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Don’t Blame Supply Chains

May 7, 2020
Political leaders, frustrated by collapsing economies due to the Covid-19 pandemic, consider providing assistance for domestic companies to pull operations out of China. “The goal is threefold: Punish China for the coronavirus, eliminate a source of vulnerability in production lines of critical...

How the Wealthy Sell Treasures Tax-Free

February 6, 2020
Governments have long encouraged minimal or no taxation in free trade zones and freeports to encourage commerce and economic activity, and the concept of secure warehouses for luxury goods in transit began with the Geneva Freeport in the late 19th century. Such complexes expand worldwide as...

Russia Wants to Remake Globalization in Its Own Image

November 24, 2016
Globalization and global institutions are in crisis, confronting varying levels of mistrust around the world. The Valdai Discussion Club, a group of Russian and foreign international affairs experts, assessed the global order. “Russians described Western-led neoliberal globalization as universally...

The US, Nation of Immigrants, Turns on Them

June 22, 2018
The Trump administration launched a zero-tolerance policy on undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers crossing the southern US border, resulting in mass arrests since early April. The administration rationalized that such arrests justified separating children from parents and placing them in...

Global Energy Transport Security

August 20, 2019
Global markets for liquefied natural gas, or LNG have set records for the fifth consecutive year. A series of detentions of oil cargo ships this summer in Hormuz by Iran and the United Kingdom have heightened energy security concerns, especially for vulnerable transport routes in the volatile...

The Center of the World

September 15, 2005
After the global narcotics trade, sport is the world's most globalized and profitable business. With a television audience spanning 200 countries, the NBA boasts a larger global footprint than the United Nations. The crown jewel in the basketball league's push to lure international talent...

When Millennia-Old Mummies Threaten National Identity

February 23, 2011
Centuries ago, traders and travelers bearing commodities and ideas forged a series of routes crossing Central Asia, connecting China with Rome. What became known as the Silk Road is the epitome of early and unprecedented globalization. Archaeological excavations in the oasis areas of the Tarim...

Lessons From Versailles for Today’s Middle East

October 22, 2014
The Middle East is in disarray and the international community is urged to tackle root causes of the conflict by focusing on the end of World War I and treaties behind many of the region’s borders. “Many groups came to Versailles to plead for the chance to determine their own futures only to...
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