05/10/2019 | En Profundidad
Globalist Document - An Imminent Conflict Between Patriotism and Globalism?
Reflections on the relationship between globalism and patriotism.
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04/12/2018 | Economia y Finanzas
The G20’s Economic Weight
What share of the global economy is represented at the G20 summit?.
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10/09/2018 | Economia y Finanzas
The State of US High-Speed Rail
The fledgling network does not compare well to other countries with high-speed trains.Sources: International Union of Railways, Curbed San Francisco, The Globalist Research Center.
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09/09/2018 | Economia y Finanzas
China’s Massive High-Speed Rail Network
From zero to leader in a decade.Sources: International Union of Railways, The Globalist Research Center.
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14/07/2018 | Economia y Finanzas
Global Pairings - Why Trump Holds Such a Grudge Against Germany
It isn’t just about Angela Merkel or Trump’s general misogyny. The current U.S. President’s negative attitude toward Germany is rooted in his grandfather’s murky personal biography.
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22/03/2018 | Frente Externo
China’s Term-Limit Rollback
Post-Mao term limits became important when China’s presidency took on the country’s lead role, but Xi Jinping is ending them.
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02/01/2018 | Economia y Finanzas
Child Poverty: Asia’s Best Performer
South Korea performs as well as Nordic economies on avoiding child poverty.
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30/12/2017 | Sociedad
Reducing Child Poverty in Brazil
A successful program’s future is in doubt.
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29/12/2017 | Sociedad
Child Poverty in the United States
The U.S. relative child poverty rate is the worst of the G7 economies.
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28/12/2017 | Sociedad
Child Poverty in Germany
Almost one in ten German children is seriously disadvantaged.
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01/10/2017 | Economia y Finanzas
Indian and Brazilian Wind: Overlooked Power Players
Not known for their wind energy, the two countries are emerging as bigger producers.
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01/10/2017 | Economia y Finanzas
US Energy: Which Way the Wind Blows
Wind energy in the United States is growing, but how does it compare globally?
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14/09/2017 | Economia y Finanzas
Just The Facts Previous Russia’s Oil Reserves by the Numbers
A lucrative source of state revenue feels the squeeze.
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10/07/2017 | Medio Ambiente
The Scale of G20 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Can the July 7 & 8 2017 G20 summit help advance international cooperation on the environment?
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07/07/2017 | Economia y Finanzas
The G20’s Economic Weight
What share of the global economy is represented at the July 2017 G20 summit?
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06/07/2017 | Economia y Finanzas
G20: How Many Countries Really?
The July 7 & 8 2017 G20 summit will represent a fifth of the world’s governments.
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29/06/2017 | En Parrilla
Compulsory Voting in the OECD
What effect does a voting mandate have on turnout in places like Mexico, Australia or Belgium?
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19/06/2017 | Economia y Finanzas
Eradicating Extreme Poverty Soon?
Having met an earlier goal of reducing extreme poverty, can the world end it?
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19/06/2017 | Economia y Finanzas
By the Numbers: Poverty in Africa
Half of all people living in extreme poverty worldwide reside in sub-Saharan Africa.
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03/06/2017 | Economia y Finanzas
A Carbon Cost: Germany’s Energy Transformation
Germany is not on target to meet 2020 emissions targets, due in part to the setback of rapid denuclearization.
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03/06/2017 | Medio Ambiente
French Emissions: Nuclear Limitations
Will France be able to maintain its low carbon emissions going forward?
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24/04/2017 | En Parrilla
Post-Brexit Europe: Population and Economic Policy
For the EU, Brexit means a shift toward smaller countries and less free-market countries.
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24/04/2017 | Frente Externo
EU-UK Migration: Home Away From Home No More?
The departing UK is one of the largest host countries of internal EU migrants.
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18/04/2017 | Transparencia
South Korea: Corruption & Self-Censorship
Amid a presidential scandal, press freedom is slipping and public perception of corruption is rising.
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14/04/2017 | Economia y Finanzas
South Korea: Moving Up the Global League Table
South Korea’s $1.4 trillion economy was about 52 times larger than North Korea’s in 2014.
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10/04/2017 | Frente Externo
Social Mobility in Northern Europe
How do the Nordic countries and German rank on generational ability to move up in the world?
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10/04/2017 | Frente Externo
U.S.: No Land of Opportunity
Earnings mobility from one U.S. generation to the next is now about as low as Italy or France.
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28/03/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Two-Percenters: The NATO Six
Which countries are within reach of Trump’s demand on defense spending?
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02/03/2017 | Sociedad
Germany: Second Largest Foreign-Born Population
The U.S. still leads by a lot, but Germany holds second-place in the number of foreign-born residents.
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16/11/2016 | Frente Externo
(Sorry) We Told You So
The Globalist’s analysis of the rise of Trump, as it happened.
