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The Struggle for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia

January 8, 2009
Some countries want nothing to do with nuclear weapons, and that’s particularly true of former Soviet satellites that were subjected to numerous nuclear tests during the Cold War. A treaty on a nuclear-weapon-free-zone in Central Asia, agreed to by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan...

Korean Hospitals Eager to Tap Overseas Patients

June 2, 2006
With high-quality workers and advanced technology, South Korea has the potential to become a leading medical hub, according to the Korea International Trade Association. The government has initiated measures to promote medical tourism, such as easing the visa process for foreign patients. The...

Goodbye Globalization

November 16, 2016
The US president-elect plans to increase jobs by ending trade that does not benefit the United States. That assumes the US is self-sufficient and that other countries might go along. Instead, the other countries, especially China as the world’s largest market and soon to be largest economy, will...

A Setback for Democracy

May 4, 2006
Before the US-led invasion of Iraq, states throughout the Middle East had been loosening some controls, particularly in the economic and communication spheres. Increasing internet use and lively broadcasts from Aljazeera satellite TV gradually encouraged economic and political debate. But...

Pakistan on the Brink

September 19, 2008
The US shotgun marriage with Pakistan, arranged after the 9/11 attacks in order to launch the US “war on terror,” has begun to fall apart, and in the process endangers the very state of Pakistan. The US detoured to Iraq and relied on Pakistan’s military ruler General Pervez Musharraf as an ally to...

Government Had No Reason to Intervene in Stock Market Turbulence

July 7, 2015
Interventions tried by the Chinese government to curb sharp declines in the country's stock markets are drawing unusually pointed criticism from analysts. “The bottom line is this: Only a systemic risk that threatens financial stability justifies a government bailout,” notes Ling Huawei for...

Say It With Numbers

February 6, 2013
Manufacturers, especially on high-priced items like cars or electronics, are offering a bit more detail on the source countries for their products. More detail reveals the integration of the global economy and how globalization contributes to job growth. A new database from the World Trade...

Catalan Leaders Guilty of Sedition: El País

October 16, 2019
Catalan separatists – including a party leader, former speaker of the Catalan parliament, former ministers and cabinet members – were sentenced to 9 to 13 years in prison by the Spanish Supreme Court for an attempt to break from Spain in October 2017. “The court has found that there were “...
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