Walden Bello is a leading figure in the alter-globalization movement and a frequent contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus.

Crises are not just tests of leaders. They are also tests of ideas about how the world works. The coronavirus pandemic is helping bring one such idea — the concept of realism — back into vogue, by ...

Globalization is receding into history almost as though it had been a passing fad. Actually much more than a fad, it was the dominant force in relations between the United States and the rest of the ...

It seems like just a few short years ago that the theoretical economists and the insatiable capitalists were head-over-heels in love with globalization. And why not? As a continuation of old-style ...

Ruy Teixeira shows that Americans support globalization in principle, but are concerned about how it effects American jobs, wages, and benefits. In the 2006 elections, many incumbents in the Senate ...

During the recent US government shutdown, President Donald Trump announced a $20 billion bailout for Argentina. The ...

When it comes to who to blame for the pandemic, most fingers point at China. But as China heals and all of Europe and the U.S. get knocked out, more and more people are blaming globalization — a ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Thomas Friedman describes how he came to conceptualize the idea of a Flat World, or a globalized economy without traditional limitations such as ...

It is a tough analogy to compare the words of Mark Twain that the reports of his death were greatly exaggerated with the idea of globalization. But it is so true. During the pandemic, there has been ...

Synthetic drugs are proliferating all over the world, not because of prohibition, but because it’s cheaper, easier and more ...