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Who's Your Big Brother? NAFTA, the EU, and International Trade and Development

May 7, 2007
Economic integration schemes have a powerful impact on growth in developing nations, reports Gerald McDermott, Lazlo Bruszt and Vanesa Sanchez in a paper “International Integration Regimes as Development Programs: A Comparison of EU and NAFTA Accession Processes” for Knowledge@Wharton, an online...

CNBC: Europe, Russia, China Join Forces to Dodge Iran Sanctions

September 25, 2018
The United States withdrew from the international agreement to contain Iran’s weapons program and imposed sanctions on Iran’s oil, aviation, auto and other industries as well as others doing business with Iran. Other signatories to the agreement – France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China – have...

The Economist: Stumped for Words: Language Battle Hampers Algeria’s Development

August 28, 2017
The legacy of the French settler-colonial project continues to impact the politics of education in Algeria. “The republic’s official language is standard Arabic, but few children grow up speaking it, so they often feel lost on their first day of school. Berber, the tongue of perhaps a quarter of...

Japan-Russia Territory Dispute: Wall Street Journal

November 5, 2019
Russia and Japan launched a new program aimed at resolving a territorial dispute that has lingered since 1945 when the Soviet Union seized the islands of Kunashir and Iturup. Japanese with no ties to the islands boarded a ship for a visit. One scholar suggests that the trip may have been more...

The Guardian: Who Are the New Jihadis?

April 18, 2017
The contemporary terrorist’s brutal acts against symbolic targets are centered around his or her own death, explains author Olivier Roy in an essay for the Guardian. “Muslim tradition, while it recognises the merits of the martyr who dies in combat, does not prize those who strike out in pursuit of...

The Conversation: Is a Unified Korea Possible?

January 26, 2018
North and South Korea, divided since 1945, are making a small, symbolic gesture by marching together under one flag for the opening ceremony of the Olympics. “Unfortunately, history suggests such efforts to reunite the peninsula as a single country often don’t go far,” notes Ji-Young Lee, professor...

Deutsche Welle: Climate Change Sets the World on Fire

October 18, 2017
Fast-moving wildfires are striking densely populated communities throughout the Americas and Europe, resulting in mass evacuations, with dozens of deaths, thousands of homes destroyed, mass evacuations and disrupted businesses. “With global temperatures rising, scientists say wildfires are likely...

Dark Clouds Hang over Indonesian Tourism after Bali Bomb Blasts

October 14, 2002
Successful, large-scale tourism requires both great attractiveness and a basic guarantee of safety for visitors. Often billed as an island paradise, Bali's economy is now almost completely dependent upon international tourism. But according to Indonesian tourism officials, Saturday's...
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