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Trading Civil War for Small-Town Sweden

May 29, 2007
Almost 4 million Iraqis have left their homes, fleeing sectarian violence in Iraq. Millions of refugees have fled to neighboring countries of Jordan and Syria, but growing numbers look to the stability of the West. Iraqi security, language and computer workers who assisted US troops shortly after...

Al-Qaida's Smart Bombs

July 11, 2005
In spite of US counterterrorism efforts since 9/11, al-Qaida has killed over 700 people in at least 17 bombings in the last four years. An overwhelming majority of terrorists who sacrificed their lives in its attacks were citizens of Persian Gulf countries in which the US has stationed combat...

Why "Made in China" Is Good News for the US

August 5, 2005
US trade with and investment in China continue to rise, along with the American trade deficit. One of the few areas in which the US still enjoys a trade surplus with China is the microchip industry – traditionally a Silicon Valley specialty. However, China, intent on catching up, is training...

Sky Wars: Europe Battles to Erase Borders in the Air

May 9, 2011
Money does not necessarily guarantee safety or efficiency, and Europe is trying to reduce airline industry costs by eliminating national boundaries and bureaucracy in air-traffic control. Iceland’s 2010 volcanic eruption, spewing ash into the sky, demonstrated haphazard rules and need for...

Time for India to Reduce Inequality

August 16, 2006
Inequality is relative, depending on how it is measured. Most countries tend to have greater inequality in terms of income rather than consumption – because the citizens of any one country must eat and buy basic necessities, while the wealthy tend to save more. Citizens with more education may have...

Companies Call for Tougher Climate Action

October 26, 2011
Climate change and its many disruptions are not good for business – and corporate leaders are calling on governments to move quickly to stem climate change. Leaders of nearly 200 major companies are calling for a tougher response from nations convening in Durham for the annual global climate...

A Bad Idea Is About to Deploy in Darfur

December 19, 2007
As reports of atrocities pour out of the Darfur region, activists have great expectations for a peacekeeping force led by the United Nations. But author Julie Flint, writing for the Daily Star in Lebanon, questions whether a small peacekeeping force, with minimal equipment, can end the violence....

India: The Price of Choice

June 22, 2007
Officials in India had assumed that land disputes with China – over Aranachal Pradesh, in the eastern Himalayas and Aksai Chin, near Kashmir – ended with a visit by the Chinese premier in 2005. India would take the first and China got the second. But India was wrong, and journalist Gwynne Dyer...
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