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Laos' Spanking New Road to Nowhere China's growing presence – with infrastructure building, laborers and casinos – worries tiny Laos Emerging Democracies Coy About Denouncing Syrian Repression Focused on their own security, India, Brazil, South Africa hesitate to promote democracy elsewhere Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba Lashkar-e-Taiba is among the most powerful militants groups in South Asia and is viewed as a global terrorist threat on par with al-Qaeda Get the latest from YaleGlobal for mobile devices Connect with us: Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook   South Korea's Nuclear Weapons Temptation The warm welcome accorded to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Washington this week reaffirmed the close alliance. Since the end of the Korean War in 1953, South Korea has relied on the US to deter threats from North Korea. But with the US in economic decline and China as a rising power in Northeast Asia, South Koreans, particularly conservatives, increasingly question the endurance of that alliance, explains Lee Byong-Chul, a senior fellow at the Institute for Peace and Cooperation in Seoul, who served on the foreign and national-security policy-planning staff of two South Korean presidents during the 1990s.... More News... The Depression: If Only Things Were That Good David Leonhardt The New York Times, 14 October 2011 The 1930s gave birth to great technological innovations that eventually employed many Beyond the PC Martin Giles The Economist, 14 October 2011 Small mobile gadgets democratize technology Biggest US Free-Trade Accord Since '94 Passed Eric Martin and William McQuillen Bloomberg, 13 October 2011 The US might not be so protectionist after all Problems Will Be Global – And Solutions Will Be, Too Anne-Marie Slaughter Foreign Policy, 13 October 2011 The world can change a lot in 15 years – often in unpredictable ways View email in browser | Unsubscribe | Update your profile | Forward to a friend   Copyright (C) 2011 YaleGlobal Online All rights reserved.