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Fragile Yet Indispensable

January 5, 2009
Damaged fiber-optic cables along the Mediterranean seabed cut internet access for almost 100 million users, and the sudden absence highlighted the service’s importance in the modern world, explains Nayan Chanda, YaleGlobal editor, in his regular column for Businessworld. Modern business...

Why Major in Humanities? Not Just for a Good Job – For a Good Life

August 14, 2013
As individuals compete for high-paying jobs, many parents and educators question the value of a humanities degree. Professors in the humanities defend the degree for teaching skills in analysis, writing and logic and serving as a launch pad to practical degrees in medicine, law or business. In an...

China Considers Relaxing One-Child Policy

March 24, 2011
Human-rights advocates have long railed against China’s one-child policy – and exemptions have gradually been granted to a limited number of families, allowing them two children. Warned about population imbalances and young adults overwhelmed with caring for aging parents without sibling support,...

Incredibly Unwell India

December 15, 2014
With bacterial diseases emerging that are increasingly resistant to antibiotics, governments should step up monitoring, develop new lines of treatment and prevent overuse. In his column for Businessworld, YaleGlobal Editor Nayan Chanda points out how a manufacturing hub for a product encourages...

US Tech Firms Could Feel Backlash in China After Hacking Indictments

May 21, 2014
The United States indicted five Chinese military officers for cyber-espionage of major US companies. “The U.S. move on Monday adds to growing tensions between Washington and Beijing over cybersecurity issues that are creating obstacles for U.S. companies in the nearly $324 billion Chinese...

China Rising: Have Cash, Buy Oil

October 9, 2009
While the global financial crisis has left much of the Western world in disarray, China’s position remains strong with a stockpile of cash ready to acquire cheap assets. In many cases, these assets are natural resources, especially hydrocarbons. According to author Dilip Hiro, Beijing’s acquisition...

Israel-Iran Shadow War: New York Times

September 2, 2019
Conflicts in the Middle East tend to attract interventions and proxy wars with regional players trying to reduce the influence of rivals. A team of writers for the New York Times reports that a shadow war between Israel and Iran is escalating with Israel pushing back at Iran's expansion in...

As Routes to Europe Close, Refugees Consider a Deadly Crossing

April 13, 2016
As nations like Macedonia, Turkey, Hungary and Greece block refugees from crossing their borders, a wave of people fleeing conflict, terrorism and retribution in Syria and elsewhere has shifted direction to a more treacherous route. UN refugee officials estimate that the number of refugees...
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