STWR - Share The World's Resources

The reliance of Asian countries on debt-financed middle-class spending in the US has left many vulnerable to the financial crisis. Now, Asia's slide into recession may signal the 'end of the export era' and herald unprecedented social revolution, argues Walden Bello.

The North dominated world trade and power for two centuries, disrupting the pre-1800 international distribution of wealth and power. Now, the global balance is shifting to the East, and to primary producers of commodities worldwide. By Philip S Golub.

With the help of U.S. defense contractors, China is building the prototype for a high-tech police state. It is ready for export.

It is time for India and China to move beyond a history of conflicts and start cooperating politically, economically and technologically for mutual benefits, writes Dr Aqueil Ahmad.