John Gershman is a Clinical Associate Professor of Public Service, Associate Director of NYU’s Global MPH Program, and Director of Undergraduate Programs at Wagner. Previously he was the Director of the Global Affairs Program at the International Relations Center and the Co-Director of Foreign Policy In Focus.
The “war on terror” disguises military aid that is more likely to be used against domestic political opponents.
Outlines a policy agenda to effectively address the challenge posed by global outsourcing and calls for creative institutional arrangements to shape the nature of competition.
If the budget represents, in Joseph Schumpeter’s phrase, “the skeleton of the state stripped of all misleading ideologies” then the Bush administration’s current budget reflects the interests of those who would trample on the public-spirited vision of Puritan John Winthrop’s image of the “city on a hill.”
An apology to the Danes.
Many citizens look back over the 20th century and see the Supreme Court championing individual freedoms and standing in the way of government abuse of power. But this is not the case in many issues involving foreign policy, an issue raised when Samuel Alito was appointed to the Supreme Court. It’s Congress, not the courts, that needs to step up to exert its Constitutionally-mandated role of checking executive power.
It is customary early in the New Year to recommend good books to read. And the “Tao Te Ching” should be at the top of President Bush’s list. Careening from crisis to crisis with approval ratings drooping, the president should consider the opening lines of chapter 80. “If a country is governed wisely, its inhabitants will be content.”
Lost amidst the predictably negative reaction to the victory by Hamas in the Palestinian parliamentary elections is the crucial role that the U.S. government had in bringing the radical Islamist group to power.
Iran is not the only major challenge to the NPT regime.
On May 17 a legal summons on behalf of the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI) requested the attendance of President Bush and Prime Minister Blair to defend charges that they are in “violation of common values of humanity, international treaties, and international law” for waging war in Iraq.
A critical evaluation of President Bush’s State of the Union address highlights inconsistencies and contradictions in the Bush administration’s foreign policy.
A comprehensive look at the issues at stake in the London Conference.
Conference in London shapes Afghanistan’s future through crafting of new compact.
U.S. foreign policy and U.S. democracy.
With the U.S. military under siege in Iraq, and polls running heavily against the White House’s Middle East version of Vietnam, are military strike plans on Iran just bluster and so much talk?
Challenges of building democracy in Cambodia.
New thinking for a trade and development agenda.
Prospects for legal accountability for war crimes.
Next steps to address climate change.
Examining claims that justify terrorism.
It is critical for people to resist??particularly those who identify with the peace movement??buying into this myth that it was Israel and its supporters who were responsible for the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.