Tag Archives: globalization

Building a Competitive North America on the Existing Foundation

OPINION By JERRY HAAR Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* The second decade of the 21st century increasingly mirrors the world’s political and economic environment of a century before when nationalism, protectionism and isolationism occupied center stage in the global political economy. The key drivers of economic growth and development — neoliberal economic policies and free market-oriented institutional

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North America’s Position in a Globalized World

OPINION By TOM LONG Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* Even as images of a “flat” world and effortless global connections gained popularity during the 1990s, regional relationships played a central role in structuring the world’s economic, social and political landscape. The proliferation of regional agreements, organizations and summits in Asia, Africa and Europe responded to the opportunities

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Effective, Reciprocal Labor Enforcement Is Essential for USMCA

OPINION By ÁLVARO SANTOS Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was born from a threat and a promise. The threat was to eliminate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) altogether despite the huge regional market it helped create. The promise was to make that market more beneficial to the United States, and,

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Our Global Jihad Against the Cognitive Mind

By ANIS H. BAJREKTAREVIC     A major new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was just released in Korea on Oct. 8, and although it is nearly 800 pages long and includes more than 6,000 scientific references, it can be summarized in few sentences: The average global temperature is now 1 degree Centigrade above its pre-industrial levels. That increase is already

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