I am in no position to be dispassionate about President Vladimir Putin’s war against Russia’s “oligarchs,” the class of men and women (yes, …

In 1996, Yale economist Robert Shiller looked around, considered the historical record, and concluded that the American stock market was ove…

In 2004, the world economy grew at a rate of 5.1%, the fastest pace in the last 28 years. While Ifo`s World Economic Climate indicator, gene…

The threats and challenges facing the world at the dawn of the new millennium are numerous. It has also become clear that, in an era of glob…

With negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program looming once again, understanding Iran’s new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is critically imp…

Throughout the world, people suffer from a serious perception error that has inhibited them from taking concrete steps to protect themselves…

Corruption undermines the quality of life for people around the world, not only in poor countries. The US currently is witnessing several co…

The dominance of conservative Islam in the Middle East reflects a fundamental reality of Muslim society. But this conservatism should not be…

When voters in France and the Netherlands turned down the proposal for a Constitution for the European Union, the world knew that the Europe…

Central Asia is frequently in the news these days – and most of the news seems to be bad. The casual reader, viewer, and listener has become…

What appeared to be the most momentous scientific advance of 2005 is currently under siege. In June, the prestigious journal Science publish…

How long will the United States maintain a large deployment of troops in Iraq? That is now the central question of George W. Bush’s second t…

Not so long ago, there was jubilation that the free world and its values had prevailed in the Cold War. When the Communist empire collapsed,…

Ten years ago, comparing the reform processes in China and Russia was an intellectual fashion. Was it preferable to start with economics – t…

How victims remember trauma is the most controversial issue facing psychology and psychiatry today. Many clinical trauma theorists believe t…

Of all China’s problems, none will be more critical over the long run than how it resolves the tension between economic development and envi…

In many ways, 2005 has been Europe’s annus horibilis. It began well, when Spanish voters approved the draft European Union constitution, but…

Bolivia is at a defining moment in its history. It recently found a new source of wealth, natural gas, but may become yet another victim of …

“Bolivia is rich,” a Tacana Indian woman told me last week inside Madidi National Park. Earlier in the day, we’d witnessed a hundred capuchi…

Gerhard Schroeder, who less than a month ago was Germany’s Chancellor, has agreed to become chairman of the company that is building a gas p…

On December 16, Orhan Pamuk, one of Turkey’s most famous writers, will enter an Istanbul court to face a charge of “insulting the national i…

Venezuela’s recent legislative elections confirmed trends that have repeatedly brought the country into the headlines in recent years. Presi…

If the late great Argentine economist Raul Prebisch were alive today, he no doubt would wonder whether the world had turned upside down. His…

Whatever face-saving measures are taken, the meeting in Hong Kong in mid-December to wrap up the current Development Round of world trade ta…

President Bush’s recent visit to Asia made little news – by design. But that’s because Bush didn’t begin to address the issue that is loomin…