Recycling Wars
Congress is set to give the Pentagon more than $400 billion to spend on war preparations and now, it seems, on the “non-wars.”
Departure of Key Aide Marks New Powell Setback
The announcement on June 5 that the State Department’s director for policy planning, Richard Haass, is leaving to become the next president of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, marks the latest sign of the eclipse of Secretary of State Coli
The Need for UN Police
The aftermath of the Iraq War has shown us that good soldiers are not always good cops.
Credibility Gap over Iraq WMD Looms Larger
Arguments over what the administration knew about weapons of mass destruction and when it knew it–to paraphrase the famous Watergate questions–are now claiming the limelight, to the administration’s clear discomfort.
Debt, Africa and Global Economic Governance: Very Little from Evian
The preparatory work leading up to the G-8 meeting had already shown that very little would emerge on three key crises that affect global development today–the Third World debt crisis, the African crisis, and the crisis of legitimacy of the global arrang
Iraq: The Challenge of Humanitarian Response
To be successful, humanitarian organizations providing aid to Iraq must struggle to establish a humanitarian/reconstruction agenda with some degree of autonomy from military occupation plans.
A Threadbare Emperor
Like Caesar, Bush expects others to show due respect for the global hegemon, suggesting, for example, that he was ready to forgive if not quite forget those, like French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who doubted his wis
India May Send Troops to Iraq
Responding to the U.S. request to send troops to occupied, post-war Iraq, India’s army is going full steam ahead with preparations for possible deployment.
Global Showdown in Evian
The non-proliferation proposals that Jacques Chirac intends to put on the table at Evian will no doubt merit international attention.
Resolution 1483: Legalizing an Occupation
It had to admit that it was in fact an Occupying power.
Is Tehran Back in the Crosshairs of the Neocon Crusade?
Reports that top officials in the administration of President George W. Bush met Tuesday, May 27th to discuss U.S. policy toward Iran, including possible efforts to overthrow its government, mark a major advance in what has been an 18-month-old campaign b
The New Global Peace Movement vs. the Bush Juggernaut
Here are some strategies that can make the new global peace movement tenacious and effective in the post-Iraq war period.
“Do as I say, not as I do” Nuclear Policy
From the ongoing search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, to the appearance of negotiations with North Korea, and the push to declare Iran in violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, President Bush is following through with his promise to
New Solutions to Old Problems in Latin America
Innovative, new solutions to familiar problems, like the promotion of democracy and the war on drugs, are on the agenda of this Latin American alliance.
United States and Europe Experience Continental Drift
While the physical distance between the United States and Europe continues to grow at the steady and predictable inch per year, the political distance between them is neither inevitable nor irreversible.