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Myanmar, The Latest Petro Bully

October 30, 2007
Governments with ample supplies of energy products find it easier to commit human-rights violations. Governments can use their oil and gas products to "buy their way out of trouble," writes political scientist Michael Ross for the Los Angeles Times. "Myanmar is Asia's fastest-...

Reuters: New Activity at North Korean ICBM Factory

August 1, 2018
The US president met with North Korea’s leader in June to start talks on denuclearization talks and afterward said the poor, isolated nation no longer posed a threat. Intelligence agencies have since produced evidence suggesting otherwise. In late June, intelligence reports suggested North Korea...

Vietnam PM Seeks Regional Unity as China Pushes Maritime Claims

June 4, 2013
Amid tensions in the South China Sea, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called upon other Southeast Asian nations for unity during his address at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual regional forum in Singapore. According to Reuters, Dung urged ASEAN members to stay united rather than “...

Zarqawi Built Global Jihadist Network on Internet

June 9, 2006
Since April 2004, when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi posted his first communiqué on a jihadist website, the militant leader has used the Internet as a successful and deadly tool. Creating a worldwide network, Zarqawi’s volunteers post messages from their leader and videos of militant acts, like beheading,...

Still Waiting For The President's `Humble' Foreign Policy

February 12, 2004
"The world's only superpower now looks vulnerable," says Gustav Ranis, Professor of International Economics and director of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University. The US is at a stage where it has no "clear exit strategy" from the foreign...

Commerce Department Report on Offshore Outsourcing Finally Sees the Light of Day

August 4, 2006
The US Commerce Department released its 336-page report on offshore outsourcing of labor in the information-technology job sector, after holding on to the analysis for two years. The report provides a grim projection for future employment prospects of IT workers in the US. Rising pressure for low...

US and Global Security

Admiral William J. Fallon
March 6, 2009

A Step Forward

August 2, 2002
After a long period of intensive lobbying that spanned two administrations, President Bush won a key victory for his international trade platform when Congress granted him trade promotion authority. This authority means Congress must either accept or reject in full any international trade...
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