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v i r t u a l  d i a s p o r a s and global problem solving project papers   Terror and its Networks: Disappearing Trails in Cyberspace (DRAFT) Vinay Lal Associate Professor, Department of History University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)   I: Prologue: Cyberspace and the Politics of Networks   […]

Karim H. Karim School of Journalism and Communication Carleton University, Ottawa Introduction The emergence of the study of diasporas is fairly recent, and the specific examination of the uses of media by diasporas dates back only to the mid-1990s even though the phenomenon of inter-continental diasporic communication has existed for centuries. [1] Scattered, inter-continental communities […]

v i r t u a l  d i a s p o r a s and global problem solving project papers   Virtual Diasporas: A New Frontier of National Security (Op-ed) Michel S. Laguerre With the advent of the information technology revolution, the recent mass migration of the “Rest” into the “West”, the continuing […]

By Vinay Lal Associate Professor, Department of History University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) I: Prologue: Cyberspace and the Politics of Networks   Much has been made in the American and international press of the “al-Qaeda network”, an organization said to have been responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The […]

Phineas Baxandall Harvard University Baxandall’s chief interests are in political economy, especially comparative employment policy and the welfare state and the politics of the “New Economy.” He has taught at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences (1990-91). His recent work focuses on the political construction of unemployment and explanations for the varying political salience of […]

‘DIASPORA’ CAPITALISM AND ‘EXILE’ AS A WAY OF LIFE: Some observations on the political and economic mobilization of dispersed peoples By G. Pascal Zachary   I am sitting in a San Francisco restaurant with MC, a Filipino historian from Manila. MC moved here recently at the behest of community leaders who fear Filipinos are forgetting […]

Guobin Yang Assistant Professor Department of Sociology University of Hawaii at Manoa 2424 Maile Way, Saunders Hall 247 Honolulu, HI 96822 Guobin@hawaii.edu   Abstract: This paper explores the implications of transnational public spheres for global civil society and world civic politics through an empirical analysis of virtual Chinese cultural sphere. Three components of the virtual […]

v i r t u a l  d i a s p o r a s  and global problem solving project Commissioned Authors Phineas Baxandall Harvard UniversityBaxandall’s chief interests are in political economy, especially comparative employment policy and the welfare state and the politics of the “New Economy.” He has taught at the Budapest University of […]

The Nautilus Institute Goes Global The Global Collaborative allows organizations to: Create a forum to explore strategies for addressing global problems in specific regions and issue areas and to identify the interrelations between these problems and the strategies for dealing with them. Utilize tools for global problem solving to be shared across cultural and political […]

UN Human Rights Body Criticises WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures In a report issues at its 53rd Annual Session (30 July – 17 August), the UN Subcommission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights concluded that the WTO’s dispute settlement procedure is in flagrant violation of basic legal tenets such as equal access to justice, impartiality […]