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East-to-West Migration Remaking Europe

November 29, 2005
Janis Neulans is a Latvian laborer embarking on a journey that is becoming more and more common these days. Neulans travelled from Latvia to Ireland, where he felt that he could build the type of life for himself that is not possible in his home country. Since Latvia and nine other countries were...

China Soon to Be World's Biggest Internet User

January 29, 2007
With one out of ten Chinese using the internet and more signing on every day, China’s users will soon outnumber Americans online. The Chinese government encourages internet use for business or education purposes, reports Randeep Ramesh in The Guardian, and censors any controversial material...

Borders Fall for These Doctors

June 13, 2006
Services emerge that connect physicians across the globe. Currently, medical outsourcing is limited to radiology, particularly employing physicians through an agency called NightHawk Radiology Services, based in Idaho, as well as other agencies in Switzerland, France, the UK and the Middle East....

El Mundo en la Cancha: El Futbol se Enfrenta a la Globalización

June 15, 2010
El fútbol es el deporte más globalizado. Los propietarios de cualquier equipo deportivo de la demanda y pagar por los mejores talentos en cualquier parte del mundo. Antes de 1995, las reglas del fútbol en Europa limita el número de jugadores extranjeros a un puñado por club. Un jugador belga...

France's Mysterious Embrace of Blogs

August 4, 2006
In 18th century France, women hosted small parties in their salons, for gossip and politics. Eager for debate, modern-day French citizens have turned to blogs. Analysts characterize French blogs as lengthy, negative, with opinions that do not sway. The technology is so popular that a blog has...

China Market Plunges, Dow Follows. Now What?

March 1, 2007
Events on opposite sides of the globe triggered panic in world financial markets. “The fact that the Chinese market was at the center of the action is a new phenomenon,” writes Azam Ahmed in “The Chicago Tribune.” A clampdown on corruption, speculation and purchasing stock with borrowed funds...

Latin America’s Dysfunctional Democracy

August 3, 2005
Most Latin American nations have democratized over the last ten years in terms of free and fair elections. With falling living standards and stagnating income, however, the region continues to be mired in poverty and democracy remains dysfunctional. Governments have produced skin-deep democracies...

A Tahrir Square Moment in India

Sadanand Dhume
April 16, 2012
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