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General's Review Creates Rupture

September 22, 2009
US Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s report on Afghanistan has divided Republicans and Democrats as President Obama requests more time to ensure the US has the right strategy in the embattled nation. McChrystal concluded that the US’ effort in Afghanistan would likely fail without more troops. Such an...

Don’t Exaggerate Iranian Threat

May 25, 2006
Most world powers want to prevent Iran from producing nuclear weapons. Yet at the same time, those opposed to Iran nuclear capability cannot resort to unrealistic fears. For example, US policy should not focus narrowly on the threat that nuclear Iran poses for Israel. Without nuclear weapons, a...

Taiwan Squeezed as US and China Negotiate

November 20, 2007
The issue of Taiwan has been a thorny one since the Kuomintang’s relocation from mainland China in 1949. A sense of irredentism has been present on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, though now it persists predominantly on the mainland. The surge in China-US relations in recent years has complicated...

Skills Outweigh Natural Resources – In Attracting Foreign Investment, Says Afeti

August 17, 2006
Africa is rich with oil, minerals and wildlife, but with adult literacy and child labor rates at just over 50 percent, the continent remains impoverished. By coincidence or not, Africa’s share of worldwide foreign direct investment in 2005 was about 3 percent, and the same percentage of the African...

Greece Considers Exit From Euro Zone

May 10, 2011
Countries immersed in debt squirm under the scrutiny of creditors and angry taxpayers. Spiegel Online reports that Greece, seeking relief, is considering abandoning the euro. The Greek government has denied the report. The story by Christian Reiermann reports that any such relief would be short-...

In Teeming India, Water Crisis Means Dry Pipes and Foul Sludge

October 3, 2006
Some middle-class neighborhoods in India’s wealthiest cities have ample plumbing and the infrastructure for supplying water, but not the actual liquid itself. India’s major cities fail to provide reliable tap water throughout the day, and this article from “The New York Times” describes how some...

Palestinians Capture Violence of Israeli Occupation on Video

July 31, 2008
People are often uncomfortable about photos or films of themselves – and especially so if caught acting boorish or cruel. Even so, such footage encourages self-reflection. Relying on such principles, the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem distributed 100 video cameras to Palestinians...

In Search of a Grand Vision for World Trade

September 10, 2003
Agricultural subsidies are expected to be the main stumbling block at this week's WTO meeting in Cancun. As developing countries try to stop the agricultural policies that former president of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo calls nothing less than disguised "dumping", developed countries –...
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