Peace and Foreign Policy

The United States operates a vast array of foreign bases manifesting many of the same environmental problems found at domestic bases, including toxics in drinking water, explosives on firing ranges, and noise pollution.

The trade in illicit drugs is estimated to be worth $400 billion a year, and it accounts for 8% of all international trade, according to the United Nations.

The human costs of tobacco use are staggering and rising dramatically.

India has developed its nuclear weapons program in reaction to local, regional, and global nuclear and political realities.

Despite frequent alarms about the supposed China threat, China is not an emerging superpower.

Despite Clinton’s visit, the U.S. has failed to formulate a coherent policy with respect to Africa.

The easy availability of light military weaponry contributes to international crime, terrorism, and internal conflict, which are some of Washington’s foremost security concerns.

Climate change may be one of the defining issues of the twenty-first century, because it pits the potential disruption of our global climate system against the future of a fossil fuel-based economy.

Since the mid-1980s, there has been a dramatic increase in the magnitude of international flows of portfolio investment (PI), especially from countries in the North to emerging market economies across the South.

The global economic integration of trade, investment, and finance is raising new issues for U.S. foreign economic policy.