj in a blog for the New York Times. In the last year and a half, Indian companies have spent more money on outbound mergers and...

Globalization of Energy Demand

Daniel Yergin
June 18, 2010

Holy Smokes! The Saudis are in Bahrain

March 18, 2011
Protests for reform toppled governments in Egypt and Tunisia, and continue to pressure governments throughout the region. But regimes in Libya, Iran and Bahrain are fighting back. Writing for the Daily Star, Rami G. Khouri notes that entry of Saudi and Emirati troops into Bahrain to assist a Sunni...

Japan's Shinzo Abe Hails Africa as “Growth Center”

June 4, 2013
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe views Africa as a “growth centre over the next couple of decades” and advised immediate investment at a conference on African development in Japan, co-hosted with the African Union, the World Bank and the United Nations, reports BBC News. The prime minister...
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