Posted on: Aug 19, 2011, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
As population rates skyrocket, millions of mouths to feed increase pressure on the world's farmers to squeeze more and more food from less and less arable land.
The increased power of GOP militants in Congress suggests that we'll be living with Islamophobia for some time. Let's hope Crusades 2.0 have a shorter lifespan than the original.
How can we come out of this recession with a manufacturing sector and a workforce that are globally competitive, that produce things that people need in the new green economy?
Posted on: Jul 5, 2010, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
We might quibble about this or that traffic rule. But we must recognize that the traffic system saves us from the law of the jungle -- might makes right.
Americans remain largely oblivious to the intrusions of the pharmaceutical industry into our kitchens. Across the pond, however, the Europeans are wising up.
No matter how many salads you find on the menus of McDonald's and Burger King, the oversized hamburger will always be what fast-food customers reach for first.
Though North Korea's thriving new restaurant scene may seem like trivial news, this new trend is actually a key economic and social indicator of change.
The only force capable of checking the excesses of the world's lone superpower is the American public, and the polls suggest that we may be ready to do just that.
An effective U.S. foreign policy would be literally compassionate and conservative – two words George Bush and his posse of neocons know little about.
Korean cuisine has drawn the ire of animal rights groups in the West. But in a truly tolerant world, we should be able to have our dogs and occasionally eat them, too.
