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Inequality in India and China: Is Globalization to Blame?

October 15, 2007
Globalization undoubtedly has many complex and unintended consequences. However, Pranab Bardhan, economist at University of California, Berkeley, argues that globalization cannot be credited as either an evil force responsible for rising inequality or a virtuous one behind falling poverty rates in...

Asian Values

September 27, 2018
Countries that join together through multilateral organizations, whether the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or the United Nations, must determine the values required for pursuit of common goals. Yet there is stark contrast between Asian and western values – with Asia generally focused on...

Climate Change Expands the Terrorist Threat

July 25, 2019
Terrorists take advantage of disruptions in fragile states – and these include water and food shortages associated with climate change. “From Afghanistan and Iraq to Somalia and Yemen, terrorist groups are pushing false narratives that they, not cash-strapped central governments, are leading...

IMF’s Bitter Medicine Brought Growth, But Also Inequality

February 22, 2018
Moon Jae-in became South Korea’s president in 2017 and the wake of a corruption scandal and impeachment of his predecessor. He has made addressing inequality a priority. “He is responding to a growing despair in South Korea that ordinary people cannot get ahead, small- and medium-sized companies...

Chinese Agriculture Goes Global

December 16, 2014
China is a fast-growing emerging economy, developing competitive manufacturing and technology sectors, but its leaders must also feed the world’s largest population. China’s expanding middle class has more expensive tastes, demanding more meat, coffee, and fruits and vegetables like avocados,...

Our Vanishing Night

October 20, 2008
The growth of cities across the globe has obscured the line between night and day. Artificial lights that regularly brighten the night sky for human activity in metropolises and their suburbs has repercussions on humans and other living organisms that are only now beginning to be understood....

Dead by Evening: Influenza’s Dire Threat

February 15, 2018
A century ago, a vicious strain of the influenza swiftly moved around the globe, infecting one third of the world’s population and killing as many as 100 million people. The first confirmed outbreak was at a US military camp in Kansas. The 2018 strain, much like the one striking today, infected...

The Case for US Global Leadership

July 19, 2018
Since the conclusion of the Second World War, the United States and its allies have led in building multiple international institutions that promote trade, security and diplomacy – including the United Nations, the World Trade Organization and NATO. Yet too many Americans do not understand the...
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