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Modi’s Success in India’s Elections: Five Factors

July 23, 2019
India as an emerging economy struggles with constrained growth and rising unemployment. Yet India’s voters handed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party a decisive victory. Gilles Verniers, assistant professor of Political Science and co-director of the Trivedi Centre for...

Iran Nuclear Deal Fuels Tension With Saudi Arabia Inflaming New Conflicts

January 19, 2016
Iran has moved swiftly in implementing terms of an international nuclear deal, and the nation's rising stock in the international community has alarmed rival Saudi Arabia. “As the economy falters, the Saudi regime seems to take aggressive stances in the foreign-policy arena in order to...

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...

Global Currency Accord Is Necessary, But Unlikely

April 2, 2020
Global efforts are required to slow the spread of COVID-19’s economic fallout, and this is especially true for currency stabilization, argues author Will Hickey. He urges major powers to convene on slowing the US dollar’s rapid rise and curtailing protectionist urges. “Nothing would assuage world...

Easing One-Child Policy May Be Too Late

January 7, 2014
A Chinese policy that generally limited families to one child has been revised: Couples can have two children if either spouse is an only child. But China may discover that increasing family size is tougher than reduction, warns demographer Joseph Chamie. “This mid-course correction in population...

Want to Build a 3D Printer? Look No Further Than Your Electronic Junkyard

January 18, 2018
Innovation flourishes in the poorest of nations with necessity as the mother of invention. In West Africa's Togo, where the GDP per capita is $1,500, professionals like Afate Gnikou often earn extra cash by helping repair neighbors' cell phones or cars using odd parts. In 2012, he...

Growing Inequality Dulls India’s Sheen

December 21, 2017
India has enjoyed spectacular growth since 1990, but the nation’s wealth is concentrated and not trickling down to most people. “The surging economic growth has improved living conditions of its citizens, but these improvements were not uniformly distributed among India’s diverse population,”...

薄熙来的陨落昭示着中国改革派的上升么？

April 9, 2012
选择中国共产党最高领导人———九名政治局常务委员——背后的过程冗长、仔细掂量且不为人知。这层神秘的面纱让薄熙来稍微揭起了一点。薄熙来原来似乎有望进入常委的队伍，但因为野心过大而突然被解职。这位被驱逐的重庆市委书记为了获得国家权力，进行了种种运动，包括提供大规模补贴、重拳打击腐败、调动民族主义，用高唱文革时期的歌曲来赞颂毛泽东。目前，九名常委包括主席胡锦涛、总理温家宝、副主席习近平就薄熙来事件站在统一战线上。驻香港记者秦家骢分析了政治局常委的候选人和他们的背景。他预计包括改革派汪洋在内的温和派会上升，这是外国投资者所乐意见到的 。也许政治局会确保不断的合作，...
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