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OPEC President Scrambles for Output-Cut Consensus

October 16, 2006
Consumers are unlikely to be sympathetic, but OPEC’s president is striving to get the cartel to reduce oil production to halt an ongoing fall in oil prices. While prices are still more than twice as high as they are three years ago, they have fallen considerably off their recent peaks. President...

Bush's Missed UN Opportunity

September 12, 2005
As Sebastian Mallaby notes, the current global climate requires competent international institutions to help usher in the change. In the past, world policy deals could be hashed out by a small, Western-oriented group of diplomats – but no longer. Today, the rise of newer economic powers such as...

Microsoft's Gates Sees Vietnam Outsourcing Potential

April 25, 2006
Vietnam’s economic growth, combined with a young population and high literacy rate, lures potential investors including the richest man in the world, Bill Gates. However, intellectual-property piracy also tends to run rampant in Vietnam and other nations with young impoverished populations....

Plan Would Lift Saudi Oil Output

June 16, 2008
The world’s biggest oil exporter is increasing production this summer to its highest levels in history – and New York Times reporter Jad Mouawad suggests it’s a signal that Saudi Arabia is nervous about the growing furor over rising oil prices and demands for new sources of energy. Governments...

The Dying Fish Swims in Water

January 6, 2006
Within Russia, a small group of ethnic minorities fight for the survival of their languages and cultures, prompting a strong reaction from the Russian government. Finno-Ugric groups such as the Komi, Mari, and Udmurt resist a Russocentrism that makes traditional ways of life increasingly tenuous...

German Firms and the Wild West of Globalization

March 7, 2006
Today, any company’s survival depends on its ability to follow the twists and turns of the global economy. Presiding over the game are investors, analysts and fund managers who demand profits. Success can be a Darwinian proposition, with corporate legacy no longer a priority – and three German...

Small Islands’ Migration Drama

September 28, 2006
Sunbathing tourists have discovered unexpected company on the beaches of the Canary Islands lately, as boatloads of West African migrants wash up on the shores of this Spanish possession just off the Moroccan coast. These migrants make the life-threatening crossing to flee political upheaval in...

A Deal Doomed From the Beginning

July 25, 2006
While some anti-globalization activists and NGOs breathe a sigh of relief with the collapse of the Doha round talks, others frantically question how the talks could have gone awry. So ambitious, the Doha Round was destined for failure, suggests Alan Beattie, world trade editor with “The Financial...
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