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When the international trade talks known as the Uruguay Round finally were concluded in April, most of the world breathed a sigh of relief. After eight often-acrimonious years of hashing […]

Even while parts of the world seem to be taking leave of civilization, far more nations are showing a new zest for free and fair elections. Much of the credit […]

When it was reported earlier this year that fuel rods were being removed from a nuclear reactor near Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, alarms rang in Washington. Since the spent [...]

The new highway bill provides for increased rail-service projects around the country, and transit authorities are touting the advantages of traveling on the fast track. The recently passed highway bill [...]

What's in store for the U.S. currency that has been the standard of the world? Bankers and economists describe the real value of an inflated Yankee dollar. It sounds like [...]

Truth as Propaganda Arch Puddington offers up a clearheaded look at the controversial Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty broadcasts that shook communism's hold on Eastern Europe and Russia. It [...]

Marxism stole years from Poland's youth, but some young people trumped the system -- or so author Antoni Libera suggests in a delightful novel, Madame, set in Warsaw during the [...]

The Argentine dance sweeping the world is easy to learn -- if you're something of a Fred Astaire with a year to spare and access to the masters. Hardly any [...]

Despite a booming economy and recent fluctuations in the price of the precious metal, financial analysts, fund managers and brokers still regard it as a sound investment. When its price [...]

As big corporations continue the trend of massive mergers, they may be imperiling the U.S. economy. The billowing size of each new merger or takeover gives the impression that corporate [...]

An art museum that looks like a voluptuous metal flower has riveted the world of art and architecture and is turning the once-drab city of Bilbao into a world-class tourist [...]

In the proliferation of art museum, the ruggedly industrial Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art seems particular well-suited to display its cache of modern art. To speak frankly, I've long considered [...]

The U.S. military has been stretched to the breaking point. For the U.S. to have a 21st-century fighting force will call for new spending of a magnitude that will stun [...]

After 65 years of plains based on the views of ardent, internationalist traders, the sealing trade deficit threatens to undermine the prosperity of United States. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, in [...]

Congress failed to pass `the worst trade bill ever,' but the legislation could have made Africa into a transshipment point for goods made in China. Clinton may bring it back. [...]

The president wants to enter into foreign-trade agreements with limited congressional oversight. But opponents fear such authority will further erode protection of U.S. workers. A big part of U.S. foreign [...]

The Getty Museum opened to mixed reviews, and the debate About Richard Meier's design has continued ever since. Insight Recently visited the complex to examine it with a fresh eye. [...]

Weak foreign currencies and a new international trade environment have many long-time free-trade advocates saying it's time to protect U.S. jobs and companies. When Alan Greenspan told a congressional committee [...]

The glamorous liner, likely to be the last of its kind, is far from a lame duck. The Titanic's tragic story has gripped the public's imagination and made the Queen [...]

The baht flew, the ringgit clanked and the short-term interest rates in Hong Kong reached as high as 300 percent. It all began with loose talk about ending currency convertibility. [...]

The death drop in the price of gold shook the world's markets and suggested the central banks might be demonitizing the precious metal. Even some gold bugs panicked. But the [...]

Congress now is considering whether to continue this international broadcasting service that throughout the Cold War delivered news honestly, without propaganda, to Eastern Europe's oppressed masses. An independent radio station [...]

Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his Communist challenger talk the talk of civil rights and open elections. U.S. officials, however, wonder if the winner will stay on the road true [...]

Beijing has broken every promise it made on Hong Kong's future. President Clinton, fearing exclusion from China's untapped market potential, looks the other way as China emasculates the democracy. When [...]

As the European Union moves simultaneously toward expansion, deeper integration and a single currency, negotiators will find plenty of potholes in their path. Meanwhile, America's role remains elusive. One of [...]

Enormous sums of drug money have made corruption a massive growth industry in most of Latin America. Nevertheless, an extraordinarily ambitious attack against graft is being mounted in a little-known [...]

Like it or not, Mexico is now to the United States - like a unwilling, restless new 'state' adding a big chunk of geography and one-third more population. But some [...]

When America's policymakers and most economists talk of the future in Asia, they stress massive growth and huge opportunities. But some also point to potential problems on a scale never [...]

Success or failure of the new single European currency will have significant implications for the economy of the United States, as well as for the rest of the world. When [...]

Beijing is exploiting a loophole in federal law by setting up sweatshops on a U.S. protectorate and producing apparel under appalling conditions but imprinted `Made in U.S.A.' The People's Republic [...]

U.S. legislators continue their efforts to halt suspect lending practices by the International Monetary Fund -- since U.S. taxpayers are the biggest contributors. The outgoing chairman of the Joint Economic [...]

Those who fear that stock averages are headed for a massive correction are being drowned out by market analysts who say big declines are a thing of the past. But […]

As the year 2000 nears, one of the millennium's biggest changes already is taking shape. The era of the mobile workstation is arriving and more than a few pioneer companies [...]

Reports that pressure for the United States to lift sanctions on Iran is growing, but lifting the sanction could lead to the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Iran and Iraq. Description of Iran's economy; Europe's view on the sanctions; Forecasting of troubles for the Middle East. INSET: New Iranian regime is just the same old..., by Abigail Wisse..

Presents information on the novel `Madame,' by Antoni Libera.