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Russia Backs Kyoto to Get on Path to Join WTO

May 22, 2004
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...

G-Force

October 11, 2004
Building on the creation of the G7, several countries have conspired to establish their own G-titled alliances. Although G7 still dominates policy in international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, these "alphanumeric bodies" have largely...

Biggest US Free-Trade Accord Since ’94 Passed

October 13, 2011
In an unusual display of agreement, the 112th US Congress approved free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. The South Korea deal alone will remove duties on almost two-thirds of US farm exports and phase out tariffs on virtually all industrial and consumer exports within five...

NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall

May 6, 2013
A NASA-led study shows that increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increase risks of extreme weather patterns including drought and heavy rains. Modeling suggests that areas that are already wet, like the Asian monsoon regions, could receive even more rain while arid and...

Made in Italy at Chinese Prices

September 8, 2006
During the Middle Ages, cities in Europe used high walls and moats to protect their residents from invaders. Modern globalization has changed all that: Textile jobs gradually moved from Europe to low-wage countries in Asia. But now textile jobs return to Europe, as Chinese workers relocate and set...

The Spider's Web

September 4, 2006
The secretary general of the Arab League once warned that a war in Iraq would open "the door to hell." As hundreds of civilians die in the Middle East each week, the US struggles to control Iraq, Europe waits on the sidelines and Israel remains anxious about its long-term survival. As the...

The $40-a-Barrel Mistake

May 25, 2004
The ever-swelling prices for crude oil worldwide have many consumers and governments concerned. The authors of this article – a former US energy official and an oil adviser to Saudi Arabia – attribute the problems to ineffective policies pursued by the United States and Saudi Arabia over the past...

Obama Tries to Stop Execution in Texas of Mexican Killer

July 6, 2011
Article VI, Paragraph II, of the US Constitution designates international treaties signed by the federal government as “the supreme Law of the Land,” which individual US states cannot override. The 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations provides that foreign nationals charged with crimes are...
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