Upwardly Global

Asian Community Block Upwardly Global Upwardly Global is a new non-for-profit organization that was borough to New York to serve the nearly 35,000 under-employed immigrant professionals who live in the New York Metro area.  In their home country they were bankers, accountants, teachers, marketing managers, and lawyers; in the U.S., they are nannies, security guards, … Read more

The Race to the Top: Is Sea Level Rise Accelerating Due to Global Climate Change?

One of the forecasted side effects of anthropogenic climate change is rising sea levels. Two factors contribute to this effect: expansion of the oceans due to rising temperatures, and increased melting of land-locked glaciers and ice sheets. Recent radar measurements from Greenland indicate that ice discharge into the North Atlantic is accelerating. What does this … Read more

Backwaters of Global Prosperity

The discussion will revolve around the author’s most recent book, entitled Backwaters of Global Prosperity: How Forces of Globalization and GATT/WTO Trade Regimes Contribute to the Marginalization of the World’s Poorest Nation. New York: Praeger Publishers. The book provides a penetrating analysis of the particular elements of globalization in general and the global trade regime … Read more