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Life After the Nuclear Security Summits: Are We Safe?

April 14, 2016
A series of Nuclear Security Summits since President Barack Obama took office in 2009 have raised global awareness and tightened security of the world’s stockpiles of highly enriched uranium and plutonium. The need for securing stockpiles was highlighted in February after Belgian authorities...

The Economist: Weather-Related Disasters Are Increasing

September 5, 2017
Texas, India and Niger confront record flooding, and in Houston, the fourth largest US city, nearly 50 inches of rain fell after Hurricane Harvey landed. According to the United Nations’s disaster-monitoring system, the United States “sits alongside China and India in suffering the greatest number...

Restrictions on Mainland Tourism to Taiwan: Caixin

August 1, 2019
Political tensions spill over to trade and other areas. China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism will allow Chinese mainland citizens to travel to Taiwan only with group tours. “Travelers from 47 Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou have been allowed to apply for permits to...

Skepticism Lingers over History Issue

August 24, 2004
Sometimes history does not fit neatly into a conceptualization of the nation-state. The ancient Goguryeo kingdom has been a source of contention for China and Korea. While both countries claim the region as part of their heritage, the Chinese Foreign Ministry renewed heated debates when it deleted...

Global Spread of Democracy Poses New Challenge for the US

January 29, 2003
The globalization of democracy, long a staple of American foreign policy, has created nations who no longer are willing to simply follow the lead of the United States in foreign affairs. In such a global environment, the United States finds itself acting in an increasingly undemocratic manner,...

North Korea Tactic: Discredit Reports of Human-Rights Abuses

March 24, 2015
In 2013, the UN Human Rights Council established the Commission of Inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, mandating an investigation of violations including the right to food; torture and inhuman treatment inside prison camps; severe limits on freedom of expression,...

Managing Climate Change

January 8, 2015
Countries have limited resources, and careful planning could reduce waste and poverty while ensuring prosperity and security. Nicholas Stern, an economist who assesses the effects of climate change, focuses on India in this article for Seminar and argues that investing in urban planning and...

Financial Times: France Pushes for Top Posts in Eurozone Reshuffle

August 14, 2017
Under Emmanuel Macron’s new government, France is aggressively seeking to influence eurozone policy by gunning for two top positions in the Eurogroup as well as pushing to create another one. The Eurogroup refers to informal gatherings for finance ministers of the 19 eurozone countries who attempt...
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