Investment Rules After Doha: A Time to Sow?
Investment Rules After Doha: A Time to Sow?
Is Argentina the Coup de Grace of the IMF’s Flawed Policy Mission?
The reverberations from the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 enmeshed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a major legitimacy crisis over its recently assumed mission to promote free capital mobility around the globe.
U.S. Intervention in Afghanistan: Implications for Central Asia
Just when it looked the Central Asian countries were facing the growing joint political hegemony of Russia and China in the region, the events of September 11 opened the door to an increased and indefinite-term U.S. military presence.
The UN and the United States in Afghanistan
Since September 11, the United Nations has gained a rare prominence in Washington’s calculations.
Operation Enduring Freedom?
Operation Enduring Freedom
Africa and the World Trade Organization: The Issues in Brief
Instead of taking the opportunity for dialogue, rich countries have offered little or nothing to address the concerns of African and other developing countries.
Treaties in the Time of Anthrax: The United States Should Strengthen the Ban on Bio-Weapons
If nothing is done to take international action to strengthen the ban on germ weapons, the future may hold far more damaging attacks with newer and deadlier agents, genetically engineered to be unidentifiable and untreatable.
Developing Countries, Global Financial Governance, and the Group of Twenty
The creation of the G-20 totally ignored the serious and continued efforts of the developing countries, speaking collectively through their Group of 24 (G-24), to collaborate with the G-7 and other industrial countries in the creation of a more effective
Why the U.S. Did Not Overthrow Saddam Hussein
There are many valid critiques of U.S. policy toward Iraq before, during, and after the Gulf War. Failing to invade and overthrow the Iraqi government, however, is not one of them.
Hawks Take Aim at Iraq
With the new conflict in Iraq, the stakes for the future U.S. role in the world could not be higher.
The Natural Ally and the Tactical Ally
In the vaguely defined international coalition in the “war against terrorism” India and Pakistan occupy perhaps the most uncomfortable positions.
Frankenstein’s Lament in Kuwait
The radical Islamist message falls on fertile ground.
Militarization in the Age of Globalization
In the aftermath of the September 11 tragedies, arms production and sales worldwide will likely continue their upward trajectory–encouraged by national policies and supported by multilateral economic institutions.
Don’t Short-Change Nuclear Safety: Tightening Security Around Nuclear Storage Facilities Should Be an Urgent National Priority
The costs of fixing America’s nuclear vulnerabilities may be high, but the price of doing too little may prove far greater.
America’s “Talibanization”?
Some new policies resemble extremism more than the values our country was founded upon.