Sudans size, strategic location, and as-yet-unexploited oil reserves made it a cold war target of superpower intervention.
Read moreMobutu’s departure has raised Congolese hopes for a better future, but many are concerned about reported rebel human rights abuses and an ambiguous commitment to democracy.
Read moreInternational flows of private investment have risen sharply in recent years.
Read moreThe G-7 was formed in 1975 to provide an informal forum for coordination of economic policy among leaders of prominent industrialized nations.
Read moreThe fourth annual CEO pay report finds that once again, CEOs win and workers lose.
Read moreExpansion of the NATO military alliance is proceeding rapidly despite an overwhelming lack of public or congressional debate.
Read moreFor the cold war generation, U.S. foreign policy toward the Asia/Pacific region was simple, straightforward, and secure.
Read moreThe absence of a coherent U.S. foreign policy agendaexcept in the expansion of exports and investments to promising new marketsleaves U.S. policy decisions at the mercy of old and new prejudices, while ad hoc response to crises becomes more the norm than the exception.
Read moreWashingtons increasing focus on promoting international investment and trade is evident in the smorgasbord of assistance offered to U.S. exporters.
Read moreIn the rush to pass tough spending cuts, Congress and the Clinton administration are avoiding making an obvious choice: welfare over warfare.
Read moreIn the immigration debate, free marketers square off against cultural conservatives on the right side of the political spectrum; while on the left, civil rights and ethnic advocacy groups oppose environmentalists and job protectionists.
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