The conflict over an aging U.S. military base in Okinawa has not gone away. Rather, it illustrates the very different ideas that Washington and Tokyo have about their alliance.
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Archive: Reports
The Green Dividend
The United States failed to capitalize on a Peace Dividend. Now, with the economy in a rut and the globe heating up, we have a second chance to shift Pentagon funds to domestic needs with a Green Dividend.
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Cuba: New Corporate Utopia?
Cuba is starting to transform its state-led economy. U.S. corporations and Cuban emigres are licking their lips at the potential opportunity.
Read moreFair and Effective Climate Finance
An assessment of finance in global climate negotiations
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Executive Excess 2010: CEO Pay and the Great Recession
The 17th annual executive compensation survey looks at how CEOs laid off thousands while raking in millions.
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A Unified Security Budget for the United States, FY 2011
The Pentagon’s plans for cuts won’t change the security spending balance.
Read moreInvestment Rules in Trade Agreements
The Top 10 Changes to Build a Pro-Labor, Pro-Community and Pro-Environment Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Bring the Money Home Tool Kit
With the cost of the war projected to exceed $3 trillion, it’s time to demand that the money being spent on continued occupation in Iraq be spent at home in our own communities now!
Read moreLocal Jobs Resolution Toolkit
The tools you need to lobby your local city council to promote job growth in your community.
Read moreFactsheet: Investing in Our Future Act of 2010 (H.R. 5783)
Using a Currency Transaction Levy to Raise Resources to Address Global Health and Climate Change in Developing Countries
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Top 10 changes to reduce threats to the public interest.
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The Divergence of America and Israel
The weakening of the U.S.-Israel relationship will remap the Middle East but also likely usher in a new Pax Americana in the region.
Read morePlutonium Wastes from the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex
This report estimates that from 1944 to 2009, about 12.7 metric tons of plutonium were discarded at U.S. nuclear weapon production facilities. This is more than three times than the U.S. Department of Energy’s last official estimate of waste losses made in 1996.
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Clapper: Managing the Intelligence Enterprise
James Clapper, Obama’s choice to head up national intelligence, has extensive ties to private intelligence outfits and the policies of the previous administration.
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Taxing the Wall Street Casino
In the United States and many countries around the world, there is growing momentum behind proposals to place a very small tax on trades of stock, currency, derivatives, and other financial assets.
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