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Brazil: Dances with Dragon

December 1, 2009
The Confucius Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, one of the few cosmopolitan cities that does not feature a Chinatown, recently celebrated its first anniversary. The presence of the Institute is not only a sign of China’s rising soft power, but also the many ways in which China and Brazil have become...

The G20: Captive in the Prison of Mercantilism

November 13, 2010
The G20 meeting of the world’s major economies concluded in Seoul without a serious plan for coordinating macroeconomic policies. Since the first G20 meeting in November 2008, global leaders have recognized that inconsistent, poorly coordinated policies spurred the global economic crisis along....

Rebels Hijack Gaddafi's Phone Network

April 18, 2011
As protests surge, autocratic governments immediately shut down communications. The story of how skilled expatriates moved in to restore phone and internet services for Libya reads like a high-tech spy thriller. A Libyan-American telecom executive, 31 and raised in Alabama, organized a team of...

Capitalists, Arise: We Need to Deal With Income Inequality

August 10, 2015
Billionaires are nervous about growing inequality. The United States is wealthy, yet 40 percent are in debt, living from pay check to pay check. Businesses that rely on ordinary consumers purchasing clothes, home products and more will see stagnation. “If inequality is not addressed, the income gap...

Globalization with Few Discontents?

June 3, 2003
As a sub-section of the Pew Global Attitudes Project survey, "View of a Changing World," this article examines the global public's attitudes towards globalization in the past five years. Generally, peoples of the world agree - albeit to different degrees - that after experiencing...

Back to the Future in Europe?

December 16, 2013
Ukraine and other former Soviet republics are in the middle of a tug of war between the West and Russia. Negotiations over an association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union – for promoting trade, cooperation, and reciprocal rights and obligations – were nearing conclusion when Russia...

1.2 Million Without Water: Manila Times

March 16, 2019
Sections of metropolitan Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, suffer from a severe water shortage with service disruptions anticipated until rain arrives. The rainy season does not begin for another three months, and authorities are rationing water. “The water agency said all of its...

Inside America's Secret Afghan Gulag

June 23, 2004
In May graphic evidence of American soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners was presented to the worldwide media, causing an uproar and leading to charges of abuse that have reached into the highest levels of American policymaking. With the world's attention focused on Iraq, say the authors of...
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