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FPIF Strategic Dialogue On the Beijing Olympics The international community should boycott the opening ceremonies of the Olympics to send a signal to China about its support of the Sudanese government, argues Eric Reeves. James Nolt disagrees: those protesting Beijing's hosting of the summer Olympics are simply stoking patriotic feelings within China. Reeves and Nolt continue the debate over whether China's relations with Sudan are a reason for the international community to boycott the opening ceremonies. On Cuba In Life After Fidel, Samuel Farber explains that the new Cuban leadership is contemplating neoliberal economic reforms but democracy is still off the table. Cubans are trying to preserve the gains of the revolution in the face of U.S. hostility, argues Saul Landau in Cuba: The Struggle Continues. In the second part of the exchange, Saul Landau and Samuel Farber debate the future of Cuba: Strategic Dialogue on Cuba. |
Climate Briefing Advocates for Green Jobs have been mostly long on enthusiasm and short on specifics, but Jason Walsh and Sarah White fill in some key blanks in Global Green Jobs. We know we're in trouble. What are we going to do about it? Miriam Pemberton argues for a new climate industrial complex in A Climate Change Industrial Policy. Hope Shand investigates how agribusiness is using global warming to expand market power in Corporations Grab Climate Genes. In Toward a Defensible Climate Realism, Tom Athanasiou looks at the dollars-and-cents bottom line. |
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Annotate This ... On March 17, Hillary Clinton gave a speech at George Washington University outlining her plans to de-escalate U.S. military involvement in Iraq. Stephen Zunes annotates her statements. Dan Smith asks, why is the president still giving victory speeches about the Iraq War? |
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Securing the Peace
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The Bush administration and peace groups agree: a civilian corps for post-conflict reconstruction is urgently needed.
Getting Iraq to Pay More Is Not the Answer
Raed Jarrar and Erik Leaver
As our economy sputters to a halt and Congress is set to spend an additional $160 billion on the war, U.S. lawmakers are openly criticizing the Iraqi government for not paying the tab.
Does Protest Embolden the Iraqi Insurgency?
Camillo "Mac" Bica
An unpublished research paper that tries to blame protest and dissent for "emboldening" Iraq's insurgents is severely flawed but its propaganda value is attracting unwarranted attention.
Multilateralism
Food Safety on the Butcher's Block
Christine Ahn and GRAIN
Washington is using new free trade agreements to push U.S. food—and food safety standards—down the throats of other countries.
The World Bank's Carbon Deals
Janet Redman
As it outsources emissions cuts, the World Bank is dealing from both ends of the climate change deck.
Democracy Promotion Doublespeak
Patrick W. Quirk
The United States needs to practice at home what it preaches abroad.
Global Economy
The Democrats "Free Trade" Divide
Mark Engler
"Free trade," a key issue in the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party, is behind some of the most contentious political debates of our times.
World Bank Climate Profiteering
Daphne Wysham and Shakuntala Makhijani
As it tries to paint its image green, the World Bank backs an Indian coal plant being built by the Tata Group.
Interview with Joseph Stiglitz
Carmela Cruz
The Nobel laureate and critic of globalization looks at what the U.S. recession means for the world.
Africa
Rwanda and the War on Terrorism
Bahati Ntama Jacques and Beth Tuckey
A common flaw in U.S. foreign policy is the politicization of foreign assistance. Whether Republican or Democratic, U.S. administrations allow narrowly defined "national interests"—instead of needs, priorities, and realities in a given country—to dictate foreign assistance. And Rwanda is an excellent case in point.
Welcome President Bush!
Tajudeen Abdulraheem
Tajudeen Abdulraheem explains President Bush's Africa trip itinerary.
Super Bowl of Shame
Jamie Menutis
Instead of splurging on sponsoring the Super Bowl halftime show, Bridgestone Firestone should start paying its Liberian rubber workers a living wage.
Americas
Three Amigos Summit
Manuel Pérez Rocha and Sarah Anderson
The NAFTA-expanding Security and Prosperity Partnership is too cozy with big business.
Cuba's Post-Castro Revolutionary Transition
James Early
It's time to honestly step forth and engage Cubans and their government on the terms they negotiate inside their own country.
Getting Smart About Cuba
Lissa Weinmann
Now that Fidel Castro has stepped down, it's time to derail the embargo gravy train.
Asia
China: Superpower or Basket Case?
Samuel A. Bleicher
A military threat to the United States? An economic powerhouse? More likely a Potemkin Village.
New Deal's Unsung Japanese Victory
Sam Pizzigati
FDR's campaign against "economic royalists" lived on—and triumphed—after his death. But not where he would have expected.
Asia's New Axis?
Gavan McCormack
New leaders in Australia and South Korea could mean a shift in geopolitical weight in Asia.
Eurasia
The National Future of Belarus
Jan Grinberg
Will Belarus buck the recent trend and give up its sovereignty to merge with Russia?
Next Moves in Kosovo
David Young
Kosovo is on the verge of independence. What can Washington and Brussells do to overcome Serbian and Russian opposition?
Running Against the West
Robert Coalson
In the upcoming Russian elections, the only real opponent that Putin’s party is facing has no face, no name, and no spot on the ballot.
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