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Prerequisites of Renaissance

January 4, 2006
Modern science emerged in 16th and 17th century Europe with the Renaissance and the Reformation. Prior to this, scholasticism dominated intellectual inquiry in an atmosphere of dogmatism and intolerance. By contrast, the Renaissance and the Reformation established a society in which rationalism,...

Asians Concerned by Extreme Comments of US Presidential Campaign

October 4, 2016
US presidential candidates are promising new directions on trade relations with Asia. Varying levels of concern have emerged in China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, suggests “America’s 2016 Election Debate on Asia Policy and Asian Reactions,” a report prepared by Robert Sutter and Satu Limaye for...

Hong Kong Elections: South China Morning Post

November 25, 2019
More than 70 percent of Hong Kong’s registered voters turned out for district council elections, firmly rejecting unchecked control from China. “The tsunami of disaffection among voters was clear across the board, as pan-democrats rode the wave to win big in poor and rich neighbourhoods, in both...

Brexit and EU Citizens’ Rights: Euronews

January 21, 2020
The House of Commons approved the EU Withdrawal Bill without change, but the House of Lords approved three changes. The first would give EU citizens an automatic right to stay in the UK after Brexit rather than expecting them to apply. The upper chamber also approved issuing physical documents to...

The New Leviathans

November 12, 2003
One of the major agents of globalization - the multinational corporation - has been alternately portrayed as global villain and global economic booster. In "Global Inc.", a new "atlas of the multinational corporation" by Medard Gabel and Henry Bruner, companies with an...

Demos, GOP Joust to Frame a New Policy on Immigration

June 17, 2003
In 2001, illegal immigration came to national attention in the US as the Bush administration began reviewing a proposal for immigration reform that would have permitted illegal workers to remain employed in the US. After Sept. 11, however, Washington's attention turned to security issues, and...

Sinking States

October 30, 2015
As sea levels continue to rise, island states in the Pacific and Indian oceans may soon find their territory submerged. More than 9.5 million people are at risk of climate displacement, and evacuations, described as “population transfer,” are already occurring throughout the Pacific. While...

Shade Crusade: Why City Trees Are Good Medicine

March 24, 2008
The largest cities in the US have lost more than 25 percent of their tree canopies since 1972. Even as concern about climate change mounts and consumers pursue products that are environmentally friendly, cities remove trees of all sizes, including ones that are more than 100 years old, for new...
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