New Calls for Global Leadership
August 11, 2008
Two years ago I posted a blog about The Need for Global Leadership. It followed a post about the continuing saga of the Doha Round of trade talks that was struggling to
Category: Globalization
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Drug Use Rising in West Africa
August 7, 2008
Until oil was discovered in and around West Africa, that area was best known as the hub of the 18th and 19th century slave trade. In recent years, West Africa has also
African Women’s Movement
August 5, 2008
When Zimbabwe finds itself in the news, the story is generally about Robert Mugabe, the dictator who has sunk one of Africa’s potentially prosperous nations to the bottom of the economic heap.
Global Anti-Smoking Effort Launched
August 4, 2008
In 1947, singer/songwriter Merle Travis wrote the song “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!” for the famous country-western songwriter and entertainer Sollie “Tex” Williams. The song was a million seller. The chorus of that song
The Collapse of the Doha Round
July 30, 2008
Today’s papers are carrying stories about what appears to be the final collapse of the so-called Doha Round of trade negotiations [“Trade Talks Crumble in Feud Over Farm Aid,” by Anthony Faiola
Militarization of U.S. Aid to Africa Raises Concerns
July 28, 2008
There is little debate about the fact that most African states will need help developing their economies for some time to come. African aid (or lack thereof) was a major topic of
Emerging Economies Showing Resilience
July 25, 2008
While the developed world is suffering from an economic downturn caused in part by rising oil prices, emerging market countries are showing a surprising amount of economic resilience [“Slowing Economy Gives Way
Globalization and Economic Stability
July 24, 2008
In two previous posts, I examined articles that discussed two different aspects of globalization: capital flows [Financial Globalization] and the agricultural sector [Globalization, Food, and Resilience]. The post about financial globalization was
Colombia Embraces Globalization
July 21, 2008
If you haven’t paid particularly close attention to events in Colombia over the past few years, you might be surprised about the current state of things there. Colombia is probably most famous
Qatar Punches above its Weight
July 18, 2008
Qatar, the small Middle Eastern nation that pokes like a stubby finger into the Persian Gulf, has found a niche for itself in the diplomatic world [“Qatar, Playing All Sides, Is a