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17/10/2016 | En Parrilla
Ethiopia: From Role Model to Cautionary Tale
Why are Ethiopians protesting their government?
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10/07/2016 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Afghanistan: Opium’s Global Ground Zero:Addiction in the top producer country is changing
Opium in its non-synthesized forms has historically been consumed primarily by the elderly in Afghanistan.
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09/07/2016 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Russia’s Addiction Problem: Suppressing the opioid crisis and poor treatment regimes combine for a failed strategy.
While neighboring countries such as Ukraine use the peer-reviewed pharmacological substitution treatments favored by the global public health community, Russia bans such treatments and methadone clinics.
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27/05/2016 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Media Terror: Press Freedom in Turkey, Mexico and Russia
Rising economic stars fade and media freedom follows.
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08/05/2016 | Economia y Finanzas
Can India Surpass China’s Economy by 2050?
9 facts on the economic rise of India after a delayed start.
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04/05/2016 | Frente Externo
Can Iran and Saudi Arabia Co-Exist?
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif has a vision.“We should facilitate people engaging with each other. We should not dictate to them what they should do. We should facilitate the people of Syria deciding about their own future, rather than setting the parameters on what they need to do.
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27/03/2016 | Economia y Finanzas
Japan’s Immigration Imperative
Can opening up to immigration provide Japan a potential source of economic revitalization?
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16/12/2015 | Medio Ambiente
Draining the Deserts
From small island nations to the Middle East’s major powers, water stress is a severe challenge for many countries.
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03/12/2015 | Medio Ambiente
Chopping Down Brazil
How much of Brazil’s rainforest has been lost and what has replaced it?
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03/12/2015 | Medio Ambiente
Deforestation: Set The World On Fire
How deforestation is warming the planet and what polices might rein it in.
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19/10/2015 | Sociedad
U.S. Refugee Policies
Do current U.S. refugee admissions match the crises?
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17/09/2015 | Sociedad
Africa Vs. Asia: The Population Dimension
Today, Africa’s population is one-quarter the size of Asia’s. By 2100, it will be just 10% smaller.
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17/09/2015 | Frente Externo
Nigeria Vs. North America: Role Reversal
North America’s population is currently twice as large as Nigeria’s. By 2100, it will be the other way around.
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17/09/2015 | En Parrilla
Refugee Crisis Compared: Syria Now, Vietnam Then
A comparison between United States and Germany: Who takes most refugees?
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31/05/2015 | Frente Externo
Can Nigeria Finally Turn the Corner?
Africa’s largest economy ranks among the hardest places to do business.
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26/01/2015 | Frente Externo
India: Getting Back to No. 2
India used to have the world’s second-largest economy. Can it reclaim that position?
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15/01/2015 | Economia y Finanzas
8 Facts: Manufacturing’s Shrinking Share of U.S. GDP
Americans have traded jobs in manufacturing for jobs in the service sector.
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28/12/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Policía americana: prepara guerra urbana
La aparición de transporte de personal armado revelan que ciudades estadunidenses son las nuevas zonas de guerra.
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30/11/2014 | Economia y Finanzas
7 Facts: The World’s Working Poor
Many of the world’s poorest workers have jobs, but their jobs don’t pay enough for them to escape poverty.
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18/10/2014 | Frente Externo
Russia: Really Part of Europe?
Most of Russia’s land lies in the East, but most of its people live in the West.
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01/09/2014 | Frente Externo
Erdogan’s Turkey - Where does Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey rank in terms of global competitiveness?
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was inaugurated as Turkey’s first directly elected president on August 28. He had previously served as the country’s prime minister since 2003 and overseen a lengthy economic boom.
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28/08/2014 | En Parrilla
Race and Poverty in America
Half a century into the war on poverty in the United States, how are minorities faring?
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20/07/2014 | Economia y Finanzas
Argentina’s Never Ending Crisis
Argentina is on the brink of its third major economic crisis in the last 35 years.
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30/06/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S.-China: Per Capita Troop Strength
While the United States has 0.48% of its population in the military, China has only 0.17%.
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07/05/2014 | Frente Externo
How to Manage China
Is the highly centralized, top-down approach best for China’s future?
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26/04/2014 | Frente Externo
Asian Welfare States
What are Asian growth nations’ plans for developing modern welfare systems?
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14/04/2014 | Frente Externo
Russia and Europe: Separated at Birth
What were the geographic and economic factors that marked Russia’s development?
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22/03/2014 | Frente Externo
Shortsighted Russia, Patient China
Ten ways Putin’s Crimea intervention re-opens the door to territorial claims against Russia.
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17/03/2014 | Frente Externo
Ukraine: Why Letting Go Is So Hard For Russia
The West and Russia both have vested interests in Ukraine’s future.
