Bad aid: Throw your arms around the world
Haiti never had a chance. It had been treated as a standing threat since its revolution in 1804.
China’s Global Shopping Spree
Is the world’s future resource map tilting east?
No Tea Parties for Bibi
It is doubtful that current tensions between the two countries will lead to a long-term divorce.
Earthquake and Tsunami in Chile: The Militarization of Natural Disasters
The emergency has brought to light problems that will have serious consequences for the neoliberal business model.
Arms Trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Much of the discussion and debate regarding the sad situation along the U.S.-Mexican border has been centered on analyzing drug policy and immigration laws.
When Was the Last Time You Visited Iraq?
It’s true that I’ve never strolled down a street in Baghdad or Ramadi or Basra, armed or not, and that’s a deficit, if you want to write about the American experience in Iraq.
Haiti: Recovery Bill Estimated at 11.5 Billion Dollars
Two weeks before a major donors conference, the Haitian government has estimated that the country will need some 11.5 billion dollars over the next three years to recover from the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.
The Travails of a Client State: An Okinawan Angle on the 50th Anniversary of the US-Japan Security Treaty
For a country in which ultra-nationalism was for so long a problem, the weakness of nationalism in contemporary Japan is puzzling.
Ethiopia: Licensed to Steal
Two former leaders of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front have alleged in a BBC radio program that the TPLF leadership – which included Meles Zenawi – used millions of dollars earmarked for famine relief in the 1980s to buy weapons and enrich themselves.
Premature Withdrawal
We’ve now been at war with, or in, Iraq for almost 20 years, and intermittently at war in Afghanistan for 30 years.
The Homeless in Bahia: The Utopia of “Good Living”
Millions of Brazilians have serious housing problems. The Movimiento Sin Techo (Homeless Movement) seeks to organize them, and to occupy abandoned properties and land on the outskirts of the city to pressure the government.
Can Japan Say No to Washington?
In a dispute over one insignificant base on the Japanese island of Okinawa, are we feeling early rumblings on the Asian faultline of American global power?
South Korea’s Embattled Truth and Reconciliation Commission
An interview with Kim Dong-choon, recently retired Standing Commissioner of South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Ghana’s 2010 oil ‘boom’: Ensuring public interest over private gain
While Ghana’s mining industry has historically been characterised by a lack of transparency and the dominance of foreign multinational interests, Dake stresses that the burgeoning oil industry must not be allowed to go the same way.
Avatar: The Prequel
Will Earth’s Last Stand Sweep the 2013 Oscars?