India

India has great potential as a world power, but it needs to become more ambitious and be willing to take sides to have true influence in the world.

India: Can India become a great power?

Alibaba

Alibaba already handles more money than ebay and amazon combined and is poised to become one of the world's most valuable companies and change China.

E-commerce in China: The Alibaba phenomenon

E cigarettes

Electronic cigarettes should be embraced, but some are trying to ban them for fear they are a gateway.

Electronic cigarettes: No smoke. Why the fire?

Cyprus

The crisis in Cyprus is the fault of Cyprus letting its banks get too big and its creditors being too conservative to save it.

The euro-zone crisis: Just when you thought it was safe…

Cyprus

The bail out of Cyprus should not happen through its government, but through each individual bank (sadly this did not happen after the release of the article)

Cyprus: Make a model of it, not a mess

Pope Francis

The election of pope Francis, the first Jesuit and non-european pope, is important for religious and secular people alike due to the wide reach of the Catholic Church. He has a great chance to reform the church and reduce needless internal squabbles.

Pope Francis: The first southern pope

Renting

Thanks to the Internet, peer-to-peer sharing is taking off.

Peer-to-peer rental: The rise of the sharing economy