In 2003 U.S. policy toward Africa will be driven almost exclusively by geopolitical considerations related to Washington’s war plans against Iraq, and by its geostrategic interests in African oil.
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Archive: Reports
Afghanistan: Between War and Reconstruction: Where Do We Go From Here?
The internationally supported reconstruction and nation-building effort in Afghanistan can boast many successes in the period since the Taliban’s collapse in November 2001.
Read moreCoalition of the Willing or Coaltion of the Coerced?
The U.S. public should carefully scrutinize any claim by the Bush Administration that they
have assembled a “coalition of the willing.”
Coping with North Korea
U.S. prepares for potential use of force against North Korea, its commitment to full diplomatic engagement would reassure Asian allies of the U.S. desire to solve the Korean crisis short of military action.
Read moreReducing the Hazards from Stored Spent Power-Reactor Fuel in the United States
This 2003 report underscored the dangers posed by the practice of storing spent fuel on-site at nuclear power plants in the United States. It remains relevant today as Japanese engineers struggle to prevent a nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan.
Read morePost-Saddam Iraq: Linchpin of a New Oil Order
Only in the most direct sense is the Bush administration’s Iraq policy directed against Saddam Hussein.
Read moreThe Anti-American Blowback from Bush’s Korea Policy
It is difficult to argue that anything Roh does could place more tension on Seoul’s relationship with Washington than the Bush administration’s unilateral foreign policy.
Read moreU.S. Support for the Iraqi Opposition
On December 17, 2002, a long-delayed conference of the Iraqi opposition in exile concluded in London.
Read moreThe Case Against a War with Iraq
An invasion of Iraq constitutes such a dramatic shift in U.S. foreign policy and involves enormous political and military risks.
Read moreThe World Bank and Fossil Fuels: A Clear and Present Danger
The World Bank group can damage many aspects in sociey as well as climate using its fossil fuels favored way to tackel global warming
Read moreTransnational corporate beneficiaries of World Bank Group fossil fuel projects,1992-August 2002
In the globaliztion game of World Bank financing for fossil fuels, the biggest winners are some of the largest transnational corporations. A list about the facts of these fossil fuel welfare kings from 1992 to August 2002 is exposed in this report.
Read moreA New Development Paradigm Domestic Demand-Led Growth
A second contribution of labor standards is promotion of good governance and reduction of corruption.
Read moreExecutive Excess 2002: CEOs Cook the Books, Skewer the Rest of Us
The ninth annual CEO compensation survey.
Read moreAfter the Fall: The Argentine Crisis and Repercussions
brief review of Argentina’s decline from poster child of the IMF and Wall Street during most of the 1990s
Read moreSeven Reasons to Oppose a U.S. Invasion of Iraq
Seven Reasons to Oppose a U.S. Invasion of Iraq
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