Culture, identity and democracy in the face of
modernization.(Francis Fukuyama)
Editor's note: This article is excerpted from the presentation
Francis Fukuyama delivered as part of the Clash of Cultures program at
the 2006 CRE High Level Conference, which took place July 13-16 . . .
Editor's statement.
TWENTY YEARS AGO MANY CONFERENCE SPEAKERS began warning: "Do
international business or perish." Hearing this mantra multiple
times, I took the message to heart and tried to figure out how to . . .
Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah.(Book
review)
Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah
by Oliver Roy (2004, Columbia University Press, New York City, 349
pages)
OLIVER ROY, A PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED Studies in . . .
America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power and the
Neoconservative Legacy.(Book review)
America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power and the Neoconservative
Legacy by Francis Fukuyama (2006, Yale University Press, New Haven,
Conn., 240 pages)
FRANCIS FUKUYAMA--the Bernard L. Shwartz . . .
Focus on investment conditions: managing expectations in a
riskier world.
HALF WAY INTO THE YEAR, WE ARE ENJOYING A SURPRISINGLY stronger
economy than many of us could have imagined only one year earlier.
Despite a series of unexpected economic challenges during the . . .
Focus on China; A new era for real estate professionals in
Mainland China: blending the best of local and international
experien
THE PACE OF ECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT in Mainland
China can only be described as phenomenal, but progress is advancing at
a scale and speed that frequently induces errors and . . .
Focus on the economy: expect big changes in the next five
years.(INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE)
TO HEAR THE GENERAL RUN OF ECONOMIC COMMENTARY, you might think
that its primary article of faith was penned by Sir Isaac Newton:
"Objects in motion tend to remain in motion; objects at rest . . .
Focus on capital markets: the capital markets outlook is
good--but what can go wrong?
Editor's Note: The following commentary was excerpted from
remarks made during the Capital Markets Panel at The Counselors of Real
Estate Midyear Meetings in Charleston, S.C., in April 2006.
With . . .
Real property damages and rubber rulers.
DURING THE PAST TWO DECADES, MANY ARTICLES AND COURT cases have
involved alleged diminution and damages to the value of real property
resulting from a disamenity that influences a geographic area . . .
Evaluating tenant-in-common interests in real estate.
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CONCERNS U.S. INVESTORS AND their
professional advisors face when structuring tax-deferred exchange
transactions is the difficulty in locating, identifying and . . .
Nuclear waste disposal: a taxing Real Estate Issue.
WHEN DEALING WITH ISSUES THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY
AFFECT a community socially and economically, emotions can run high and
civic leaders may not always receive the best or most . . .
Eminent domain after Kelo: the battle continues.
IN KELO V. CITY OF NEW LONDON, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT issued one of
its most controversial opinions when it ruled that a local government
has the power, under certain circumstances, to condemn . . .
Editor's statement.(Editorial)
THE COUNSELORS OF REAL ESTATE'S 2006 STRATEGIC PLAN CHARTS THE
future of our organization. Though all committees are using the plan as
a guide, Real Estate Issues is at the forefront in . . .
Focus on corporate real estate; A taxing decision: here, there
... everywhere?(INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE)(Cuno v.
DaimlerChrysler)
DR. SEUSS WROTE DOZENS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS that tell us the
world is not necessarily logical, nor does it always work the way we
expect it to. That's why when the Sixth Circuit Court of . . .
Focus on legal issues: city mouse, country mouse.(Insider's
Perspective)(Column)
EVERYBODY'S HEARD THE ONE ABOUT THE COUNTRY MOUSE who visits
his cousin in the city. That is, everybody's heard it in one
version or another.
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One of the beauties of this . . .
Focus on REITs: REITs continue global march; The U.K. joins other
countries in considering REITs.(Insider's Perspective)(real es
THE U.K.'S RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE LIKELY ADOPTION of the
U.S. REIT model underscores an important global trend that could spell
opportunity for U.S. REITs and other U.S. real estate players . . .
Focus on the economy: is Greenspan wrong?(Insider's
Perspective)(Reserve Board Chairman, Alan Greenspan)(Column)
IS GREENSPAN WRONG?
IT DOES SEEM WORTHWHILE TO ASK THIS QUESTION OF THE Federal Reserve
Board Chairman, Alan Greenspan, based on his recent testimony before
Congress as to mortgages. (He has also . . .
Focus on global issues: real estate deals with a world in
transition.(Insider's Perspective)(Column)
WHEN DEFINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUCCESSFUL CITY the term
Sustainability or, in the more narrower context, Sustainable Development
is usually high on the list of requirements, representing if . . .
Focus on investment conditions: value risk management key in this
economic landscape.(Insider's Perspective)(Column)
TO HEAR THE ELECTION-YEAR RHETORIC, ONE WOULD THINK the U.S. is
mired in double-digit unemployment and that all our jobs are on the
verge of being shipped offshore to workers in China or India for . . .
Making Green communities work.
THROUGHOUT THE NATION, THE BUILDING AND COMMUNITY development
sectors of the real estate industry are looking more seriously at
incorporating "Green" solutions into their projects. Of
course, all . . .
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