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Job and Cultural Insecurity, More Than Inequality, Fuels Populism

February 20, 2018
For many workers, insecurity is a more pressing concern than inequality. They worry more about jobs threatened by global trade and automation, their communities’ vanishing way of life, and children’s future than inequality and increasing amounts of wealth controlled by a small percentage of the...

Asia-Pacific Journal Japan Focus: China’s BRI Goals

January 2, 2019
China’s Belt and Road global investment strategy is financing more than $1 trillion in infrastructure development in more than 70 nations. The initiative, global in scope, is a response to the US “pivot to Asia” announced under the Obama administration, “carefully and astutely crafted to take...

When Globalization Really Began

April 30, 2020
Explorers slowly extended regional trade routes throughout ancient history, and the year 1000 marked the first time that an object could circle the world. Thus, globalization began, argues Valerie Hansen, the Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University. This essay is based on her book...

A Strange American Election

October 10, 2016
The outcome of the US presidential race will influence world policies and markets, and the debates and many news reports command a global audience. Donald Trump, businessman and television celebrity, is running against Hillary Clinton, former US secretary of state and US senator. “Thanks to the...

The Battle for the Coronavirus Narrative

May 12, 2020
Chinese-US tensions are escalating as a global battle emerges over controlling the narrative on responsibility for the Covid-19 pandemic. The virus emerged in Wuhan in November 2019, but Chinese officials delayed reports and punished doctors who raised alarm. As the virus spread, China distributed...

The Futures of NATO

May 3, 2017
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization began in 1949, with 12 members, to curtail possible aggression against Europe. NATO now has 28 members, and Jolyon Howorth, an expert on European security and visiting professor at Yale University, analyzes the alliance’s transformations since the fall of the...

South Korea: New Beacon for Refugees

September 12, 2013
Countries that attract refugees tend to be prosperous and demonstrate respect for human rights. Such nations process refugee applications with care, determining that newcomers are not spies or troublemakers. South Korea stands out as a beacon for refugees. The country borders dysfunctional and...

China to Hong Kong: You Can Vote, We Select the Candidates

September 11, 2014
After Beijing’s promise of universal suffrage for the 2017 election, Hong Kong, which was handed over to China by the British colonial ruler in 1997, had anticipated more democracy. But China dashed such hopes by announcing plans to pre-approve candidates for the election of a chief executive,...
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