Most Popular

Canada Heats Up Rhetoric Over Claims to North Pole

July 11, 2007
Canada means business when it comes to claiming, protecting and using the Arctic. With climate change gradually melting arctic ice, potentially exposing oil and minerals, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has warned other nations to stay away from the region. Canada is investing in a deepwater port to...

Safety Last

September 6, 2006
When it comes to technology, businesses and consumers prioritize power over safety. With fierce global competition in the computer and mobile-phone markets, firms move products to market quickly, regardless of risks. Apple Computer and Dell Computer recently recalled lithium-ion batteries, which...

Is Larry Summers the Canary in the Mine?

May 14, 2008
One-time champions of free trade, economic liberalization and globalization – like Larry Summers, former treasury secretary with the Clinton administration – now unveil their doubts. Globalization presents competition, and perhaps potential threat for the US is how a trio of analysts summarizes...

Struggling to Squelch an Internet Rumor

March 5, 2008
The internet has revolutionized the way information is passed, making mass communication possible with the click of a mouse. And yet, such power left unchecked can ease the spread of misinformation. Samuel Freedman, Columbia University journalism professor, cites an example at the University of...

Real Trade Negotiations Still Lie Ahead

August 1, 2004
The Doha round of trade negotiations started in November 2001 and was scheduled to be wrapping up later this year, but a walkout of representatives from developing nations at the WTO’s Cancun meeting last September delayed the process. Many experts feared that another setback would severely damage...

The Fury of the Poor

April 18, 2008
People living in the world’s poorest countries often spend the bulk of their incomes on food. But with the prices of some staples doubling or more, food has become unaffordable. Despair and shame can quickly transform into violence, note a team of writers with Spiegel Online. An unchecked growing...

North Korea Says Its Arms Will Deter U.S. Attack

April 7, 2003
After having been virtually silent since the US-led invasion of Iraq began, North Korea's government is once again proclaiming the right to protect itself against any US aggression. "The Iraqi war shows that to allow disarming through inspection does not help avert a war but rather...

U.S. Suspects North Korea Moved Ahead on Weapons

May 8, 2003
In North Korea, the US finds itself in the opposite situation that it faced in Iraq. In his article The New York Times writer notes the irony.: "The government of Saddam Hussein insisted it held no weapons, and Mr. Bush is seeking to prove that it did. In North Korea, the government is...
More..