Whither Turkey?

Whither Turkey?

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An interview with 2009 Yale World Fellow Hakan Altinay. Until recently, Hakan Altinay was Executive Director of Turkey’s Open Society Foundation – a Soros Foundation organization dedicated to democratic reform and social justice. Since joining the Open Society Foundation in 2001, Altinay has supported Turkey’s evolution toward a more open society by focusing on European Union accession and the aspirations of the middle class.

Corporate Sustainability: View from India

Corporate Sustainability: View from India

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An interview with 2009 Yale World Fellow Unmesh Brahme. Since 2004, Unmesh Brahme has been Senior Vice President for Corporate Sustainability at HSBC India, where he formulates the bank’s corporate responsibility and sustainability framework. He has worked directly on the launch of HSBC India’s microfinance initiative and on Future First, a program for street children, as well as on significant climate change initiatives.

With Talks Stalemated, Demographics Define Israeli-Palestinian Future

With Talks Stalemated, Demographics Define Israeli-Palestinian Future

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Constant delays in a peace settlement add new complications, threatening democracy for Israel and destroying the possibility of a separate Palestinian state. Delays in securing a just peace settlement might let demography define their destiny.

Europe Frets Over Foreign Investments in Defense Industry

Europe Frets Over Foreign Investments in Defense Industry

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Liberalizing the defense and aerospace markets will streamline defense spending. As aerospace and defense industries integrate, regulations must be updated and coordinated accordingly. O’Donnell concludes that a joint EU investigative committee, rather than fragmented national reviews, would increase transparency, simplify procedures for investors and provide greater security.

China’s Chokehold On Rare-Earth Minerals Raises Concerns

China’s Chokehold On Rare-Earth Minerals Raises Concerns

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n the light of China’s increasing assertiveness in the global scene, its dominance in rare-earth reserves and processing has raised concerns about the future availability of materials needed for a range of critical industries – alternative energy, communications, transportation and defense. The dominance prompts a search for new deposits of rare-earth materials and alternative technology that could avoid acute dependence.

Once a Winner, China Sees Globalization’s Downside – Part II

Once a Winner, China Sees Globalization’s Downside – Part II

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A poster child of successful globalization, China has recently taken some knocks from the process. This YaleGlobal series explores how China’s global connections brought prosperity but some unpleasant surprises as well. By leveraging its economic might and organizing power of the state, China has successfully used institutions like the International Olympics Committee to rebrand itself as an advanced global power. But, as historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom explains in the last article of a two-part series, China has stumbled in its attempt due to an enduring authoritarian impulse.