Not since anticommunism was used to excuse the arming and training of repressive governments during the cold war has there been such a broad, fail-safe rationale to provide military aid and arms to disreputable foreign militaries.
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Archive: Reports
Global Public Health: Access to Essential Medicines
Former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher has likened the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa to the plague that decimated Europe in the fourteenth century.
Read moreWTO Agreement on Agriculture: Suitable Model for a Global Food System?
The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) is a product of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations (1986-94).
Read moreGlobal Toxics Treaties: U.S. Leadership Opportunity Slips Away
Once again, the U.S. is squandering an opportunity for leadership in the international environmental policy arena.
Read morePost-9/11 Economic Windfalls for Arms Manufacturers
President Bushs military budget increase and the war time unity on Capitol Hill have created an environment in which weapons makers can enjoy the best of both worldscontinuing to make money on the weapons systems of the cold war while reaping the benefits of a war time bonanza of new defense contracts.
Read moreU.S.-Iraq: On the War Path
ith its enormous oil wealth, large agricultural base, and population of over 20 million, Iraq has long been considered one of the most important countries in the Arab world.
Read moreThe Space Industry: Supporting U.S. Supremacy
The mid-1990s were heady years for the commercial space industry.
Read moreResponding to North Korea’s Surprises
For a supposedly changeless, monolithic state, North Korea shakes up the staid world of diplomacy with surprising frequency.
Read moreThe Future of U.S.-South Korean Security Relations
Since 2000, when U.S. relations with both halves of the Korean Peninsula seemed to be on the upswing, Washington has managed to unravel its incipient relationship with Pyongyang while tangling its ties with Seoul.
Read moreIraq’s New Patent Law
When Former Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) administrator L. Paul Bremer III left Baghdad after the highly publicized “transfer of sovereignty” in June 2004, he left his imprint through 100 orders that he enacted as chief of the occupation authority in Iraq.
Read moreAn “Affirmative Measure” to Help Prevent the Commission of War Crimes by the Bush Administration
United States officials are conducting a war of aggression against the people of Iraq.
Read moreHow to Bring the Troops Home and Internationalize the Peace
A real solution to the Iraq War must start with ending the U.S. occupation. Then, and only then, we can talk about internationalizing the peace.
Read moreWill the Bush Administration’s Actions Move Aceh Toward Peace or a Continued Descent Into Destruction?
Aceh, so long isolated from international view by the Indonesian government and military, is now–tragically–at the center of world attention.
Read moreStrategies for Social Justice Movements from Southern Africa to the United States
The community of several thousand South African activists from whom I learn most–a group quite consciously pro-globalization-of-people and anti-globalization-of-capital–takes pride in the give-and-take lessons of international protest, solidarity, and local self-reliance gleaned during these past five years.
Read moreHow Much Power Will the New Iraqi Government Really Have?
Much attention was paid in the run-up to the January 30 elections in Iraq regarding how the lack of security in much of the country, combined with the decision by major Sunni Arab parties to boycott in protest of recent U.S. attacks on several major urban areas, could thereby skew the results and compromise the resulting government’s credibility.
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