Ten years after the Gulf War, U.S. policy toward Iraq continues to suffer from an overreliance on military solutions, an abuse of the United Nations and international law, and a disregard for the human suffering resulting from sanctions.
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Archive: Reports
GATS and Women
Although the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial failed to produce a new round of trade expansion, prior commitments made by countries in the Uruguay Round (which launched the WTO in 1994) meant that negotiations would continue in 2000 to liberalize both agricultural trade and trade in services.
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Missile Defense & China
In the U.S. the attractions of missile defense endure, fueled most recently by the apparent Gulf War successes of the Patriot missiles and by perceived threats of long-range missile launches by so-called rogue states.
Read moreAIDS and Developing Countries: Facilitating Access to Essential Medicines
Compulsory licensing and parallel importing policies could help developing country governments make essential medicines more affordable to their citizens.
Read moreU.S. Human Rights Policy Toward China
Both a new U.S. administration and Chinas bid to host the 2008 Olympics offer opportunities to influence human rights in China.
Read moreCoca Eradication
Drug crop eradication has produced little effect on the price or availability of cocaine in the United States.
Read more"Free Trade" and Medicines in the Americas
The 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 moreRedefining Security: A Budget for a New Generation
As 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 moreMyths and Realities of China’s Military Power
Given 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 Trafficking & Money Laundering
Drug profits moving through the U.S. financial system are estimated to be as high as $100 billion a year.
Read moreHolding the Line: U.S. Defense Strategy
The 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 moreDrug Policy: Failure at Home
U.S. antidrug policy has had racist overtones and is driven by political opportunism, not by considerations of effectiveness or justice.
Read moreColombia in Crisis
Violence 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 moreMilitarizing Latin America Policy
The 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 moreMilitarization of the U.S. Drug Control Program
The 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.
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