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Indian Investors Enter the Caribbean

July 8, 2008
Following the footsteps of China, Indian firms have been investing in the Caribbean nations, building infrastructure in exchange for the opportunity to purchase natural resources. Foreign direct investments represent a large slice of the Caribbean economic pie; China and India could effectively...

Hong Kong Protests Turn Violent: Reuters

August 27, 2019
After 11 weeks, mostly peaceful protests in Hong Kong have turned into violent with petrol bombs, destruction of surveillance cameras and injuries. Police responded with water cannons, teargas, gunfire and more than 80 arrests. The protests began in June over an extradition bill allowing Hong Kong...

What’s Your Consumption Factor?

January 3, 2008
The average citizen of a wealthy nation consumes at a rate 32 times that of the average citizen of a poor nation, and a rising human population will present major problems if people consume at levels on display in the wealthiest nations. High consumption levels exacerbate environmental devastation...

India Wants to Join the Non-Proliferation Treaty as a Weapon State

January 27, 2010
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has suffered a lot of dents of late from its signatories: North Korea and Iran are just some examples. But the long standing refusal of India, Pakistan, and Israel – all possessors of nuclear weapons – to accede doesn’t help either....

Bound to Fail

May 31, 2011
No nation can successfully block out the physical or intangible cross-border challenges imposed by others. Immigrants, disease, radiation, trade in natural resources or radical ideas like democracy leap and bound across borders. With global interconnectedness in so many areas, governance at the...

美国基金会资助了中国政府，而非NGO

March 28, 2012
T世界各地非政府组织的数量正在持续增长，募集资金的竞争空前激烈。总部设在美国、致力促进国际发展的基金会旨在推广人权和民主。香港中文大学社会学教授安子杰（Anthony J. Spires）解释道，在中国，受援项目受到政府的严格监控。他补充说“美国各大基金会往往将巨额资金拨给受中国政府控制或影响的组织，而不是那些独立非政府组织（NGO）或者草根NGO。”安子杰称，由政府组织的NGO，或所谓的GONGO（Government-organized NGO的简称）“在为那些中国政府自己不愿资助的项目募集境外资金，同时也成了压制新生社会力量的工具。”中国对美国基金会在医疗保健、...

COVID-19 Reshuffling the Global Power Deck? PRI

April 16, 2020
In confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries quickly abandoned international cooperation and leadership traditions. “A global response is critical to tackling the challenges posed by the virus – from sharing data that accurately models the crisis, to collaborating on a vaccine and its...

Uzbekistan: A Third Front in the War on Terrorism?

April 5, 2004
The US-led war on global terror may face a new challenge in Uzbekistan, a Central Asian country infrequently featured in news headlines outside the region. Charles William Maynes, President of the Eurasia Foundation, argues that US policy toward Uzbekistan is failing to curb the rise of radical...
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