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Africa’s Storied Colleges, Jammed and Crumbling

June 4, 2007
Africa’s institutions used to attract the continent’s future engineers and doctors, with many students going on to become leaders of their country. However, since the 1970s, corruption, mismanagement and government policies that favored primary and secondary education over higher education put the...

Militant Imams Under Scrutiny Across Europe

January 25, 2005
On Sunday, German police arrested a man they accused of recruiting for the Iraqi insurgency. The police are confident that larger networks of recruitment and smuggling to Iraq will soon be discovered in Germany. Across Europe, security forces - often working with the United States - are stepping up...

These Days, No Reporting Behind a Nation’s Back

March 18, 2009
People with problems are sometimes more willing to confide in strangers than close friends or neighbors. But foreign news reports are no longer shielded by distance, explains Anand Giridharadas in the New York Times. “In the Internet age, we cover each place for the benefit of all places, and the...

Living Up to the Fables, Ancient and Modern

July 13, 2005
The Indian economy has swelled in the past few years, to the point that politicians regularly predict that China and India will soon become the world's largest economies. In this editorial, N. Ravi challenges these "modern fables," questioning the likelihood that India can catch up...

Chávez Moves Reserves Out of US Treasuries

October 7, 2005
President Hugo Chávez has liquidated about half of Venezuela's US$30.4 billion holdings of US Treasuries, confirmed a director at the country's central bank. The bank director attributed the transfer to financial reasons: Venezuela's foreign reserves have benefited from high oil...

Agreeing on Africa, Up to a Point

June 8, 2005
As incoming president of the G-8, Tony Blair has made reducing African poverty the focus of his agenda, aiming to pardon the continent's staggering debt and increase aid by US$50 billion. But he faces opposition from Germany, France, and Japan – who propose focusing efforts on just five...

Iranian Embassy Denies Dress Code

May 11, 2006
The original article was retracted. – YaleGlobal

Europe Seeks to Free Itself From Rating Agencies' Grip

July 8, 2011
Risk and creditworthiness of state debt are largely assessed by three major agencies based in the US. Nations rated low – due to low revenues, excessive borrowing or threat of default – pay high interest rates to borrow. As Greece and Portugal struggle to repay massive debt, facing steep downgrade...
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