Among advanced countries, the United States and the
United Kingdom in particular are leaving the financial crisis behind and
achieving decent growth. Even for them however, potential growth is
lower than it was in the early 2000s.
Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department, International Monetary Fund
A small story that may shed light on the Chinese
government's fear of the protests in Hong Kong: Five days before
pro-democracy activists took to the streets there, I received word from
the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou that our cultural diplomacy tour was in
jeopardy.
Director, International Writing Program, University of Iowa
I have three key messages for you today:
1. Policymakers are facing a new global imbalance: not enough economic risk-taking in support of growth, but...
Financial Counselor and Director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department
We've seen what is most difficult to
measure and most fundamental to change: the power a girl holds within
herself. That power burns bright in amazingly brave girls as they
challenge convention and open whole new horizons of change.
Co-President and Co-Chair of the NoVo Foundation
There was no apology for putting
millions of lives in jeopardy, for betraying his country, for involving
others, for giving the Soviet Union the very information which according
to one NATO general would have "assured the destruction of the West."
The only things he cared about was himself and money -- lots of money.
The Ukraine crisis has forced Russian companies to
seriously consider working with Chinese industry. Both state-owned and
private Russian industrial enterprises have begun searching for
potential Chinese partners that could compensate for the negative
consequences of breaking ties with Europe. The initial results are
encouraging.
Analyst, Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, Moscow
What does it take to address the current
crises of our time at the level of the source (as opposed to the level
of the symptoms)? What it takes, we believe, is a journey--a journey on
which the social field shifts from ego-system awareness (silo view) to
eco-system awareness (seeing from the whole).
Senior Lecturer, MIT; Founding chair, Presencing Institute
By working with schools, local
optometrists, community partners, and a network of sight leaders,
Education In Sight bridges the gap between students and comprehensive,
quality eye care by bringing the care directly to students in the
schools.
I was born, raised, educated, primed and prepped in
Los Angeles. But behind my fluent English, my American brain, my
citizenship, my philosophies, my outlook on life... is a child who was
raised by the Taiwanese. I am my parents' daughter and Chinese culture
runs through my blood. Always.
Clarissa Wei is a writer based in Los Angeles and leads Chinese food tours at Curated Gnomes.
Even if USA and their allies have
declared war on IS there is an additional tactic in dealing with the
problem that has been overlooked: the mobilization of a carefully
planned and generously supported social response as the first line of
defense.
No matter how often Washington remixes its Global War
on Terror, however, the tectonic plates of Eurasian geopolitics
continue to shift, and they're not going to stop just because American
elites refuse to accept that their historically brief "unipolar moment"
is on the wane.
Roving correspondent for the Asia Times
Japan's new law fails the international standards on many fronts and completely disregards the Japanese citizen's right to know.
Senior advisor to the Open Society Foundations
Sen. Mitch McConnell is one of the
strongest supporters of free trade and closer ties with China. It would
be easy to blame McConnell's wife for his pro-China stance. But it would
be wrong.
Communications Director, American Jobs Alliance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rock-star
love-fest with the American Indian diaspora at Madison Square Garden
last week was hardly a policy address -- Modi's theme was India's
potential greatness and his vision of how to enable it.
Former executive director and chairman, Sierra Club
The stem-cell disgrace of Korean cloning fraudster Hwang Woo-suk has now inspired a movie.
Whistle Blower
opened in Korea this week. Names have been changed, and it's presented
as fiction, but no one is even pretending it's not about the scientific
"scandal of the century" that unfolded between 2004 and 2006.
Author, 'Human Genetic Engineering: A Guide for Activists, Skeptics, and the Very Perplexed'
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