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Queen Noor of Jordan

To China, North Korea Looks Radioactive

February 2, 2003
China’s reluctance to negotiate directly with North Korea about its nuclear program has surprised the Bush administration and Chinese foreign policy experts. China’s interests could be seriously threatened if North Korea is not dissuaded from building nuclear weapons. Such a buildup in North...

利比亚：空袭降临 盟军分裂

March 21, 2011
从二月中旬起，利比亚出现了武装反抗穆阿迈尔•卡扎菲（Muammar Gaddafi）的运动，他在位统治了42年。由于卡扎菲的镇压变得越来越残酷，中东、欧洲和美国都呼吁在该地区进行适度干预——设立禁飞区，阻止卡扎菲的军队对平民和反政府武装分子发动空袭。决策者之间出现了分歧，他们担心的情形之一是，有人觉得西方的目的在于保护中东石油，而不是人权，这种印象可能正在增强。 3月12日，阿拉伯联盟——虽然内部存在分歧——呼吁在利比亚有条件地建立禁飞区。 3月17日，联合国安全理事会通过了第1973号决议，授权联合国成员国采取 “采取一切必要措施⋯⋯保护平民”。有五个国家投了弃权票。迪利普•希罗（...

Arab Firms Reassessing US Holdings

March 10, 2006
Conventional wisdom suggests that Arab nations and investors would scorn US investments after the US Congress objected to a Dubai firm taking over management of six major US ports. There is fear that the rejection of the deal, reflecting anti-Muslim bias, could trigger a short- or long-term...

Globalization or the Age of Transition? A Long-Term View of the Trajectory of the World System

Immanuel Wallerstein

Don’t Forget Those Other 27,000 Nukes

June 20, 2006
Hans Blix is fully acquainted with both the successes and drawbacks of the current international system for policing nuclear technology. While the former chief UN weapons inspector recognizes that the instruments of nonproliferation – the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and international inspection...

Globalization: It’s an Inflation-Busting Superhero

June 6, 2006
Individual choices contribute to the speed of globalization: World trade accounted for 10 percent of gross world product in 1960 to 30 percent today. Foreign visitors increased, from two per every 100 people in 1960 to 15 per 100 in 2005. More than one third of the world relies on cell phones, and...

WTO ministers still worlds apart

February 17, 2003
The prospect of freeing up world trade darkened at the first meeting devoted to agricultural liberalization held in Tokyo. A draft proposal submitted by Stuart Harbinson, the chair of WTO's agricultural negotiations, calling for deeper cuts in tariffs and subsidies on farming products was...
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