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Dubai Limps Into Port

March 2, 2006
Intense bipartisan opposition to Dubai Ports Worldwide, a company from the United Arab Emirates, taking control of six US ports represents extreme and uncontrollable fear, according to this editorial from a Singapore newspaper. The uproar has cast suspicion on a moderate Arab country that has been...

China’s Incinerators Loom as a Global Hazard

August 13, 2009
China’s garbage-burning incinerators have become a contentious issue not just for local residents in an uproar over the smoke, but also for communities and lakes halfway across the world. China’s gigantic economic growth has spawned a monumental garbage problem. And with China’s landfills nearing...

US Pledges $20 Billion in Arms to Middle East

July 30, 2007
The US announced plans to sell billions of dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, as well as to renew arms deals with Egypt, Israel and other allies. Goals behind the US plan include strengthening ties with allies and countering Iran’s growing influence in the region. However, some allies...

The Real China Threat

August 21, 2008
Raw numbers and rankings often don’t reflect momentum, motivation or method. The US frets about a rising China, but such worry is misplaced, urges Robert Samuleson in his Washington Post column. The real concern is an unstable China, along with distorted trade and ruthless competition over natural...

Congress Set to Tighten Scrutiny of Foreign Deals

July 16, 2007
In the wake of the public backlash against the proposal that would have allowed Dubai Ports World, owned by the government of Dubai, to manage some US ports, the US Congress is expected to pass legislation that will tighten scrutiny of such investment deals. The legislation includes an extended 45-...

Pakistan: The Militant Jihadi Challenge

March 30, 2009
As the US and NATO prepare to step up military action to blunt extremism along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the International Crisis Group presents analysis on the extent of the challenge: “that the Pakistani Taliban is an outgrowth of radical Sunni networks in the country’s political heartland...

哥本哈根：又一轮“隆重登场却无确定结果”的气候峰会

December 21, 2009
正如许多人所担心的，本次联合国气候变化大会仅通过了一项软弱无力的协议，勉强能称为“一个开端”。环境经济学家斯科特•巴雷特（Scott Barrett）指出，此前为应对环境问题而举行的类似会议也同样被称作为“开端”，但这些会议并未取得任何实质性成果。在哥本哈根，尽管谈判持续了很长时间，但最终结果却是一纸篇幅很短的协议文本，它反映了发达国家和发展中国家两大阵营各自的提议所能达到的“最小公分母”（lowest-common- denominator）妥协。《哥本哈根协议》（Copenhagen agreement）是一项政治声明，而不是类似《京都议定书》（Kyoto Protocol）...

Globalization’s Unequal Discontents

January 23, 2007
Sometimes globalization is a mechanism that levels playing fields and sometimes it is a bulldozer. Throughout history, globalization has often enriched business owners and risk-takers, while doing little for ordinary workers. In recent years, the modern workforce has gradually included more...
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