Both a new U.S. administration and Chinas bid to host the 2008 Olympics offer opportunities to influence human rights in China.
Read moreBoth a new U.S. administration and Chinas bid to host the 2008 Olympics offer opportunities to influence human rights in China.
Read moreDrug crop eradication has produced little effect on the price or availability of cocaine in the United States.
Read moreThe U.S. is pushing a negotiating agenda for the FTAA that would dramatically limit each countrys ability to undertake compulsory licensing, an important tool to promote generic competition.
Read moreAs leaders of 34 Western Hemisphere countries gather in Quebec City, Canada in April 2001, President George W. Bush hopes that the third Summit of the Americas will mark a step toward fulfilling his fathers dream of creating a free trade area stretching from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.
Read moreGiven the atmosphere of suspicion and distrust that so often characterizes U.S.-China relations, it is vitally important that Chinese foreign policy and military capabilities be calmly and carefully assessed.
Read moreDrug profits moving through the U.S. financial system are estimated to be as high as $100 billion a year.
Read moreThe Bush administration’s defense review affords an opportunity to overhaul the nation’s military strategy, forces, and equipment plans in light of the challenges and opportunities of the new century.
Read moreU.S. antidrug policy has had racist overtones and is driven by political opportunism, not by considerations of effectiveness or justice.
Read moreViolence and warfare in Colombia are often blamed on the drug trade, but their roots run much deeper and go back well over five decades.
Read moreThe militarization of Washington’s Latin America policy is being led by the drug war, training programs, arms transfers, and a wide array of “military-to-military contact” efforts.
Read moreThe militarization of Latin America, which begins at the U.S.-Mexico border, is undermining recent trends toward greater democratization and respect for human rights while doing little to stanch the flow of drugs into the United States.
Read moreThe UN estimates that Africa will need $3 billion just for basic treatment and prevention programs, yet the U.S. and other Western countries donated only $300 million in assistance in 2000.
Read moreU.S. officials have sought to relax restrictions on intelligence sharing with Andean governments at a time when these provisions need to be strengthened.
Read moreOn May 1, 2001, President Bush reiterated his campaign pledge to deploy a multitiered ballistic missile defense system as soon as possible.
Read moreUnder Qaddafis rule, Libya has made impressive gains in health care, education, housing, womens rights, and basic social services.
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