U.S.-China Security Relations (revised Apr 1999)
Despite frequent alarms about the supposed China threat, China is not an emerging superpower.
Overseas Military Bases and Environment
The United States operates a vast array of foreign bases manifesting many of the same environmental problems found at domestic bases, including toxics in drinking water, explosives on firing ranges, and noise pollution.
Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering
The trade in illicit drugs is estimated to be worth $400 billion a year, and it accounts for 8% of all international trade, according to the United Nations.
International Tobacco Sales (revised Oct 2000)
The human costs of tobacco use are staggering and rising dramatically.
The South Asian Nuclear Crisis
India has developed its nuclear weapons program in reaction to local, regional, and global nuclear and political realities.
U.S.-Africa Economic Initiatives
Despite Clintons visit, the U.S. has failed to formulate a coherent policy with respect to Africa.
Small Arms Trade
The easy availability of light military weaponry contributes to international crime, terrorism, and internal conflict, which are some of Washingtons foremost security concerns.
Global Climate Change
Climate change may be one of the defining issues of the twenty-first century, because it pits the potential disruption of our global climate system against the future of a fossil fuel-based economy.
Portfolio Investment
Since the mid-1980s, there has been a dramatic increase in the magnitude of international flows of portfolio investment (PI), especially from countries in the North to emerging market economies across the South.
Foreign Direct Investment
The global economic integration of trade, investment, and finance is raising new issues for U.S. foreign economic policy.
Global Banking
Since the early 1980s, bankers working together with national policymakers and officials at such international financial institutions (IFIs) as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)have largely succeeded in deregulating the global banking system.
Executive Excess 1998: CEOs Gain From Massive Downsizing
The fifth annual executive compensation survey finds that CEOs who downsize workers are rewarded.
International Criminal Court
On June 15, 1998, diplomats from around the world will assemble in Rome to finalize a treaty that will establish an International Criminal Court (ICC).
Structural Adjustment Programs
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s the U.S. has been a principal force in imposing Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) on most countries of the South.
Macedonia
Small and relatively unknown, Macedonia (officially called the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or FYROM) is the key to stability in the southern Balkans.