Commentary

October 29, 2010
A New Path to a Low-Carbon Economy

NEW YORK – The solution to man-made climate change depends on the transition to electricity production that, unlike burning oil,…
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October 28, 2010
Goodluck Nigeria

LAGOS – The bombs that exploded in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, as the country was celebrating its golden jubilee earlier this…
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October 27, 2010
The Biodiversity Challenge

LONDON – In this, the United Nations’ International Year of Biological Diversity, and with the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting…
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October 26, 2010
Refugees of the Currency War, Unite!

BUENOS AIRES – Today’s global currency war resembles real war in two important respects: a face-off over the structural imbalances…
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October 25, 2010
The Dark Side of Defending Freedom

BRUSSELS – The price of freedom, it is said, is eternal vigilance. But that price can take the form of…
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October 20, 2010
Currency Chaos

BRUSSELS – Guido Mantega, Brazil’s finance minister, aptly captured the current monetary Zeitgeist when he spoke of a looming “currency…
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October 19, 2010
Dignity or Decline?

TOKYO – Kokka no Hinkaku, The Dignity of a State, is the title of a recent book by the Japanese…
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October 15, 2010
An Age of Diminished Expectations?

CAMBRIDGE – As the United States and European economies continue to struggle, there is rising concern that they face a…
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October 14, 2010
German Reunification and the New Europe

PARIS – I began writing this column shortly after a remarkable anniversary. October 3, 1989, was the effective date for…
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October 13, 2010
The Battle for Turkey’s Constitution

ISTANBUL – On September 12, Turks will vote on a set of constitutional amendments proposed by the ruling Justice and…
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