China and India have often been portrayed as the major drivers of the future, based on their economic clout. But quite apart from grand economic plans and new global alignments, a different reality is taking shape in both countries. Worldfocus contributor Luv Puri writes about border disputes that are renewing fears of a Sino-Indian confrontation.
All Posts Tagged With: "border"
June 24, 2009
Sino-Indian border dispute bogs down Asian economies
May 1, 2009
People smugglers turn a profit on U.S.-Mexico border
Sacha Feinman of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting describes how people in Mexico go about hiring a "pollero," or people smuggler, to take them to the U.S., in what has become a big -- and dangerous -- business.
March 25, 2009
Border fence can’t hide growing challenges in Mexico
Worldfocus editorial consultant Peter Eisner writes about how the U.S. might engage with Mexico and its troubles rather than build fences.
October 30, 2008
U.S. bumps up controls along Iraq-Iran border
Ernesto LondoƱo of The Washington Post discusses a new high-tech dragnet on the border of Iraq and Iran.







