His 1995 book, "When Corporations Rule the World," contends that multinational companies behave with little accountability and hold tyrannical power over the future of undeveloped countries.
The movie, which has won awards at several film festivals around the world, contends that the Chinese authorities have co-opted elements of Tibetan music and dance for their propaganda while otherwise suppressing cultural traditions.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Sept. 6 — The United Nations and Sudan announced Thursday that the government and Darfur rebel leaders would hold peace negotiations next month to seek an end to a conflict that many in the world contend constitutes genocide.
In the last year, a flurry of lawsuits has been filed around the world, contending that failure on the part of air carriers to inform passengers adequately about the malady, known as deep vein thrombosis, or colloquially as economy-class syndrome, has resulted in needless injury and death.
Skeptics, especially in the Islamic world, contend that oil interests lie at the heart of the West's war in Afghanistan.
His family, friends and allies in the art world contend that Mr. Ai's prosecution is a naked attempt to silence one of the country's most notoriously fearless, in-your-face critics.
Investment advisers who focus on the developing world contend that many of these so-called frontier markets, especially in Africa, offer similar opportunities to the fledgling markets of earlier generations.
Autocracy is making a comeback around the world, Kagan contends in this brief, wonderfully argued volume.
Dean Acheson famously said that Britain had lost an empire but had not yet found a role in the world; Harold Macmillan contended that Britain would become the wise Greeks to America's Rome.
Law enforcement agencies around the world would contend that existing overseas evidence gathering arrangements have not kept pace with demands placed on them by the global information age.
Within the Pentagon, Ms. Clarke fancies herself as a surrogate for plain-spoken, ordinary Americans, contending with a dangerous world and learning as they go.
