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Does the “Hyper-Power” Have Feet of Clay?

March 3, 2003
If you look past its formidable military machine, America is not as powerful as it seems. Tufts University economist David Dapice points out that the current view of the United States as a “hyper-power” fails to take into account the country's many economic vulnerabilities. A country that...

Forget Fake News – The Real Filter Bubble Is You

November 29, 2016
Banning false news on popular social media sites amounts to censorship. Will Self, writing for New Statesman, questions any manipulation of news on such sites – curating news for positive or negative stories, writing algorithms that match stories to readers or selecting specific articles for...

Nationalism Pits Shanghai Against its Global Ambition

April 29, 2005
As China's center for foreign investment and cosmopolitan culture, Shanghai provides an intriguing case study on the intersection of globalism and nationalism, writes James Farrer. During the recent wave of anti-Japanese protests, demonstrators' voices alternated between an intensely...

Brexit Is a Cultural Revolution: Atlantic

October 27, 2019
Boris Johnson’s Brexit withdrawal agreement, similar to one proposed by former Prime Minister Theresa May, won approval in the House of Commons. Members of parliament who feared Britain would lose influence with May’s plan have higher expectations for a similar plan proposed by Boris Johnson. “The...

WHO Calls for Spraying Controversial DDT to Fight Malaria

September 15, 2006
Intent on eradicating malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced plans to use DDT to combat a disease that still infects about 500 million people per year, most in impoverished countries. Malaria was eradicated in the US more than 50 years ago through extensive outdoor spraying of...

G20 Summit: Leaving West to Deal With Crises, China Focuses on Positives

August 30, 2016
China’s vision for global order and skill at managing global economic affairs will be on display at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou. Other nations attending may expect answers on pressing concerns, from war in the Middle East and the refugee crisis to territorial disputes in the nearby South and East...

Global Outrage Over Amazon Fires: AP

August 27, 2019
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is crudely defiant in exchanges with world leaders about the fires destroying the Amazon. Brazil lacks resources to bring the fires under control after the populist administration imposed shortsighted policies, rejecting environmental protections and...

Slowbalization: Lobe Log

December 25, 2019
The slow food movement – relaxing, eating local, focus on tradition – has influenced slowness in other areas of life including education and travel. “To a world addicted to ever greater connection speeds, ever faster modes of transportation, and ever more caffeinated feats of multitasking, the go-...
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