India: Domestic Lenses for a Global Vision for the 21st Century
By Jean-Pierre Lehmann
India has emerged as one of the world’s six leading nations. Its global ambitions, however, are mired by difficult domestic circumstances and...
Do Natural Resource Exports Curse Governments? Some Insights from Latin America
By Ryan Saylor
When a country strikes oil or discovers mineral deposits, politicians and citizens are often euphoric. But many economists and political scientists despair....
Is the Reversal of the Moratorium on GM Crops Good for India?
By A. Narayanamoorthy and P. Alli
The Indian government and policymakers are debating whether or not to reverse its current moratorium on GM crops. Here,...
The Case for Africa – The Real Estate Angle – Knowledge is King
By Nick Lambert
Many companies are being attracted to Africa by relatively low labour costs, burgeoning economies
Global Capitalism: Crisis of Humanity and the Specter of 21st Century Fascism
By William I. Robinson
World capitalism is experiencing the worst crisis in its 500 year history. Global capitalism is a qualitatively new stage in the...
The Domestic and the Foreign: Mutual Entanglement Through Social Diversity
By Christopher Hill
Foreign and domestic policies have always interacted. But now, especially in developed democracies, they are mutually entangled in new ways, through the...
Overview of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Middle East
By Dima Jamali
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Middle East has distinctive roots and unique expressions that do not always mirror the current understanding...
Africa’s Green Revolution? Raising Awareness of New Rice Crops for Africa (NERICAs)
By Aliou Diagne, Steven Glover, Ben Groom and Jonathan Phillips
A Green Revolution in West African agriculture will rely on new technologies such as NERICA...
Health and Sustainability in the Canadian Food System: advocacy and opportunity for civil...
By Rod MacRae, Elisabeth Abergel and Mustafa Koc
Traditional approaches to food and agriculture policy making in Canada are in question, with the realization that...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
