Iran’s Global Ambitions – Part II
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This YaleGlobal series examines Iran’s big power ambitions and its ability to divide the international community to achieve its goal.
Iran’s Global Ambitions – Part I
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As major powers impose sanctions for violation of its non-proliferation commitment, Iranian leaders cultivate ties with developing nations. A flurry of international activity which might seem hollow, could eventually transform into effective power.
Steps Out of the Global Development Crisis
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Relentless pursuit of economic growth without attention to employment, environmental protection and basic social comforts remains a recipe for global disaster.
Challenges for a Squabbling Europe – Part II
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Uniting around a set of priorities, coordinating messages, ensuring fair representation among global institutions – a search for common values – could increase EU influence in global affairs.
Challenges for a Squabbling Europe – Part I
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Europe lacks leaders who can rally citizens and member nations behind a common agenda for economic reform, euro rescue and other initiatives that can keep crises at bay and solidify integration.
Asia’s Clouded Horizon – Part I
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ASEAN nations fail to unite on many issues, but one point of agreement stands firm: the fear of being forced to choose between two big powers. Analysts should not anticipate that a grand US-ASEAN alliance against China is in the offing.
US Financial Reform: The Dodd-Frank Act: Will It Work?
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Roundtable Discussion featuring: Robert Shiller, Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics, Yale University, Stephen Roach, Senior Research Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs,Thomas Cooley, Stern School of Business, NYU, Moderator: Ernesto Zedillo, Frederic Iseman ‘74 Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.
Asia’s Clouded Horizon – Part II
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The nature of global threats is evolving, and as a global economic power, Japan can lead in peace-building, economic development, nonproliferation and environmental protection.
YaleGlobal Article: Population: Some Boom, Some Decline
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26 – Reflections; Who Doesn’t Hate Theory Now?
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In this final lecture on literary theory, Professor Paul Fry revisits the relationship between language and speech, language and intention, and language and communication. Over the course of this discussion, he retrospectively defines theory as a means of establishing the extent to which “it is legitimate to be suspicious of communication.” Along the way, he reconnects with New Criticism, Jakobson, Bakhtin, Saussure, de Man, Fish, and Knapp and Michaels. Through an analysis of epitaphs and a final tour through Tony the Tow Truck, he underscores the central role of language in the variety of literary theories presented in the course.