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15/03/2014 | Economia y Finanzas
Russia’s Grip on Ukraine’s Energy Supply
Trying to loosen the symbiotic energy relationship between Russia and Europe.
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01/02/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mr. Obama, Stop the Privatization of U.S. Intelligence!
Why the U.S. Congress must not turn a fundamental government responsibility over to the private sector.
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19/01/2014 | Sociedad
Just The Facts: India’s Water Crisis
How is India’s inability to provide clean drinking water affecting its economy and people?
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12/01/2014 | Economia y Finanzas
America’s 50-Year War on Poverty
Key figures on poverty in the United States, five decades after President Johnson launched his “war.”
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28/12/2013 | Dossier Francisco I
Pope Francis on Income Inequality
Excerpts from Pope Francis’s July 2013 speech on social justice and income inequality in Rio de Janeiro.
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12/10/2013 | Frente Externo
Who is Janet Yellen?
Who is President Obama’s nominee for Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve?
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09/10/2013 | Frente Externo
The House of Unrepresentatives: 20 Facts About Congress In a Shutdown
The U.S. Congress is redefining the phrase “idle rich” during the government shutdown.
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26/02/2013 | Transparencia
Marketplace Globalist Quiz: How Countries Compare on Corruption
There is an almost continuous stream of news stories about acts of corruption committed by officials in China. In this Globalist Quiz, which was featured on the Marketplace Morning Report this week, we wonder: Which of these emerging market economies is perceived to have the most corruption in its public sector?
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11/07/2012 | Frente Externo
The Idea of American Exceptionalism
Today is the 236th anniversary of America's declaration of independence from the British monarchy. Parades, celebrations and fireworks will mark the occasion in cities and towns throughout the United States. The Globalist marks the occasion with a new "Thomas Paine" series on the meaning, evolution and demise of American exceptionalism.
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06/05/2012 | En Profundidad
Global History - Is The United States An Accidental Empire?
The United States was born out of a struggle against an imperial power. Beginning in the 1840s — seven decades after its founding — it embarked on a succession of "wars of choice" that were profoundly at odds with its founding principles and left it with an empire of its own. This inaugural "Thomas Paine" column looks at how American changed — and how its empire is handicapping its future.
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11/12/2009 | Transparencia
The Global Take on Corruption, 2000-2009
Corruption is a vicious cycle. Some benefit from it enormously — and thus make the practice attractive for copy cats. Meanwhile, others may benefit only slightly — but see it as necessary to support themselves. Either way, corruption can quickly become an ingrained practice and undermine faith in both the public and private sectors.
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11/12/2009 | Transparencia
The Global Take on Corruption, 2000-2009
Corruption is a vicious cycle. Some benefit from it enormously — and thus make the practice attractive for copy cats. Meanwhile, others may benefit only slightly — but see it as necessary to support themselves. Either way, corruption can quickly become an ingrained practice and undermine faith in both the public and private sectors.
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08/11/2009 | Frente Externo
US - Kerry's Rookie Mistake?
Some keen Washington observers believe that the Obama Administration is grooming Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts as the next U.S. Secretary of State, even though current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has held power for less than a year. The Globalist explores how Mr. Kerry recently made a "rookie mistake" when mediating in Afghanistan's presidential election.Kerry committed a big mistake in Kabul when, during his tense talks with Afghan president Hamid Karzai, he didn't secure the resignation of the head of the Afghan Election Commission.
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17/06/2006 | Economia y Finanzas
The Global Benefits of Biofuels
Biofuels have the potential to truly benefit not only the environment, but developing nations as well. In part two of our series, we present the effects biofuels can have on a global scale as gathered by the “Biofuels for Transportation” project of the Worldwatch Institute, German Agencies for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), and Renewable Resources (FNR).
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17/06/2006 | Economia y Finanzas
Advancing Biofuels
Due to rising gas prices and environmental concerns, the production of biofuels is beginning to garner more and more attention around the world.
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17/06/2006 | Economia y Finanzas
The Global Benefits of Biofuels
Biofuels have the potential to truly benefit not only the environment, but developing nations as well. In part two of our series, we present the effects biofuels can have on a global scale as gathered by the “Biofuels for Transportation” project of the Worldwatch Institute, German Agencies for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), and Renewable Resources (FNR).
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17/06/2006 | Economia y Finanzas
Advancing Biofuels
Due to rising gas prices and environmental concerns, the production of biofuels is beginning to garner more and more attention around the world.
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10/02/2006 | En Profundidad
The Two Faces of Islam
Much of the debate in the West about Islam views the religion as a monolith. Indonesia's former president and the Libforall Foundation's senior advisor, Abdurrahman Wahid, could not disagree more. In his view, there are two very different forms of Islam — one Wahhabi-inspired and the other humanitarian. In this Globalist Chart, we present his list of the key attributes of both sides of Islam.
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