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Should the US Sell Nuclear Technology to India? – Part I

Robert Einhorn November 8, 2005
When India voted alongside the US in a recent IAEA Board resolution targeting Iran’s nuclear policies, governments around the world were stunned. It signaled that India had overturned its history of “non-alignment” and closed ranks with US foreign policy interests. The July 18 agreement between the US and India for the transfer of US nuclear technology and equipment – that preceded India’s policy...

Coming to Terms with China’s Ascent

David Lague November 8, 2005
The rise of China has thrown up a whole host of new questions for its neighbors and other major powers. Uneasy on the one hand and seeking opportunity on the other, many nations are unsure what to make of China at this point. One thing is certain – the world’s largest population is coming into its own in economic, political and strategic terms with unprecedented speed. The US is a prime...

Leakgate Scandal Threatens to Distract Bush

Roger Mitton November 3, 2005
While Lewis “Scooter” Libby may face the direct blame for the “Leakgate” scandal, the broader implications of the Bush administration undergoing “a massive internal prosecutorial investigation” could serve to distract President Bush from pursuing a successful foreign policy agenda. Added to the potential distraction is the fact that Libby and his boss, Vice President Cheney have, up until now,...

Why the Americas Have Drifted Apart

Howard LaFranchi November 3, 2005
When the Summit of the Americas first met, in 1994, it celebrated the spread of democracy in the Western Hemisphere and resolved to create a pan-American free trade zone by 2005. There will be no free trade pact and little celebration, however, when President Bush attends the fourth Summit of the Americas this week. Washington's vision for Latin America is in trouble, hurt by disagreements...

Iraq: Life After the Constitution

Dilip Hiro October 20, 2005
The White House certainly chalked up a few political points following Iraq's constitutional referendum last week. But whether it will spark a wildfire of democratic activity throughout the Middle East – a tenet of President Bush's Iraq strategy – remains doubtful, writes author Dilip Hiro. The constitutional future of Iraq itself is questionable. While Sunni Arabs turned out in...

'Protect Regime Now, Feed People Later'

Shim Jae Hoon October 18, 2005
Locked in a food shortage approaching crisis proportions – which reportedly caused two million deaths in the past five years – the government of Kim Jong-il has been wooing neighboring China and its brethren to the South for more far-reaching aid. As Seoul-based journalist Shim Jae Hoon reports, this move comes at the expense of broader, international emergency efforts coordinated by...

Kashmir: Amid Tragedy, Peace Beckons

Ahmed Rashid October 17, 2005
For half a century, India and Pakistan have disputed ownership of Kashmir. Now that a devastating earthquake has reduced the cities and towns of Kashmir to rubble, the opportunity – and necessity – for peace between the two nations is greater than ever before. On the Pakistani side of the border, the enormous devastation has left at least two million people without homes. On the Indian side,...