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China Eases Limits on Foreign Media for 2008 Olympics

December 11, 2006
China will temporarily lift restrictions on foreign journalists, allowing them to scrutinize the Olympic Games as well as the Chinese economy, politics and society – but only through October 2008. Foreign journalists will no longer have to request or wait for formal invitations from Chinese groups...

Iraq: Now What?

Richard Betts, John R. MacArthur, William Nordhaus, and Ernesto Zedillo
February 21, 2003

The Global Question: Who Needs the US?

January 30, 2007
Global trade has flourished in recent years, so much so that it’s no longer the province of developed nations. The US is the world’s leading economy, accounting for almost 30 percent of the world’s gross domestic product, yet the nation cannot sustain prosperity by living on funds borrowed from...

America in Africa: Addressing a Mix of Islam and Oil

February 6, 2007
Amidst the lingering turbulence in the Middle East, US policymakers look to Africa as an alternative source of petroleum. Washington has launched military training operations in a number of African nations in an effort to combat Islamic terrorism and secure oil supplies. While there is no doubt...

Saddam Urged to Make an Exit

February 18, 2003
There has been speculation about persuading Saddam Hussein to go into exile to avoid a war. However there is no official confirmation about such a move. A leading Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadh has now called on the Iraqi leader to ward off US attack by stepping down from power. The paper said that it...

Gap in Rules on Oil Spills From Wells

May 21, 2010
Nations may stake territorial claims to waters off their coast, but once an accident occurs, authorities can do little to slow the spread of polluted water to other jurisdictions. Since the April 20 explosion on a drill platform in the Gulf of Mexico, just off the coast of Louisiana, oil has...

Civil society transcends right-left gap

September 16, 2005
Sociologists ponder how the current US social and political climate will influence the future – and some experts predict a backlash to the polarization, suggesting that responsible global governance will restrain excessive national power and capitalist markets. The catalyst for such an outcome,...

More SARS Cases Are Reported; Virus Found to Persist in Patients

May 2, 2003
More deaths, more new infections in Toronto, and the realization that Sars patients can suffer a relapse capped the bad news about Sars this week. The World Health Organization also reported that countries – including Canada and the US – are being slow about reporting new cases of Sars. New...
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