Shiite vs. Sunni?
U.S. policies of divide and rule in the Middle East, explains FPIF columnist Conn Hallinan, are now exploding in our faces.
Annotate This: John McCain at VMI
The presidential contender defends the surge with a speech that FPIF’s military analyst Dan Smith puts under the magnifying glass.
Memo to the Somali Government
Violence continues to engulf Somalia. Here’s what can be done to promote reconciliation.
Target Global Warming, Target Exxon
Global warming skeptics are still out there. And behind them stands ExxonMobil.
The Self-Hating State
Vol. 2, No. 16
Radioactive Wastes and the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
An analysis of the impacts of reprocessing U.S. nuclear power spent fuel.
Shock but No Awe
Bush has promised to veto the Democrats plan to bring the troops home. What will be the result of the showdown between Congress and the President?
Postcard from Bishkek
The government and opposition are squaring off in Kyrgyzstan.
IMF Confidence Crisis
The International Monetary Fund is increasingly irrelevant and even its own assessment found major flaws in its track record in the poorest countries.
Gangs, Terrorists, and Trade
The Latin American state has lost its monopoly on violence. U.S. economic and political policies have only made matters worse.
Selfish Interest
How much Business Roundtable CEOs stand to lose from real reform of runaway executive pay.
Rep. Gilchrest: Stop Climate Change Now
Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest sees a hard slog ahead to get climate change legislation passed in Congress. But he sees no other choice.
Trading with Vegas
Vol. 2, No. 15
Suffocating Consensus
Vol. 2, No. 14
The Art of Deconstructing War
Aaron Hughes talks about how he has transformed his experience as a soldier in the Iraq War into art.
Tourist Photograph from Iraq
Here is an example of his artwork, a “tourist photograph from Iraq.”
Interview with Martin Espada
E. Ethelbert Miller talks with poet Martin Espada about the rainforest of Puerto Rico, the shantytowns of Nicaragua, and the poetry of Pablo Neruda.
Rep. DeFazio: Don’t Attack Iran
President Bush believes in preventive war. On Iran, in particular, Rep. Peter DeFazio believes in preventing war.
A Bush & Botox World
This book explores the ironies of a time in which science explores the genetic code and masters the physics of instant global communication technology, while bible thumpers and talkers to Christ advocate medieval crusades to spread their order to infidels.
Challenging Corporate Investor Rule
How the World Bank’s investment court, free trade agreements, and bilateral investment treaties have unleashed a new era of corporate power and what to do about it.
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