Is the West underestimating the value of the trust that the UN enjoys in the hearts and minds of the rest of the world’s population?

Could such sensitive issues as Muslim relations, maritime activities and international investments tip the United States and China into greater enmity?

Why does the United Kingdom rely so much on an adversarial and confrontational model of political discussion?

Is China’s purported innovation in green technology real — or is it largely a scaling up of current inferior technologies?

What would today’s global economic landscape look like had Nixon not gone to China in 1973?

Where in the world are Chinese leaders looking for inspiration to improve China’s future?

How does the poverty line in the United States compare in a global context?

Which civilization will win and which will lose — the one based on fossil fuels or the one based on renewables?

Why are even America’s self-acclaimed liberal internationalists still so keen on being top dog? Will John Kerry follow in Hillary Clinton’s footsteps on this issue?

Which year saw the highest total of economic damages worldwide from natural disasters?