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The Ride to a Pollution-Free India

October 26, 2016
India has committed to reducing its carbon footprint from 2005 by at least 33 percent before 2030 through the Paris agreement to stem climate change. Innovations of emerging economies will contribute to combating climate change, and Nayan Chanda, founding editor of YaleGlobal Online, points to the...

Building an Independent and Self-Reliant Economy in Globalization

November 1, 2003
The ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam has confirmed that globalization is an inevitable trend. Consequently, the Communist Party has launched a policy that fosters integration with the global economy. A commentary in the official radio station Voice of Vietnam says that...

Sars: A New Threat to Asian Prosperity

April 21, 2003
Greater openness in tourism and trade, on which much of Asia's recent economic growth has been based, is coming back to haunt countries from South Korea to Thailand. The extent of the economic fall-out from the Sars epidemic is only just becoming apparent, but WHO estimates already place the...

World Stares at Trump: Washington Post

October 21, 2019
Whether on denying climate change is a problem or pulling US troops from Syria while giving Kurdish allies five days to avoid Turkish forces, Donald Trump rationalizes policies that the rest of the world find incomprehensible. The US president seems alone against the world, suggests Dana Milbank...

The New York Times: More Than 1,000 Died in South Asia Floods This Summer

September 1, 2017
South Asia is enduring severe flooding with the death toll this summer at more than 1000 and climbing. Monsoon rains pummeled the region since June and are expected to continue through the end of September. Jeffrey Gettleman for the New York Times describes relentless rain. “And while flooding in...

Will US-Taliban Deal End the War? New York Times

February 19, 2020
The Taliban’s ongoing fierce attacks in Afghanistan have blocked efforts at peace. US and Taliban negotiators approach a deal. The conditions are minimal with a brief ceasefire. The Taliban expects US troops to withdraw troops and the US does not want Afghanistan to be used by transnational...

New York Times: The Villain Behind a New Gilded Age

May 2, 2018
Consolidated power among corporations, more so than the forces of globalization or technology, has reinforced inequality, fueled populism and reduced support for democracy. “In the past two decades, growth rates in the United States have fallen to half of what they were in the middle of the 20th...

Trade War Backfires: International Business Times

March 7, 2019
As economists had warned, the US trade war is causing pain for both Chinese and US businesses. The US trade deficit hit $621 billion in 2018, the largest level since 2008. The US Department of Commerce reports record US imports of $2.6 trillion in goods for the year. The trade deficit in goods was...
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