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Scott Snyder
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South Asians Taking Risky Route to Europe: Via Africa

February 26, 2007
The tide of illegal immigrants from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands has resumed, yet the ethnicity of recent passengers surprise authorities. South Asians attempting to enter Europe have long taken land passages, but are increasingly becoming customers of the poorly made fishing boats that...

McChrystal Tests Obama’s Priorities

June 23, 2010
Throughout history generals have griped about civilian commanders, as summarized by this New York Times article. But with the internet and instant global communication, such complaints do not remain secret long, exposed to colleagues and enemies alike. Any hint of insubordination or internal...

Turks Enjoy a Little Schadenfreude at EU's Expense

December 14, 2011
Many Turks are now thanking their lucky stars that Europe delayed Turkey’s accession into the European Union. Turkey, associate member of the European Economic Community since 1959, applied for full membership to the EEC in 1987 and was recognized as an EU candidate in 1999, undergoing many reforms...

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观点：通胀威胁中国经济增长

November 16, 2010
最近，中国国内的居民消费价格涨幅是4.4%，而食品价格的上涨幅度则高达10%，通货膨胀的威胁已经迫在眉睫。在美国西北大学政治学副教授Victor Shih看来，这已经给中国的普通家庭，尤其是贫困家庭，埋下了巨大的隐患。为此，中国政府必须要下定决心减缓货币供应的增长，才能有效止住家庭储蓄因通货膨胀而大量流失。另外，按通胀率调整过后，当下活期存款的回报为负数，实际回报率约为-4%。即使是一年期定期存款，扣除通胀后的回报率也是-2%。如果我们考虑到中长期企业贷款的借款利率经通货膨胀调整后约为2%，而这些贷款的借款人大都为国有企业，那么，按照4%的全年通货膨胀率来计算，...

来自巴基斯坦和伊朗的核威胁——第一部分

October 5, 2009
在刚刚过去的夏天，巴基斯坦塔利班(Pakistani Taliban)向首都伊斯兰堡(Islamabad)逼近的消息在媒体上引起了人们的广泛关注。美国安全合作组织（Partnership for a Secure America）执行主任马修•罗仰斯基（Matt Rojansky）和他的研究助理丹尼尔•卡斯曼（Daniel Cassman）认为，尽管巴基斯坦军队进行了强势反击并已重新占领斯瓦特山谷（Swat Valley），美国无人飞机也炸死了塔利班在巴基斯坦的头目，但塔利班对当地政权仍然构成威胁。事实上，更大的危机正在日益浮现，因为塔利班或基地组织（Al Qaeda）有可能正在收集核材料。...
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