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China: How to Translate Hard Power at Home Into Soft Power Abroad From Confucius to cable TV, China mobilizes all resources to win hearts and minds Where Will the Muslim Brotherhood Take Egypt's Economy? Egypt's Islamists scramble to develop economic policy staying within the dictates of religion 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 Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future Authors Ian Goldin, Geoffrey Cameron and Meera Balarajan set out to counter the prevailing negative narratives on migration Get the latest from YaleGlobal for mobile devices Connect with us: Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook   Can Social Media Campaigns End Child Labor? Acts of intervention – with military action, aid and promotion of trade – have characterized international politics since the Cold War. Corporate intervention can now be added to the list of tools for alleviating poverty and encouraging development and education in impoverished nations. Social media and attention to global supply chains are exposing unfair labor practices, particularly child labor in agriculture and mining industries. Many consumers do not want to purchase chocolate bars, t-shirt or smart phones linked to human suffering. Industry groups and multinationals like Apple and Nestlé are increasingly monitoring their long chain of operations for unconscionable practices to avoid investigations and social-media campaigns that cause profits to plummet. History is repeating itself and revealing a global conscience – just as literary investigations and company boycotts more than a century ago contributed to ending slavery and abuses on factory floors in the West. Corporations that try to turn a blind eye toward environmental and labor abuses are risking reputation and profits. More News... Twitter's New Censorship Plan Rouses Global Furor The Associated Press, 9 February 2012 Twitter tightens the reins on its social force Why Closure of the Strait of Hormuz Could Ignite a War and a Global Depression Michael T. Klare AlterNet, 8 February 2012 Middle Eastern oil could ignite economic or military disaster The Myth of American Productivity Michael Mandel Washington Monthly, 7 February 2012 Policymakers praise productivity, but fail to distinguish its different forms Israel Warns Tehran Nears Immunity From Attack Tobias Buck The Financial Times, 7 February 2012 Rhetoric from Israel and Iran does little to ensure regional security Other Items of Interest... The 2012 Top 100 Best NGOs The Global Journal, 23 January 2012 The Global Journal is proud to announce the release of its inaugural ‘Top 100 Best NGOs’ list. The first international ranking of its kind, this exclusive in-depth feature provides an insight into the ever changing dynamics and innovative approaches of the non-profit world and its 100 leading actors View email in browser | Unsubscribe | Update your profile | Forward to a friend   Copyright (C) 2012 YaleGlobal Online All rights reserved.