How 100% debt cancellation for poor countries–now being debated by wealthy nations–was transformed from an implausible demand into a winning issue, and what barriers lie ahead for the debt relief movement.
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Archive: Reports
The Toxic Border
In early September 2002, the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras (CJM) put out a call to border activists, urging them to act quickly to salvage one of the few remaining complaints filed under the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC)the case of mistreated workers at Customtrim/Autotrim.
Read moreTrade Is a Women’s Issue
Women workers are good for trade, but is trade good for women workers?
Read moreMissile Defense
With public attention focused on Iraq, the Bush administration’s prized missile defense system has been far from the limelight. But make no mistake, it’s still chugging along.
Read moreThe Unintended Consequences of Crisis Public Diplomacy: American Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
With the end of major military action in Iraq, U.S. public diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim world has entered a new, more challenging phase.
Read moreFTAA Fails to Gain Support from Citizens and Governments Across the Region
Trade ministers from the Americas are meeting in Miami November 20-21 to discuss plans to completeor drastically scale back the scope ofthe negotiations of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).
Read moreThe Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy
The fall of the Soviet Union handed the U.S. a unique opportunity, as the surviving superpower, to lead the world toward a period of greater cooperation and conflict resolution through the use of diplomacy, global organization, and international law. This great opportunity is being squandered, as the world becomes a more dangerous place.
Read moreMissile Defense All Over Again
Under President Clinton, it became U.S. policy to deploy a National Missile Defense (NMD) system “as soon as technologically feasible.”
Read moreThe Network Paradigm of Strategic Public Diplomacy
With the nomination of Karen Hughes as the new undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, the United States has the potential to embark on a new and more effective phase in its communication with the international community, particularly with the Arab and Islamic world.
Read moreA Plan for the Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Nepal
Clearly the time to think about negotiations and reconstruction in Nepal is before the shooting stops.
Read moreFeeding the Nuclear Fire
The costs of the Indian-U.S. nuclear deal to India.
Read moreWhy Progressives Must Embrace the Ukrainian Pro-Democracy Movement
Some elements of the American left have committed a grievous error, both morally and strategically, in their failure to enthusiastically support the momentous pro-democracy movement in the Ukraine.
Read moreIraq’s Neoliberal Constitution
The Bush administration’s shaping of the new Iraqi constitution.
Read moreThe Iraq Quagmire: The Mounting Costs of War and the Case for Bringing Home the Troops
The Mounting Costs of War and the Case for Bringing Home the Troops
Read moreExecutive Excess 2005
Defense contractors get more bucks for the bang.
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