41. Kazakhstan and China
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... and Kazakh officials meet frequently to discuss bilateral issues and, for Kazakhstan, “developing good neighborly relations with China is a top priority”. Today, both share membership of the Shanghai Cooperation ...

42. Is an Asian Century Possible?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... to reach the global average and be similar to European levels today.  Some 3 billion Asians could be moved out of poverty and deprivation and into affluence. But maintaining its current growth trajectory ...

43. Australia: Beware of the Asian Century
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... decade has been China whose stock of FDI in Australia has jumped from $3 billion in 2001 to $17 billion in 2009. A growing share of Australia's foreign born residents are also of Asian origin.  Today, ...

44. OECD countries -- what are they worth now?
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... in today's global economy, all of our destinies are linked.  It also provides the opportunity to elaborate "best practice policies", especially in the financial area, the most dangerous dimension of globalization. ...

45. The Korean Paradox
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... Seoul’s economy size is over thirty-five times bigger than Pyongyang’s and GDP per capita shows at least a tenfold gap.  South Korea is today the 15th largest global economic power and the fifth largest ...

46. Occupy Wall Street
(Panorama/Society)

... this American dream has been shattered.  Today, America struggles to give life to the aspirations of its people.    Commentators and critics of the "Occupy Wall Street Movement" like to say that the ...

47. Stiglitz, the film
(Panorama/Globalization)

... city.  Today, it is a wasteland – a harsh reminder that globalization may hasten the decline of industries like iron and steel, as well as accelerating the success of sunrise industries such as information ...

48. Globalization -- why it worries me
(Panorama/Globalization)

... sure, this globalization has brought immense prosperity and poverty reduction.  But today, globalization shows too many worrying signs. Financial crises now reverberate around the planet with all too ...

49. What's wrong with the Philippines?
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

Yes, what's wrong with the Philippines?  Corruption!  Corruption!  And more corruption, they will respond, like Bill Pesek’s column in today’s Japan Times!  And then of course, there is insecurity, particularly ...

50. America's debt crisis -- making sense of the debate
(Panorama/Finance)

... be repaid.  In other words, a deficit today has to be financed tomorrow, and if the debt drags on long enough by future generations.  Are deficits necessarily bad?  No!  If the deficit is because of ...