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The Future of Migration - Part One

November 5, 2003
Immigration is an issue that elicits heated views from all sides of the political and economic spectrum. In the 21st century, how might we expect our lives and societies to be affected by changes in immigration? In Part One of a two-part series, economist Lant Pritchett argues that there are five...

#SiberiaOnFire: Crisis Communication in Russia

February 25, 2020
The internet, smartphones and social media have transformed crisis communications even in countries where leaders strive for tight control. The public expects fast, regular updates, and refusing comment is no longer an option. Russia learned this during summer of 2019 as wildfires raged in Siberia...

Global Fishing Trade Depletes African Waters

July 23, 2007
Fish is a favorite food for the global palate. Since 1982, a United Nations treaty allowed countries to restrict fishing within 231 miles of their coasts. Poor African nations, such as Mauritania or Senegal, found a lucrative source for cash when they started selling fishing rights to wealthy...

What is Globalization?

Nayan Chanda
November 19, 2003

The Wall Street Journal: US Tax Overhaul Raises Alarms Among Foreign Executives

December 1, 2017
US proposals to cut taxes for corporations and wealthy individuals are troubling executives of foreign firms. The United States is the world’s largest market for many companies and tax changes can affect global profits, explains a team of writers for the Wall Street Journal. Reduced taxes could...

What's Wrong With Globalization?

August 30, 2006
Globalization has boosted world productivity, reducing obstacles in selling goods and services. Yet the forces of production are varied and can be confused: One component includes objects, including energy or land, that undergo transformation in the production process; a second is the tools of...

How We Broke the World: NYT

June 2, 2020
Global insecurity has intensified with the gradual dismantling of protections. “Over the past 20 years, we’ve been steadily removing man-made and natural buffers, redundancies, regulations and norms that provide resilience and protection when big systems – be they ecological, geopolitical or...

Egyptian Coup Splits Middle East

July 11, 2013
Massive protests on Egyptian streets, followed by a swift military coup, have underscored confusion in the region. Syrian leaders, struggling with their own insurrection, relying on support from the Islamist government in Iran, have suggested that religion is no basis for governance; Iran, after...
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