Most Popular

Beyond Cheap Labor: Lessons for Developing Economies

December 21, 2004
The specter of China and it's massive fleet of low-cost laborers haunts developing economies worldwide. However, for middle-income countries, focusing on cheap labor is not the answer for sustained economic growth, according to The McKinsey Quarterly. Using Mexico as a basis for discussion,...

Indonesian Voters Debate Globalization

June 26, 2018
Indonesia, the world’s fifth most populous nation is “a sprawling, 3,000-year-old civilization with more than 360 ethnicities, 707 languages and dozens of religions,” writes foreign policy analyst Niruban Balachandran. “Perhaps this diversity and openness to trade and exchange contribute to...

Stress in Indo-US Engagement?

July 30, 2019
India, like many other nations, faces numerous foreign policy challenges as well as doubts about a dependable partnership with the United States. Under the Trump administration, the United States has targeted numerous countries on trade imbalances and in June announced revocation of India’s special...

COVID-19 Travels 4 Meters? SCMP

March 11, 2020
China has identified more than 80,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, almost three times more than the rest of the world. The high numbers permit research that aids understanding the disease's spread. Officials advise keeping a safe distance up to 2 meters meter or 6 feet. Yet researchers tracked...

When Chinese Martial Arts Flies Through the Global Box Office

December 9, 2002
Taiwan-born director Ang Lee won accolades for turning a Chinese novel into the fantastical, money-making movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. With undeniably Chinese martial arts action and a romantic story the Brothers Grimm would have praised, Lee's blockbuster appealed to audiences the...

Outbreak in Hong Kong: Democracy and COVID-19

March 5, 2020
COVID-19 may have temporarily subdued protests in Hong Kong, but a hardline approach from authorities combined with bungling on the management and communications on the outbreak could fuel more discontent. Even as Hong Kong contends with more than 100 COVID-19 cases and economic disruptions,...

18 Months to Save the Planet: BBC News

July 25, 2019
The world, despite three decades of warnings, has procrastinated on climate change. To protect the planet, the world should take decisive steps to reduce carbon emissions before the end of 2020, some researchers suggest, and even then restoration will not be immediate. “One of the understated...

Is Putin an Anti-Globalization Hero?

November 3, 2004
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made few friends within the anti-globalization movement, despite government actions that – on the surface, at least – reflect goals espoused by demonstrators – from Seattle to Genoa. Liliana N. Proskuryakova argues that anti-globalization activists have held...
More..