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The Bonds Of Debt
Nayan Chanda
Businessworld
24 November 2009
Sino-US ties are such that despite China's worry about a sinking dollar, it will keep buying US debt
How to Let Islam and the West Live in Harmony
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
The Economist
23 November 2009
A clash of civilizations or a “confluence of civilizations”?
Globalization Unchecked: How Alien Media is Suffocating Real Culture
Ramzy Baroud
Political Affairs
23 November 2009
Globalization is undercutting traditional cultures in the developed world
Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives
Marc Lacey
The New York Times
23 November 2009
Job-starved immigrants look back home for a bail-out
Death Cometh for the Greenback
Joseph E. Stiglitz
The National Interest
19 November 2009
A new reserve currency would do much for world welfare
The Fight Over the Future of Food
Claudia Parsons, Russell Blinch, Svetlana Kovalyova
Mail and Guardian Online
18 November 2009
How should the second Green Revolution unfold?
Forest Clearances Sealed Ancient Civilisation's Downfall
University of Cambridge
17 November 2009
Human intervention is an age-old threat to the natural environment
Obama Backs Non-Censorship; Beijing, Apparently, Does Not
Keith B. Richburg
The Washington POst
17 November 2009
Obama’s discussion with Chinese students blocked from domestic media
A New Mosque in Nicaragua Fires Up the Rumor Mill
Steve Stecklow
The Wall Street Journal
16 November 2009
A new mosque makes Nicaraguans learn more about faiths around the world
Banyan: Having it Both Ways
The Economist
11 November 2009
China invests in Afghanistan under US military cover
EU Finds Trade Barriers Rising Since Global Crisis
Stephen Castle
The New York Times
11 November 2009
Protectionism in check, but trade restrictions persist
Swiss Referendum Stirs a Debate About Islam
Deborah Ball, Anita Greil
The Wall Street Journal
10 November 2009
Switzerland losing its status as an open society could lead to challenges in global trade
Black And White
Nayan Chanda
Businessworld
10 November 2009
The West is not happy with China’s emergence in Africa, but both the sides have benefited
The Post-Berlin Aftermath
Jean-Pierre Lehmann
Business Times
9 November 2009
Barriers to prosperity still exist while new ones proliferate
The Long March
Debarshi Dasgupta
Outlook India
5 November 2009
Unskilled Chinese workers take jobs from Indians; get paid more in the process
Europe Must Stop 'Fetishizing' American Relationship
Gregor Peter Schmitz
Spiegel Online
4 November 2009
It’s time for Europe to look beyond the United States
South Koreans Struggle With Race
Choe Sang-Hun
The New York Times
3 November 2009
New immigrants challenge established, self-styled notions of ethnic homogeneity
The Cosmopolitan Tongue: The Universality of English
John McWhorter
The World Affairs Journal
2 November 2009
Death of a language is not necessarily the death of a culture
Economics Versus Extremism
Vali Nasr
Newsweek
30 October 2009
A growing Muslim middle class could stem the tide of Islamic extremism
Globalization: Diseases Spreading From Humans to Animals, Study Finds
ScienceDaily
29 October 2009
Global poultry industry and limited breeding lines help spread infection
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