Chevron’s alleged human rights abuses in the Niger Delta and involvement in the Chad-Cameroon pipeline consortium highlights the need for the World Bank to screen for human rights abuses when it makes loans or investments.
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Archive: Reports
Security Exception & Arms Trade
Economic globalization and the financial architecture which sets the rules of play are proving beneficial to those invested in a war economy.
Read moreU.S. Must Insist Israel Return to the Peace Talks and Withdraw from Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s decision to pull out of the peace talks with Syria is a shameless capitulation to Israel’s far right and raises serious questions as to whether the Israeli government is seriously interested in peace.
Read moreChina in the WTO: The Debate
James H. Nolt,”China in the WTO: The Debate.”
Read moreU.S. Policy Hampers Chances for Israeli-Syrian Peace
There is little hope for real progress in the Israeli-Syrian peace talks unless the Clinton Administration is willing to uphold human rights and international law.
Read moreBalkans Overview: Need for a Regional Solution
Western powers appeared to be ill-prepared for the outbreak of hostilities when Slovenia and Croatia declared their independence on June 25, 1991.
Read moreWTO, Agricultural Deregulation and Food Security
Nobody needs to go hungryeach person that does is the victim of conscious policy choices and policy failures.
Read moreWTO and Sustainable Development
Sustainable development a framework for reconciling key international goals, and it applies to national actions as well.
Read moreU.S.-EU Trade Issues
The EU should neither be treated as a partner superpower with whom the U.S. can share the spoils of unfettered trade nor should it be underestimated as a subordinate global power.
Read moreU.S. Drug Policy
U.S. drug policy has failed to reduce either the overall quantities of drugs produced and delivered or the number of seriously addicted drug abusers in the United States.
Read moreBenefits of Capital Flows: New Role for Public
After a worldwide removal of regulatory constraints, market forces have assumed a dominant role in the international financial system.
Read moreU.S., Greece, and Turkey
President Bill Clinton’s visit to NATO allies Greece and Turkey is raising new questions about the ongoing strategic relationship the United States has with these two historic rivals
Read moreIran: Time for Detente
The ongoing struggle in Iran between Islamic reformers and Islamic hard-liners, along with struggles within the U.S. foreign policy establishment between hawks and those seeking accommodation, has left U.S.-Iranian relations in a state of flux.
Read moreKeys to Stability in the Balkans
Washington’s support of the establishment of a credible coalition government — including political leaders of all the various ethnic communities — would represent a clear signal that the U.S. is sincerely interested in establishing a multiethnic Kosovo.
Read moreCuba: Policy Agenda for the Future
In recent years, U.S. policy toward Cuba has been guided by two primary objectives or tracks: to isolate the Cuban government and to provide support to the Cuban population.
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