The course seeks to enhance a student’s ability to (1) recognize and interpret different viewpoints from which globalization processes are currently being studied and debated, (2) identify the many ...

As President Robert Brown begins to chart a course for the future of Boston University, he finds himself considering its role not just in the region or the nation, but in the world at large. “Boston ...

In which John asks whether globalization is a net positive for humanity. While the new global economy has created a lot of wealth, and lifted a lot of people out of poverty, it also has some effects ...

Chinese PresidentXi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the opening plenary of the 2017 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 17, 2017. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang) DAVOS, ...

Nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus set sail for the Americas, much of the world was already connected via trade, exploration, and cultural exchange. In fact, one can trace globalization all ...

This course takes up the ambitious task of theorizing globalization, one of the defining conceptual rubrics of our current historical moment. Under investigation, then, is not only globalization-its ...

DAVOS, Switzerland - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday laid out his plan to lead global efforts in charting the course of economic globalization. Xi's address at the 2017 World Economic Forum ...