Foreign Policy in Focus

Uzbekistan has emerged as a key strategic partner to the United States after September 11, not only due to its frontier with Afghanistan.

A powerful group of neo-conservatives is launching a new public relations campaign in support of President George W. Bush’s war on terrorism.

The events of 9-11 have permitted the Bush administration to paint U.S. foreign policy as a matter of black and white choices.

As Indian opposition leaders have charged, it was part of a broader tendency toward eliminating civil liberties and scapegoating cultural minorities in an aggressive effort to impose a unified sense of nationhood on one of the world’s most culturally dive

The Ubuntu forum gave voice to those not able to speak up.

At this crucial juncture, leadership appears to be lacking.

This essay considers Thabo Mbeki’s analysis of globalization, his strategy and demands for global-scale and continental socioeconomic progress, and his preferred alliances.

Clarifying ISAF’s role in Kabul and elsewhere would strengthen the interim government’s ability to respond to security issues.

The American empire wants to make neo-liberal globalization a reality. All those opposed to that should be aware that the U.S. will fight them.

Today, Ariel Sharon and his government are creating a third wave of Palestinian refugees by attacking those very same refugees who, decades ago, fled for their lives and have been living under illegal Israeli occupation ever since.

Bin Laden’s secret strategy is to prod the United States into bankruptcy.

China’s foreign policy has been hit hard by recent developments, including new U.S. influence on their western border.

China and North Korea in particular have expressed strong concern with the “dangerous trend” in Japan’s emerging activist security posture.

As plans begin to be laid for the World Social Forum’s next round, many are asking if it will become a serious political platform or merely a street party.

The roots of Colombia’s conflict are deep and complicated, and will require a creative mix of strategies to solve it.

Porto Alegre, Brazil ­ As the sixth and final full day of the World Social Forum dawns here on southern tip of Brazil, delegates prepare for a now-familiar routine of dawn to dusk forums, side meetings over meals, and impromptu protests in the foyer of th

The tragic events of September 11 have created unprecedented challenges for the peace movement, anti-interventionist forces, and other progressive activists.

A brief analysis of current labor unrest in China and look beyond the figures to what is actually happening on the ground.

As the American and allied military forces continue to operate in Afghanistan, the world is increasingly getting dragged into yet another war–the war for food supremacy.

U.S. President George W. Bush’s upcoming trip to South Korea in mid-February is an opportunity for the Bush administration to demonstrate its new vision by explicitly support the “sunshine policy” of South Korea’s President Kim Dae-Jung–a policy that has