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Too Much Globalization, Or Not Enough?

January 5, 2007
Immigrants contributed to more than 25 percent of new engineering and technology start-up firms in the US between 1995 and 2005, according to a study from Duke University’s Master of Engineering Management Program and the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. Companies started...

Refugee Camps Empty as Syrians Head for Europe

October 9, 2015
The United Nations, international charities and neighboring nations like Jordan have organized camps for refugees streaming from the civil war in Syria since 2012. At one point Zaatari Camp was Jordan’s fourth largest population center. But the conflict has lasted too long. Syrians are impatient...

This Is Not Only a French Crisis - All of Europe Must Heed the Flames

November 10, 2005
With urban insurrection raging from Normandy in the north to Marseille in the south, it is now impossible for the French to dismiss the country’s enormous demographic faultlines with appeals to republican greatness and unity. The riots revealed that France, the European country with the largest...

The Price of “Made in China”

August 6, 2013
Shoppers often make selections based on price, and in a free market system, governments contracting out work or projects are expected to choose the lowest bidder who can provide the most efficient, highest quality work. Decisions focusing on price alone – which often leads to China garnering so...

How To Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons

Gareth Evans
May 4, 2010

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...

U.S. Speeding Up Approval Steps for AIDS Drugs

May 17, 2004
In its efforts to distribute cheap and easy-to-use drugs,the global fight against AIDS has encountered serious roadblocks in the past. Local governments and pharmaceutical companies have often fought against generic AIDS drug distribution. Now, the US – which has been accused of slowing the...

Dangerously Unique

September 20, 2005
In this Foreign Policy article, Moisés Naím highlights the discrepancy between the expectations of "normalcy" held by a small number of privileged citizens and the realities of the rest of the world. Despite what many in Western nations may believe, their concept of "normal" is...
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