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Promises, Promises: Will the G-20 Haunt or Help Obama Later On?

September 30, 2009
The results of the recent G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh could be a critical turning point in global integration given that the grouping has now replaced the G-8. It could also be a thorn in US President Obama’s side. According to Editorial Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics...

Obama’s Biofuels Policy Tension

August 13, 2008
Ethanol subsidies are popular among voters in the American Midwest, where farmers grow millions of acres of corn to produce the biofuel. It’s no surprise, then, that Barack Obama – as a senator representing Illinois – has embraced such subsidies. Yet while ethanol may be popular politically, it...

Google Has Censorship Balancing Act Outside China

April 6, 2010
Google has expanded rapidly in recent years to take advantage of profits available in other countries around the world. As it does so, it is encountering resistance from governments that ask it to restrict access to certain content. China, from which Google recently withdrew its main search...

The Next Wave of Globalization: Offshoring R&D to India and China

November 27, 2007
Outsourcing accelerates globalization, spreading technology and skill transfer from advanced nations to less developed ones. Cheap labor represents potential talent, capabilities, and innovation. Employers praise US workers for superior communication skills and intuitive understanding of US...

Travel Advisory: British Abroad, Staggering About

September 4, 2003
Britons are taking advantage of cheap flights to Europe as a result of reduced air travel in the aftermath of September 11. They are not, however, visiting historic and picturesque cities like Prague to soak up the culture, but rather to imbibe the cities' cheap alcohol. Quickly becoming known...

How Worried Should We Be About Radiation

Jeffrey Lewis
April 11, 2011

Saudi Arabia “Threatens Skype Ban”

March 28, 2013
Skype, WhatsApp and Viber offer an array of free messaging and telephone calls. All are cross-platform internet services with widely popular free plans that reach out to numerous nations. Demanding the right to monitor the applications, the government has given the three companies a week to respond...

Obama's Wi-Fi White House Speaks to the YouTube Age

November 17, 2008
In the midst of economic crisis, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first “fireside chat” by radio on March 12, 1933, less than two months after entering office. President-elect Barack Obama did not wait that long, and two months before entering office, he turned to YouTube to share his...
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