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Could Europe Ruin the World Economy?

June 19, 2012
Greek voters in parliamentary elections narrowly approved staying with the euro, but the debt crisis is far from over. Winning about 30 percent of the vote, the conservative leaders of New Democracy must build a coalition government and fend off a sizable opposition that resists austerity that was...

US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue

July 14, 2014
Tensions run high between the world’s two largest economies over trade and currency, cyberhacking, and maritime disputes in the East and South China seas. Top officials of the United States and China meet annually to review economic, financial and security concerns, and the most recent US-China...

比利时:无政府的日子怎么过

May 3, 2011
比利时的无政府状态已经持续了一年多的时间。去年，荷兰语政党与法语政党谈判破裂，荷语开放自由党宣布退出执政联盟，首相宣布解散政府；而后，在全国立法选举中，既没有哪个政党获得过半数选票的单独组阁权，又由于党派林立，无法筹组联合政府，目前，比利时只有一个临时看守内阁，而没有正式的政府。但是，即便如此，大多数的比利时人都对无政府危机一笑置之。于海洋通过追溯比利时的建国历史和将比利时放入全球化时代的语境，分析了这种心态的缘由。由于历史原因，比利时是一个有国家、有政府却无民族的政治存在。在欧洲权力政治时代，比利时身处大国夹缝之中，这一天然局限使得比利时始终没有建立强烈的民族认同，进而形成统一民族国家。...

CNBC: The Costs of Dumping Obama’s Clean Power Plan

March 29, 2017
Despite polarization among US lawmakers, the president can accomplish much with executive orders. Donald Trump is dismantling his predecessor’s climate legacy, explains Jason Bordoff, a professor and founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University's School of...

Impeachment Rules Set: Time

November 1, 2019
The US House of Representatives voted along party lines, except for two votes, to set rules for the impeachment inquiry of US President Donald Trump. Even supporters of impeachment express concern that the partisan divide will doom the effort to remove Trump from office: “the partisan breakdown of...

The Bigger Problem: Weapons of Individual Destruction

October 15, 2003
The American hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has turned up little so far, but in the meantime coalition soldiers and Iraqi civilians continue to be victims of armed violence. By ignoring the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, says Raenette Taljaard, a member of the South...

Modi's Bangladesh Deal: Small Footprint, Big Impact

December 9, 2014
Since taking office in spring, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought good relations with neighbors. As part of such effort, he has pushed for settlement of an old border dispute with neighbor Bangladesh – a move that “will smoothen India's relations with Bangladesh, enable closer...

Spread of 'Preemptive-ism' and Indonesia Sovereignty

October 7, 2004
Standing upon the precedent of US president George W. Bush, Australian Prime Minister John Howard has also claimed the right of his country to prevent terrorist attacks with preemptive strikes. In this op-ed from neighboring country Indonesia and likely home of many of the “terrorist bases” Howard...
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