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Latin Blues

March 27, 2006
Some analysts anticipate that successful populist campaigns, with irresponsible campaign promises and unrealistic goals, could plunge Latin America into economic disaster and thus reverse democratic gains from the past 20 years. Yet former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, now director of the Yale...

Grievances That Can Bring Globalization to Grief

November 5, 2003
Ten years ago, an American company won a bid to extract lithium from Bolivia's rich deposits. Protests from the impoverished Indian majority – who feared that the deal would only make the rich richer and leave most Bolivians worse off – helped stop the deal. Now, Bolivians may be regretting...

The Perils of Underestimating Ahmadinejad

July 3, 2006
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not an easy foe for the US, and it would be a mistake to underestimate him as a “wildman” or “loose cannon.” Even as Ahmadinejad has let loose with extremist statements that are alarming, his political power is based on real concerns of the Iranian people....

Asia Takes Starring Role

June 11, 2003
Hollywood has recently begun to take notice of South East Asian stars and movies, introducing actresses such as Fann Wong to American cinema and expanding the repertoire of Asian films released in the United States. Southeast Asia’s time in the US limelight is largely due to the influence of major...

The History of Food and Global History

Raymond Grew

McDonald’s to Close Restaurants Amid Restructuring

November 8, 2002
Faced with falling profits, the US-based McDonald’s Corp. has found it necessary to restructure the corporation by slowing down expansion and overhauling U.S. restaurants. McDonald’s also plans to pull out of or restructure in at least seven nations, all located in the Middle East and Latin...

Swiss Franc Decision Should Be a Lesson for Euro Critics

September 9, 2011
European economies, strong and weak, have their doubts about the continent’s common currency. Strong exporters like Germany are weary of bailing out spendthrifts, and spenders like Italy and Greece resent austerity measures imposed on them by their euro partners. Developing rescue packages is an...

George W. Bush’s Suicidal Statecraft

October 14, 2005
Zibigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser of President Jimmy Carter, is sounding an alarm at the danger that the current US policy has created for the country. In a sweeping criticism, he says that the invasion of Iraq has had a disastrous effect worldwide. “An intense political hatred...
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