Inside Pakistan’s Struggle for Democracy
Can Pakistan peacefully negotiate its way out of a military dictatorship? Here’s how.
The Agrofuels Trap
What’s wrong with “biofuels”? Here’s the answer.
Postcard from…Istanbul
The minaret and the flag are competing for the soul of Turkey, or are they?
Darfur: The Other Anniversary
Don’t be too surprised, but a tough attitude is the best gift you can give Darfur today.
The U.S., India and the Elusive 123 Deal
If passed in its current form, the U.S.-India agreement will act as a catalyst for pumping nuclear fuel and technology into a region perceived by some U.S. leaders as a “nuclear tinder box”.
Xtreme Gulpism
The United States did not invent greed. But particularly in the last quarter century, Americans have taken excess to a new level. Extravagance was once the province of kings and emperors. Now, even the head of a relatively obscure company can earn fabulous riches.
Interview with Anya Achtenberg
E. Ethelbert Miller talks to novelist Anya Achtenberg about Cambodia, memory, and the lives of others.
Are CEOs worth that much more?
The huge pay gap only makes sense if CEOs add hundreds of times more value than other leaders in society.
Strategic Corporate Initiative
Toward a global citizens’ movement to bring corporations back under control
Kosovo in the Balance
Like a bad cold that won’t go away, the Kosovo question continues to plague international diplomacy long after it was expected that it would be resolved.
Bush Won’t Stop the Bucks
Trying to paper over political problems in Iraq by sinking additional American greenbacks into military operations misses the point entirely.
Executive Excess 2007
IPS’ 14th Annual CEO Compensation Survey on The Staggering Social Cost of U.S. Business Leadership.
Death at a Distance: The U.S. Air War
The mostly hidden story of escalated aerial bombardments in Iraq and elsewhere in the region.
Despite the Mortgage Crisis, Hedge Funders Are Still Raking It In
The little guys may be hurting, but fear not for the titans of capital.
Executive Pay Debate Raging in Europe and the United States
The CEO-worker pay gap is finally getting some high-profile attention from Presidential candidates. But lawmakers still aren’t doing nearly enough to tackle the gap.
Make Your Own Foreign Policy
With the policymakers who have steered our country in the wrong direction absent from Washington, now is the time for YOU to start making US foreign policy.
The Dangers of Scolding an Embattled Arab Leader
The last few days have brought a flurry of tense words between the Bush administration and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki. Make no mistake: these words are dangerous.
Memo to the President, 2020
Although we are currently considered revisionist historians, I believe that my End of Empire books definitively establish that the financial crisis that the United States experienced in 2007 was the key element in destroying our position in the world.
How to Stop AIDS Now
The ’08 Stop AIDS Platform is something that we must all take heed of: our next President must do more to stop the HIV/AIDS crisis. This conviction is what impelled this group of 15 youth AIDS activists to attend the Take Back America Conference in Washington, D.C. earlier this summer and “birddog” Barack Obama and John Edwards.
On Political Poetry
Iranian poet Farideh HassanzadehMostafavi asks Adrienne Rich, Joy Harjo, Billy Collins, Maryam Ala Amjadi, and others about American foreign policy, 9/11, war, and the true essence of poetry.
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