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Burma in the US-China Great Game – Part II High-profile US diplomacy upstages China, but a peaceful Burma is in the region's interest Burma in the US-China Great Game – Part I The US nudges Burma's nationalistic military toward reform and diversified regional ties That Used to Be Us Thomas. L. Friedman explains the reasons for the slow decline of the United States, especially American failure to adapt to the hyper-connected world it helped to create, and also the path to recovery. Click Here for Transcript The Modern World-System IV: Centrist Liberalism Triumphant, 1789-1914 Immanuel Wallerstein writes a history of modern world development. Volume IV spans 1789 to the First World War and analyzes the period's evolving politics and industrial systems. Get the latest from YaleGlobal for mobile devices Connect with us: Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook   From Brussels to Durban: Debt and Climate Crises Spotlight Free Riders Europe's rapid response to the debt crisis may have overshadowed the long-planned negotiations on climate change in Durban, but the contrast throws light on the problem of global governance, explains economist Scott Barrett. Both crises demonstrate the limits of collective action in the face of known dangers. In Europe, poor fiscal discipline by any euro member threatened other countries, he explains, while on climate change, every country's emissions add to atmospheric concentrations, harmful to all, and yet each nation bears the cost of reduction alone. So, countries are tempted to become free riders, delaying their own response and collecting benefits without sharing the costs.... More News... Why Can't Europeans Get Along? Pankaj Ghemawat Fortune, 9 December 2011 The EU could look to the US for how to build cross-border connections and trust Chanting "Russia Without Putin," Flash Mobs Roil Moscow Fred Weir The Christian Science Monitor, 9 December 2011 The anger of Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street spreads to Russia India Halts Wal-Mart Entry Amid Protests Bibhudatta Pradhan, Andrew MacAskil Bloomberg, 8 December 2011 Backtracking on big-box plan adds uncertainty for foreign investors Market-Economy Status for China Is Not Automatic Bernard O'Connor VOX, 8 December 2011 The 2016 deadline for China's market-economy status is an urban myth View email in browser | Unsubscribe | Update your profile | Forward to a friend   Copyright (C) 2011 YaleGlobal Online All rights reserved.