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Workers’ Paradise?

January 17, 2008
The expansion of global trade eroded the status of national and local unions. Yet as many workers in the world’s wealthiest nations worry about the status of their jobs, politicians who want to win and stay in office increasingly respond to the anxiety by pandering to unions. “After decades of...

Why Africa Must Make Health Spending a Priority

April 4, 2008
Health analysts agree that hiring of African nurses and doctors by hospitals in developing nations is a problem that invites the risk of new diseases emerging and spreading quickly around the globe. The 10 countries with the highest tuberculosis and HIV rates are in Africa. Health care workers are...

Internet Extends Reach of Bangladeshi Villagers

November 29, 2006
The developed world takes for granted the internet and its limitless spectrum of resources. Until recently, such access was unimaginable for the poor people of Bangladesh. Cellular phone technology has brought internet access to more than 100 Bangladeshi villages, with hundreds more internet...

全球经济，谁来掌控？

August 9, 2011
经济学家大卫•达皮斯（David Dapice）指出，对于如何重振就业岗位的创新或全球经济的安全，世界各国领导人表现出茫无头绪、缺乏信心。美国拥有化解其巨额负债的雄厚资源，然而各方争执不下、贪图权力的做法使得快速的解决方案一再受阻。欧洲不肯制定长期政策来解决成员国之间不平等的债务累积，仅采取勉为其难的援助举措，这在激励市场信心方面的作用微乎其微。债务削弱了一度强大的经济体，致使它们难以招架不可避免的灾难，债务与GDP的比率高达百分之二百的日本就是这样的情况。新兴经济体过于依赖对富裕国家的出口以及自然资源的开采，所以对这些国家也不能寄予厚望。世界各国年轻人的未来惨淡渺茫：工作前景不容乐观，...

Germany Leads With Its Goal of 100 Percent Renewable Energy

Daniel Boese
October 22, 2010

Will US Patience Bring Success in Afghanistan and Iran?

August 23, 2010
Some foreign policy knots untangle on their own over time while others require immediate tugging. Discerning which is which has been a problem for the US, suggests David Ignatius in an opinion essay for the Daily Star. “Patience plus” in the globe’s trouble spots, he explains, requires immediate,...

Videos Rouse Russian Anger Toward Police

August 4, 2010
Corruption is common, inescapable and an unpleasant fact of life in many countries. In 2009, a Novorossiysk police officer posted a video on YouTube challenging Vladimir Putin to take action and questioning where Russian society is headed. “International research organizations rank Russia as having...

Emerging Democracies Coy on Denouncing Syrian Repression

Christophe Jaffrelot
April 17, 2012
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