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Treaty Does Not Stop Illicit Mercury Trade in South America

February 13, 2018
Mercury is among the top 10 chemical hazards listed by the World Health Organization. The Minamata Convention on Mercury, a treaty adopted in 2013 and opened for signatures, aims to reduce global mercury pollution and protect global health. “The convention prohibits the opening of new mercury mines...

Four Contradictions of US Trade Policy

March 9, 2017
To create jobs and boost US manufacturing, the Trump administration must develop strategic trade policies. However, the rising value of the US dollar and market expectations for tax cuts and spending complicate policymaking, explains Chris Miller, author and associate director of the Brady-Johnson...

Antiglobalism's Jewish Problem

November 12, 2003
Anti-Semitism is again on the rise, says Mark Strauss, a senior editor for Foreign Policy. Globalization is being pinned on the Jews – the traditional 'villain' of capitalism – and thus the Jewish people are being blamed for all perceived negative effects of increased market integration,...

Modern Servitude: Romanian Badante Care for Elders in Italy

January 3, 2017
As Europe confronts the challenges of an aging population, workers from relatively poor countries relocate to wealthier communities to provide care. “Badante” is an Italian term for caregiver that also refers to foreign women, especially the Romanians who leave home and family to work long hours...

Sex, Gender and Identity Revolution

June 11, 2019
The 21st century has ushered in less controlling social attitudes about sexual and gender identity, and wider acceptance has both reduced stigma and discrimination while revealing the prevalence of sexual attraction and gender categories that extend beyond traditional male/female relationships and...

Superclass and the Inequity of Globalization

May 14, 2008
The free-market principles that drive global trade of goods, services and ideas often run counter to notions of institutional regulation. According to David Rothkopf, author and visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, this void in global governance has facilitated the...

CustomerThink: Globalization Impacts Small Businesses

July 2, 2018
Small businesses can no longer expect to be strictly local in production, supply or markets. Globalization – the endless connections through people, products and ideas – is an ongoing process that imposes a variety of effects on businesses. For the average small business owner, these are mixed...

Kids Born Abroad to Singapore Women to Inherit Citizenship

May 14, 2004
Up until this month, Singaporean women living overseas could not pass citizenship rights onto their children born out-of-country – only men were given this privilege. Children of expatriate women were forced to apply for citizenship. Yet as more Singaporean men and women leave the country to work...
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