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Trump Tries to Limit Asylum Seekers: NPR

July 16, 2019
International law protects asylum seekers fleeing persecution in their home countries, ready to provide evidence that they belong to a protected class that includes race, religion, nationality, political leanings. Even so, the Trump administration is trying to impose limits, specifically targeting...

NHS “Can Save £500m” on Foreign Care

November 1, 2013
A survey by BritishFuture.org suggests that more than 70 percent of respondents consider the National Health Service a symbol of “what is great” about Great Britain. But health care is costly, and British officials contemplate being more proactive in recouping treatment costs from foreigners. “...

Lack of Women in Eastern Germany Feeds Neo-Nazis

June 1, 2007
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, many East Germans left their communities in search of education, jobs and other opportunity. But the Berlin Institute for Population and Development reports that most of the emigrants have been young women – with some communities in East Germany losing up to 25...

Snowden and Obama Slow Down Globalization

November 13, 2013
Policies and individuals can influence globalization’s pace. Writing for the Weekly Standard, Irwin Stelzer blames former US National Security Agency contract worker Edward Snowden – his release of National Security Agency documents revealing methods and targets – and President Barack Obama for...

The Post-WikiLeaks World – Part II

December 17, 2010
After WikiLeaks released secret diplomatic cables, the US government strives to apologize for sensitive breaches in confidences and punish all involved. Internet privacy is elusive for both individuals and powerful institutions, and this two-part series examines responses to leaks from governments...

Covid-19 Stimulus: South China Morning Post

May 15, 2020
Central banks around the globe organize massive stimulus programs from central banks, but these are not without risk. By reducing interest rates and rapidly investing in a range of assets to prop up prices, central bankers hope to save jobs and prevent a long economic depression. Governments...

Conciliatory Tones From Egypt’s Islamist Leaders

December 7, 2011
Islamist candidates have surged in Egypt’s elections, but Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post cautions against regarding all Islamists as one and the same. Yes, the Muslim Brotherhood, banned by the Mubarak regime, has a history of violence. Yet many of the Brotherhood’s Islamists have abandoned...

Central Demands

May 8, 2014
Corruption and economic stagnation go hand in hand, and voters in India are hungry for change, suggests Nayan Chanda, editor of YaleGlobal Online. But big challenges – including a lack of jobs for the young, budget deficits, inflation and a regulatory morass – along with the need for coalition...
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