Tarun J. Tepjal was named among the fifty most influential Asians by Asiaweek. BusinessWeek also put him in a list of fifty leaders in the frontline for change in Asia. In December 2006, the British newspaper The Guardian classified him within the top twenty of the new Indian elite.

Gradually sustainability becomes a serious issue for a growing number of Belgian entrepreneurs. The way they approach the idea of fair trade does not make everybody happy.

In July, heads of state of the strongest economies of the world met in Hokkaido, Japan. Carefully but resolutely, new economic powers have been making their entrance in the game of world politics.

Wthin the framework of the War on Terror, the American army started training Pakistani Special Forces to hunt down important militants in the Taliban. Key to this is john Negroponte. he eighties revisited.

The impressive economic growth of India is not equally divided amongst all Indians. Social struggle and an ambitious employment law could improve the situation.

When a minister from a far away country visits Brussels, one would expect an agenda fully booked with political appointments. Not so for Gilberto Gil, Brazils minister of culture and icon of Brazilian rhythms. On his tour through Europe he also visited Brussels where he played a concert for a full Bozar-theatre at the beginning of April. For Gil, c ...

At the beginning of June, the European Union launched a civil-military mission in Guinea-Bissau to help reforming the security sector. The West African country is an important transit hub for cocaine towards Europe.

US-made Long-Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) is a vehicle-mounted, circular dish that sends out concentrated, 150 decibel [dB] high-energy acoustic waves that are painfully loud. It was used in Fallujah, to fight off pirates from a cruise ship off the Somali coast, and to disperse pro-democracy demonstrators in Tbilisi. Is the device now heading to Ti ...

At the beginning of June, the European Union launched a civil-military mission in Guinea-Bissau to help reforming the security sector. The West African country is an important transit hub for cocaine towards Europe.

Just weeks before Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, South Africa is shocked by an unseen explosion of xenophobia. Is this the end of the rainbow-nation 'where black and white can walk full of pride without a trace of fear in their heart'?

During the rise of the Indian economy, the agricultural sector has been grossly neglected. Today this failure is being paid for heavily. A change in eating habits, a growing population and a decreasing farming area means that India is facing a serious food crisis, at a moment when the world food prices are increasing dramatically. The food crisi ...

The Indian states that hold plenty of natural resources happen to be the same ones where the largest indigenous populations live. These "adivasis" do not enjoy the profits made by the resource industry. The naxalites are now revolting against this reality, as an “army” of underground warriors, members of militia and sympathisers.