Articles & Reports

FEB 5, 2008 • Article

Like many tools of globalization, the power of the Internet can cut both ways. What then is the solution to extremism on the Internet? Paradoxically, ...

FEB 1, 2008 • Article

As Fashion Week gets underway in New York City, it is worth asking where models' standards of beauty come from.

FEB 1, 2008 • Article

Wenar argues that a trust-and-tariff mechanism could be used against countries that insist on buying resources from the worst regimes. The revenues would go to ...

FEB 1, 2008 • Article

Calculations show that oil companies illicitly transport into the U.S. over 600 million barrels of oil each year. This is 12.7 percent of U.S. oil ...

FEB 1, 2008 • Article

Customary practices left over from the era of absolute state sovereignty still give property rights to whoever can exert coercive control over a population. This ...

FEB 1, 2008 • Article

Because of a major flaw in the international trade system, consumers in rich countries unknowingly buy stolen goods every day. The raw materials used to ...

JAN 31, 2008 • Article

Many have argued we are entering a multipolar world. Yet, this competition will not simply take place in terms of varying approaches to foreign policy ...

JAN 31, 2008 • Article

The Fair Trade movement is a promising vehicle for alternative globalization, yet its dramatic growth has fueled a number of new challenges. Has Fair Trade's ...

JAN 30, 2008 • Article

The blame game for toxic toys and bad loans makes big headlines. But international scrutiny can also promote accountability.

JAN 23, 2008 • Article

U.S. trade policy has become increasingly partisan, but progress on trade issues during an election year is unlikely.