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China and Global Balance of Economic Power: Lowy

March 13, 2020
A rising China since 1980 has changed the global trade landscape. The world’s leading manufacturer, the largest trading nation and second largest economy has displaced the United States from its traditional dominance. Roland Rajah and Alyssa Leng analyzed bilateral trade data from the International...

Cold War in the Islamic World

April 1, 2019
Saudi Arabia and Iran, locked in a bitter rivalry, seek to influence the Middle East with little reason but their own supremacy. Author Dilip Hiro, based on his own travels and experiences as a journalist, describes a history of troubled relations and power machinations. In her review of Cold War...

Climate Change Brings Moral Change

July 14, 2015
The world’s major religions urge both respect for nature’s power and gratitude for Earth’s bounty. No one should have been surprised by the encyclical of Pope Francis, rallying believers and non-believers in a global call: “The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring...

Wrong-Way Bets on Oil

January 13, 2015
Nations are wary about fast-dropping oil prices and just how long those prices could stay low. Some nations are lured into ongoing dependence on fossil fuels while others reduce consumer subsidies and redirect funds into infrastructure development. Will Hickey, associate professor at Linton Global...

Make 5G Secure and Open to All

December 17, 2019
The world is in a race to deliver fifth-generation networks, expected to offer new applications in robotics, space, defense, telecommunications, medicine and more while delivering high performance with far greater multi-gigabit capacity, speed and transmission of massive volumes of data. China...

Why Iran Declines to Renegotiate

November 12, 2019
Donald Trump pulled the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action for Iran's nuclear program in May 2018, insisting the agreement was not tough enough. He then reinstated sanctions and urged Iranian leaders to renegotiate another deal. But Iran is in no mood to negotiate and...

ICIJ: Leaked Documents Expose Secret Tax Haven Secrets

November 6, 2017
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released 13.4 million leaked files from a group of offshore service providers that show how companies and individuals thwart government efforts to collect taxes. One of the many stories of the so-called Paradise Papers focuses on Apple, the...

Dialogue of Democracy: Indian Muslims Visit Israel

November 7, 2007
Many Muslim nations, including Indonesia, Bangladesh and Malaysia, decline diplomatic relations with Israel, and the president of Iran has gone so far as to call for eradication of Israel. Yet refusing to meet with an opponent is not statesmanship. Last August, a visit of Indian Muslims to Israel...
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