Globalization

Creating a Dot-commotion

NOVEMBER 1, 2000

The Verbosity of Power

Needed: a cure for global glossolalia.

BY CHRISTOPH BERTRAM | NOVEMBER 1, 2000

Bottom Feeders

The "race to the bottom" in global labor and environmental standards has captivated journalists, politicians, and activists worldwide. Why does this myth persist? Because it is a useful scare tactic for multinational corporations and populist agitators peddling their policy wares.

BY DANIEL W. DREZNER | NOVEMBER 1, 2000

Who Gets to Run the World?

Now more than ever, the world's multilateral organizations need top talent. But they usually don't get it. Find out how today’s bureaucratic all-stars really make the team -- and why the best players rarely get a chance.

BY DEVESH KAPUR | NOVEMBER 1, 2000

The Third-Rate Third Way

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | NOVEMBER 1, 2000

Fads, Fevers, and Firestorms

We live in a contagious world. Financial panic in Thailand sweeps across Asia and engulfs Russia. HIV infects more than 34 million people worldwide. But what impact is globalization having on the spread of political ideas? As interconnected as today's world is, national borders remain surprisingly solid barriers against political contagion.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | NOVEMBER 1, 2000

The Spy Who Loved Globalization

James Bond was wrestling with forces of integration and fragmentation decades before political scientists invented the ideas.

BY DAVID C. EARNEST, JAMES N. ROSENAU | SEPTEMBER 1, 2000

Get Over It

BY G. PASCAL ZACHARY | SEPTEMBER 1, 2000

Will Globalization Make You Happy?

Thanks to globalization, human beings are wealthier and freer than at any time during our long climb from the top of the evolutionary food chain to the highest rung of the corporate ladder. But are we happier? Put down that cellphone, ignore that incoming e-mail, and consider the evidence.

BY ROBERT WRIGHT | SEPTEMBER 1, 2000

After the Crash

Would a sudden collapse on Wall Street spark a global Great Depression, 21st-century style? Maybe. However, the biggest dangers lie not in shrinking economies or international financial panics, but in the worldwide spread of misguided policies that would follow a stock market debacle.

BY MARTIN WOLF | SEPTEMBER 1, 2000

Europe's Problems, Europe's Choices

Whatever the future state of a Europe which sees itself abandoned by the United States and intimidated to the point of helplessness by the Russians, it will not be "Finlandization."

BY GEORGE F. KENNAN | MARCH 15, 1974