U.S. Role in Georgia Crisis
The United States did not simply watch from the sidelines during the war between Russia and Georgia.
Russia and Georgia: All About Oil
Columnist Michael Klare explains that the war between Russia and Georgia centers around a critical oil pipeline that runs through South Ossetia and that Russia doesn’t control.
Die Hard
The war that broke out last week between Russia and Georgia is a terrifying reminder that the disintegration of the Soviet Union is far from over.
Postcard from…Dhaka
A new mega-mall in Dhaka is symbolic of the flawed approach to solving Bangladesh’s problems.
Behind the Surge in Iraqi Women Suicide Bombers
The rise in Iraqi female suicide bombers illustrates the hollow nature of the widely touted U.S. counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq.
Postcard from… Dhaka
A new mega-mall in Dhaka is symbolic of the flawed approach to solving Bangladesh’s problems.
Baseball Big and Little: Its Role in U.S.-Cuba Relations
Let’s face it, sports fans, baseball, like most of the great cultural institutions of our country, is a major multi-billion dollar business.
Baseball – Big and Little: Its Role in U.S.-Cuba Relations
Perhaps young athletes from New England and Alabama can bring down the level of government irrationality on U.S.-Cuba policy a peg or two.
Food Aid Emergency
The food price crisis has made demand more acute and supplies even scarcer, but it hasn’t really changed the underlying problems with food aid as a response to hunger.
Mexico’s Oil Referendum
Opposition parties organized a non-binding referendum to fight government efforts to gut a constitutional ban on private investment in the oil industry.
The Double-Edged Sword of Sport and Political Protest
There are some signs that the ever-globalized mass media is helping to portray sport-led political protest to a large audience, yet the effectiveness of the protests surrounding the 2008 Olympics in China will quickly fade away.
The Iranian Chess Game Continues
Diplomacy between Iran and the United States has entered the opening gambit stage and Iran appears to be winning at this point.
A Third Way: Globalization from the Bottom
According to Mark Engler, the future of globalization is in question. Will the fight between “imperial globalization” and “corporate globalization” lead to the rise of democratic globalization”?
The Food Crisis and Global Institutions
Can global institutions and governments, in the midst of a food crisis, finally get it right?
The Dracula Round
Will the WTOs Doha talks come back from the dead?