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Operation Shady Rat – Unprecedented Cyber-Espionage Campaign and Intellectual-Property Bonanza

August 9, 2011
For skilled hackers, computers of top corporations and governments are as easy to break into as a locked car. For at least five years, hackers had secret access to computer systems of the United Nations, ASEAN, national governments, multinational corporations, defense contractors, media, Olympic...

美国移民政策可能促进人口增长

July 30, 2009
常为决策者忽视的人口变化趋势，显然与美国的移民入境政策相关。如果美国国会和奥巴马政府打算实施有效的移民入境政策，他们必须理解移民政策将如何随时间发展而影响美国人口。人口统计学家约瑟夫•夏米（Joseph Chamie）指出，决策者应该先问问，美国的人口数到底该是多少。对这个问题的回答将决定移民入境率，因为移民对人口增长存在乘数效应。美国现在是世界上人口最为稠密的发达国家，从目前的增长速度来看，美国人口在本世纪末前有可能超过欧盟。事实上，移民政策不仅影响社会保障和医疗保健等国内问题——这些问题由于政府的债务水平也会产生国际影响，而且还会影响资源运用以及与全球气候变化密切相关的碳排放量。设想一下...

Atlantic Council: Win for Democracy in Malaysia

May 11, 2018
Opposition leader Tun Mahathir Mohamad, 92, is Malaysia’s new prime minister after defeating the incumbent’s Barisan Nasional coalition. “This is the first time since Malaysia’s independence in 1957 that an election has brought about a transfer of power and an end to BN rule in the Muslim-majority...

“Hidden” Debt and Trouble for Global Economy: CNBC

July 31, 2019
Investors are alert to any signs of a global recession and decline in economic growth. A research and analytics unit under S&P Global suggests that companies that have skipped the crediting rating process in taking on debt could be signaling signs of troubles. Credit ratings provide an...

Natural Blaze: Coffee and the Environment

October 4, 2018
The world drinks about 1.4 billion cups of coffee per day, according to the International Coffee Organization. Only four countries – Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia and Indonesia – produced more than 500,000 metric tons annually in recent years. Routine habits of the world’s 7.4 billion people, like...

Destinations for Migrants: OECD

September 19, 2019
Migration was up 2 percent for OECD countries in 2018, with 5.3 million new permanent migrants. European OECD nations combined receive the most permanent migrants; the United States is the top destination followed by Germany. Asylum seekers have declined, and most are from Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq...

As Number One, China to Face Hour of Choice

June 30, 2011
China is on track to become the world’s largest economy, and the Chinese welcome the milestone, anticipating greater influence over world affairs. But economic size does not automatically translate into greater or less power and influence, warns Richard Bush, China expert with the Brookings...

Global Economy: Is Anybody in Control?

August 9, 2011
Around the globe, national leaders show no clue, no confidence, about how to re-engineer job creation or global economic security, contends economist David Dapice. The US has many resources for resolving its large debt, but bickering and stubborn quests for power prevent speedy resolution. Europe’...
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