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SARS Unmasks a Wider Scandal

May 2, 2003
Writing from Beijing, Jasper Becker asks what lessons China will take from the Sars crisis? The crisis, he argues, reveals great flaws in the Chinese government's system of management in non-economic areas. "The half-baked reform of China's health system is nothing short of...

The World Reacts to Candidate’s Proposed Ban on Muslims Entering US

December 8, 2015
The leading Republican candidate for US president handed the Islamic State terrorists a new recruiting message by proposing a ban on Muslims entering the United States. Other candidates, both Democrats and Republicans, swiftly condemned the proposal as “unhinged” and “unconstitutional.” The...

US-NK Summit Fails: Korea Herald

February 28, 2019
A summit, with the aim of curtailing North Korea’s nuclear-weapons ambitions, ended early with no agreement. The Korea Herald reports that North Korea had offered to denuclearize partially if the United States lifted sanctions, and Donald Trump refused. Other reports suggest North Korean officials...

Why Putin Doesn’t Care About Sanctions

March 25, 2014
Europe’s advance on former Soviet satellite states unnerved Russia. After unrest in Ukraine and deposition of the president, Russia moved to annex Crimea – which in turn may “drive Ukraine into the arms of the EU and give NATO a new raison d’être,” explains David R. Cameron, Yale professor of...

Learning the Hard Way in Kosovo

December 9, 2004
A newly released report on UN reform suggests that the path be cleared for the world organization to intervene in sovereign nations and send peacekeepers to places like Darfur or Rwanda. But before rushing the blue berets to the next political crisis, the international community would do well to...

The Lost Children: France Takes Stock of Growing Jihadist Problem

November 19, 2014
In regulating immigration, policy planners anticipate newcomers to assimilate, especially over generations. Most do, but children of immigrant families long settled in France are often intrigued by jihad. Julia Amalia Heyer profiles a French family – the mother atheist and the father Muslim – whose...

Brazil's Trade Perspectives: Avoiding the "Flight of the Chicken"

June 22, 2005
The ascending economic star of South America, Brazil has enjoyed a substantial trade surplus in recent years, profiting from macroeconomic factors such as the devaluation of the Brazilian currency and productivity gains in export-oriented sectors of the economy. To sustain these favorable trade...

Only 3 Percent of What You Buy Is Made in China, But It's the Most Important 3 Percent

August 25, 2011
For four decades, corporations have outsourced manufacturing operations to Asia, reducing costs. Shifting manufacturing off-shore eliminated jobs and also “sacrificed the know-how to think of new ways of manufacturing goods,” explains Greg Lindsay for Fast Company. In all, services represent two...
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