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NBA Caught Up in Hong Kong Protests: Bloomberg

October 10, 2019
Through three decades’ development, basketball has attracted an annual Chinese audience of more than 800 million, creating a market with billions of dollars revenue. However, one swiftly deleted tweet may threaten all those painstaking efforts. Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets,...

Call the Conflict by Its Proper Name: Geo-Civil War

September 12, 2006
Conflict flaring throughout the Middle East is neither a clash of civilizations nor civil war, but instead a geo-civil war, according to John Brenkman, professor and international-affairs analyst. Brenkman argues that an appropriate label could lead to a better understanding of the conflicts and...

Headwinds as the US Moves Toward Secretive Trade Agreement

May 19, 2015
The very notion of global trade would suggest openness – and certainly a lack of secrets. But the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a new kind of agreement, one that pushes deep integration and focuses on regulations for corporations as well as lower tariffs, explains economist David Dapice. Twelve...

Do the Awakening Giants Have Feet of Clay? – Part I

April 19, 2010
China and India have made impressive strides in recent decades, expanding their economies and middle classes. This two-part series examines and tests the claims made by economist Pranab Bardhan in his book “Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India.” In the book...

Authoritarianism Going Viral: Project Syndicate

April 20, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has created the opportunity for leaders with authoritarian tendencies to consolidate power and reduce human rights. Many governments have used the pandemic to discriminate against strongholds of political opponents as well as ethnic, religious or racial minorities. After the...

Toppling of Libyan Dictator Legitimizes R2P Doctrine

November 29, 2011
The war in Libya broke new ground, lending support for the international community to take a strong stand against dictators who threaten their own people. Bennett Ramberg, formerly with the US State Department, analyzes recent wars and how intervention in Libya compares. After horrific massacres in...

Four-Day Workweek Boosts Productivity: Japan Times

November 9, 2019
Companies could save money by trying a four-day workweek, sharpening employee focus while providing more time for home life. Microsoft tested a four-day workweek for one month in Japan and discovered that productivity increased among sales staff by 40 percent. The experiment did not reduce pay, and...

Vaping More Dangerous Than First Realized: Vox

July 12, 2019
Using smokeless tobacco use is healthier than smoked tobacco, and marketing relies on that premise. But that does not mean smokeless tobacco carries no risk, and public health experts express concerns that the products include a range of additives and aerosol particles, with marketing that targets...
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