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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...

Jordanian Assaulted

January 10, 2003
With new transportation technology and an integrating world economy has arrived an era in which people can more easily travel for work or pleasure. But expressions of xenophobia may also be on the rise, as an attack on a Jordanian in Germany shows – YaleGlobal .

Syrians to Be Trained to Defend Territory, Not Take Ground From Jihadists, Officials Say

October 24, 2014
One measure of military success is installation of sustainable and stable governance. But that seems unlikely in the chaotic Middle East. The United States is leading a coalition to fight the Islamic State, which has terrorized communities with beheadings and even reports of chemical attacks. The...

Is Globalization Succumbing to Glocalization?

July 26, 2006
When it comes to retail, globalization does not always work as planned. For example, in South Korea, shoppers disdain the American Wal-Mart, yet love E-Mart, a Korean-owned store with all the accoutrements of a sophisticated US store. “Glocalization” – the term that describes the combination of “...

How "Scientific" Are the Millennium Development Goals?

September 22, 2005
In the years following the announcement of the UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), much ink was spilled in debating the feasibility of the lofty aims. Recently, Amir Attaran, an analyst of development policy, incited much debate when he issued a scathing critique of the MDGs on the...

Al-Qaeda Tries to Split West Over Iraq

April 16, 2004
Yesterday over Arab television, Osama bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaeda, offered European countries a three month respite from terrorist attacks in exchange for withdrawing their forces from Iraq. Mark Huband, security correspondent for the Financial Times, says that this move hints at Al-Qaeda's...

Muslim-as-Apple-Pie Videos Are Greeted With Skepticism

October 30, 2002
Four new videos showing American Muslims feeling happy and at home in the US are being pre-screened in Indonesia. The videos, paid for by the US State Department, feature a baker, a teacher, an emergency medic, and the head of the US National Institutes for Health, all offering glowing...

Globalization Boosts Europe’s Gangsters

October 28, 2009
Reduced trade barriers and ease of transportation brought about by globalization are also helping transnational criminal networks succeed in the European Union. A new report from the EU’s criminal intelligence agency says drug dealing, human trafficking, and trade in counterfeit luxury goods are on...
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