Can economics fuel conflict and war? Absolutely, and history is full of such examples. But economics can also pave the way to lasting peace, according to progressive economist James K. Boyce. In the ...

We'll have more about the connection between the growth of the British Empire and slavery in a later episode ... Katie: And so when the Second World War ended in 1945, Britain no longer had ...

Join me on a journey through history as we explore the shadowy legacy of the Opium Wars in the heart of Hong ... Movies of All Time Blue Ghost becomes second private spacecraft to land on the ...

Displaced and desperate Myanmar's opium production was previously second only to Afghanistan ... Aung Hla agreed. With the war, he said, "we don't have any choice." ...

resembling a 'reverse' scenario of the Opium Wars in the mid-1800s that weakened China's global position, according to a report from Radio Free Asia (RFA). The Tribune, now published from ...

Myanmar's opium production was previously second only to Afghanistan ... Aung Hla agreed. With the war, he said, "we don't have any choice".

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

Myanmar’s opium production was previously second only to that of Afghanistan, where poppy farming flourished following the US-led invasion in the wake of the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in ...