The Japanese are currently debating their role in global politics.

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That will make the politics of dealing with global imbalances all the more difficult.

All politics is local, and there is no local constituency for the global economy, so what triumphs often erodes global imbalances further.

African countries, as parties to global negotiations, have crucial contributions to make to climate politics.

Our political systems and global politics are largely unequipped for the real challenges of today s world.

The appetite for global solutions has diminished while national politics have taken increasing control of the agenda.

Some may scoff that this approach is impossible at the global level, because all politics are local.

NEW YORK One odd and disturbing aspect of global politics today is the confusion between negotiations and problem solving.

Regionalism has moved to the foreground of global politics except in the US, where the two are seen as antithetical.

In that case, politics will become divisive and polarized, and the inclination toward protectionist solutions will increase, jeopardizing global economic openness.

What leaders like Putin understand less well is that their politics also compromise their countries economic future and global economic standing.

This is unusual, because Latin American leaders often ignore events that fuel global tensions, regardless of their repercussions on the continent s politics.

One approach, favored by technocrats and most policymakers at least until domestic politics intrudes is to seek solace in ever greater global governance.

Macro politics is structural, whereas micro politics is daily.

For the first time in history, a global techno market order is transforming the world of finance, business, politics and, indeed, physiology, beyond recognition.

The world will be more Pacific and less transatlantic, and the new axis of global politics will be formed by the Sino American tandem.

On their own, currency markets will not bring about the growth enhancing global economic rebalancing that is needed. Better policies at the national, regional, and global levels are also essential and that requires better politics.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon is taking on this unprecedented challenge from his unique position at the crossroads of global politics and society.

The world is in the midst of a great political transformation, in which climate change has moved to the center of national and global politics.

But the country still struggles with some of its colonial legacies inequality in land and wealth, as well as vulnerability to high stakes global politics.

In this episode of GV Face we open up the discussion of labels, the politics of language especially around terrorism to the Global Voices community.

In 1995 Caldicott returned to the US where she lectured for the New School of Social Research on the Media, Global Politics, and the Environment.

That subtlety reflects the distinction between macro politics and micro politics.

It researches the politics of law and the law of politics .

So we are caught between a financially unsustainable pattern of global demand and the need for politically difficult changes in many countries domestic policies. All politics is local, and there is no local constituency for the global economy, so what triumphs often erodes global imbalances further.

Homesick Politics

Blood Politics

Russia may be experiencing a global restoration phase, but in politics and economics, and also with respect to its empire, restoration is headed in the wrong direction.

By contrast, in the interwar years poisonous international politics combined with global economic imbalances to create the Great Depression and set the scene for World War II.

Let's try to build a global civil society, and let's insist that politics is not just a technology of power, but needs to have a moral dimension.

After the disappearance of the Soviet Union and the bipolar world order, victorious Western capitalism, under the leadership of the only world power, the United States, reigned supreme in global politics, and even more so in the global economy.

When I wrote about politics it was politics that was personal to me.

I hate politics.

Blood Sport Politics

France s Identity Politics

Reforming Macho Politics

Women in Politics

The first is the politics of world theatre, where a political figure of global stature could do much to raise the EU s profile and ensure that it has a major say in re ordering the post crisis global economic rulebook.

Given their growing footprints on global economics, politics, and the environment, it is now impossible to imagine any major international agreement without China, Japan, and India on board.

In a heartbeat, Cameron (who himself studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford, having previously attended that bastion of classical education, Eton) has signed away Britain s global influence.

This form of political racketeering may win elections, but it sabotages any opportunity to experience, or to perceive, politics as a process that can contribute to global development.

That not only highlights the extent to which India has become a fulcrum in global politics, but also points to the exceptional composition of the new Security Council.

Russia can be effective in dealing with these issues only if it becomes a competent global actor. Yet many assume that world politics should be designed to bypass Russia.

Not to mention, I m Global Voices news editor, and therefore should reasonably keep a finger on the pulse of American politics, if only to be better at my job.