YaleGlobal Online is a publication of the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale. The magazine explores the implications of the growing interconnectedness of the world by drawing on the rich intellectual resources of the Yale University community, scholars from other universities, and public- and private-sector experts from around the world.
Political and economic developments in the European Union, Turkey and Russia are cumulatively aiding Russian President Vladimir Putin to become an ascending star in the…
Russia has revamped its Central Asia policy in recent months with a major outreach to Pakistan and stepping forward as a power broker in Afghanistan,…
Around the world, businesses act overwhelmingly in favor of not only removing all sanctions on Iran, but keeping them off irrespective of the Joint Comprehensive…
TORONTO: For years, the global community praised Canadian financial conservatism and the country’s success in skirting the global financial crisis. Canadian banks were seen as…
Oil and sustainability: Russian President Vladimir Putin opens the Siberian crude oil pipeline to China (top); western sanctions threaten European food supply to Russian supermarkets…
Removing consumer fuel subsidies amid collapsing oil prices could prove wrong-way bet for many nations.Oil prices worldwide are collapsing on an unprecedented scale, most recently…
Geopolitics of oil: Saudi oil Minister Ali al-Naimi gloomy about the impact of collapsing oil prices (top); President Joko Widodo plans to use the windfall…
In sorting through Iran’s nuclear supplies, P5+1 must decide how to handle illegally gained materials and equipment. How not to steal a deal: Representatives of…
Investors force big private energy companies into liquidation; energy dominance shifts to emerging markets CHICAGO: Lee Raymond, the famously pugnacious oilman who led ExxonMobil between…