Postcard from Mumbai
Commentary / Postcard From... Department
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Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat is one of many reminders that the modern economy has not transcended the realities of undercompensated manual toil.
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Blood Phones and the Congo
Column
The slaughter in the DRC is intricately linked to electronic components carried by millions of people in the United States and Europe.
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An Agreement on Arms -- With No Teeth
Commentary
While the Arms Trade Treaty doesn't do anything to affect American gun owners, it's so weak that it doesn't seem to affect anybody at all.
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Will China Wear Out Its Welcome in Africa?
Commentary
In some corners of Africa, the seams of the tight Africa-China relationship are becoming stretched.
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NAFTA at 20: The New Spin
Commentary
Nearly 20 years since NAFTA went into effect, its empty promises have been laid bare for the people of Mexico.
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U.S. Arms Fuel Asian Tension
Commentary
The U.S. 'pivot' to the South and East China Seas has energised the American industrial-military complex, dimming the prospects for a peaceful resolution of the ongoing disputes in the region.
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Why is the Obama administration pressing Europeans to increase military spending? And what should it matter to Washington if Britain remains in the EU?
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