| COMMENTARY |
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Peace Breaks Out in the Taiwan Strait
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Rainbow bridge on the island of Penghu in
the Taiwan Strait. Photo by Kaba (CC). |
Sheridan Prasso
While the world's attention is focused on wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Georgia, a little-observed positive trend is taking place on the other side of the world: Peace has broken out in the Taiwan Strait.
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Globalization of Language Will Muzzle the Nation-State
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Will a global language say "nevermore" to
the nation-state? Photo: Darwin Bell (CC). |
Improved communication and translation between people will deprive nation-states of their raison d'etre.
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| BRIEFINGS |
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The Race to the Middle
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Jesse Loper
Recent developments in the case law of Mexico and the United States suggest that labor standards between these trading partners may actually be converging.
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Yoga Bends the Globalization Stereotype
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Matthew Hennessey
The worldwide popularity of yoga proves that globalization is flowing in every direction, and has been for a while.
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| POLICY LIBRARY |
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Green Recovery
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Robert Pollin,
James Heintz
This report outlines a green recovery program to strengthen the U.S. economy over the next two years and leave it in a better position for sustainable prosperity, focusing on expanded job opportunities, stabilizing the price of oil, and making significant strides toward fighting global warming and building a green, low-carbon economy.
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Mediating Protests
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This paper examines how the media facilitates social change in democratic countries, how it catalyzes revolution in authoritarian nations, and ways in which the media (in democratic countries) can act to undermine social movements.
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The World Bank's New Poverty Estimates: Digging Deeper into a Hole
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Sanjay Reddy
The World Bank's new poverty estimates are no more accurate than before, says Sanjay Reddy. They are still set far too low to cover the basic necessities required for nutrition and a minimally decent life.
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