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BBC: The US and Iranian Battle Over Pistachio Trade

October 31, 2017
Tensions run high between Iran and the United States. The Trump administration, criticizing the terms, claims that Iran is not in compliance over the nuclear deal and decertified what is known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Other signatories – China, Russia, France, Germany and the...

Coping With Digital Revolution: China Offers Green Dam, Iran Faces Neda

June 23, 2009
The global response to China’s filtering software Green Dam Youth Escort and the Iranian election are not only proof of the power of the internet as a democratic form of communication, but also as a lever for democracy itself. Columbia Professor Guobin Yang shows how. The Green Dam software program...

Reshaped Global Commerce: Wall Street Journal

February 13, 2020
The trade war between the US and China in the past two years has contributed to slowing global trade growth. Imports for both the US and China declined in 2019 due to additional tariffs and the global trade system has made adjustments. A Wall Street Journal article describes which regions benefited...

Informant on Baghdadi: Washington Post

October 31, 2019
An informant who “lost faith” in the Islamic State helped the United States identify and kill ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “The mole’s detailed knowledge of Baghdadi’s whereabouts as well as the room-by-room layout of his sanctuary proved to be critical in the Oct. 26 raid that ended with the...

美国人才正在流失？

December 8, 2009
尽管有可能避免第二次大萧条，但目前这场经济“大衰退”无意中产生的后果却只是刚刚开始显现。后果之一便是反向移民（reverse migration）。据著名移民问题研究专家维韦克•瓦德瓦（Vivek Wadhwa）透露，眼下有许多在美国从事高科技产业的外国出生的工人正返回母国或在考虑归国。这一现象的产生有诸多原因，其中包括为了寻找更好的经济发展前景或就业机会。青年企业家，或者那些处于职业生涯发展早期的个人意识到，同中国或印度这样的发展中国家相比，美国——这个曾经充满机遇的国度——和其它发达国家的经济增长乏力。当然，促成这种反向移民趋势还有其它因素：母国的吸引力以及美国新出台的限制性法规的威胁。...

Amid US Outsourcing Fears, India’s IT Firms Thrive

October 17, 2012
In his presidential campaigns, both 2008 and now, Barack Obama has blasted outsourcing and offshoring of US jobs. Such political attention unnerved India’s IT industry, which relies on skilled labor and large numbers of temporary work visas, particularly the H-1B for the US. That visa allows...

Politically Incorrect

January 23, 2009
Battles rage to save some products ill-suited in a world worried about energy shortages: In the US, CEOs of auto companies who long depended on oversized vehicles for profits now lobby politicians for financial aid, while protesters in Kolkata aim to protect noisy, polluting auto-rickshaws by...

Asia Needs to Spell Out Changes They Want in International Monetary System

October 31, 2016
The International Monetary Fund contributes to stabilizing the monetary system, reducing imbalances and providing emergency assistance as needed. Yet many Asian nations resist borrowing from the IMF and a regional arrangement for Asia has yet to be activated, writes Barry Eichengreen for Caixin. He...
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