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Dark Clouds over Doha

November 11, 2005
It has been four difficult years since the Doha Round of free trade talks began in 2001. The proponents of free trade now find themselves in retreat across the world. The Bush Administration has stuck to its free-trade guns, but finds itself increasingly unable to deal with a protectionist electorate and hamstrung by the President's lack of "fast track" trade negotiation...

Protecting Ideas is Crucial for U.S. Business

Alan Murray November 10, 2005
Regulating copycat products and services internationally may become the capitalist struggle of the 21th century. Brands, patents, and copyrights fuel a large portion of the international economy. Intellectual property in the United States has become a $5 trillion industry. As access to information and products becomes simpler and ever more rapid, idea theft has become a costly proposition. The...

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

Ashley J. Tellis November 10, 2005
When US President Bush signed a deal in July with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh allowing India access to civilian nuclear technology, naysayers complained that the administration had undermined the principles of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which India has not signed. In the part two of our series, Ashley J. Tellis argues that, such critics fail to see the shrewdness of rewarding...

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...

Les Etats Unis devraient il vendre leur technologie nucleaire à l’Inde? Partie I

Robert Einhorn November 8, 2005

A Gender Jihad for Islam’s Future

Asra Q. Nomani November 7, 2005
To conservative Muslims, Islamic feminism is an insult to Islam. To a growing group of moderates, however, it’s a return to fundamental Islamic theology, a reaffirmation of rights granted to women at the foundation of Islam but stripped by “manmade rules and tribal traditions masquerading as divine law”. Asra Q. Nomani, an American activist, was among twelve women to lead a conference on...

There Are Too Many Losers in Globalization

Larry Elliot November 7, 2005
The years since the end of the Cold War have brought great ironies those Western capitalists who triumphed over Soviet communism. Chief among these is the extent to which the triumph of capitalist globalization risks creating a new and powerful threat to that globalization’s success. For years, even politicians like Reagan and Thatcher were restrained in their ability to push free-market...