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Hypocritical Arab Generosity on Darfur

April 3, 2006
At the Arab League summit in Khartoum, leaders offered to fund the African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in Darfur, pledging $150 million starting on October 1 of 2006. The only problem is that the AU’s mandate is due to expire on September 30. Meanwhile the greatest need is now. The League’s...

China and Wal-Mart: The Champions of Equality

June 5, 2008
Workers worry about being on the losing side of trade and losing jobs. But inflation and higher prices can also quickly erode wealth. “National statistics ignore the fact that inflation affects people in different income groups unevenly because the rich and poor consume different baskets of goods...

US Signals Flexibility on N. Korea

February 12, 2007
Determined to end North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, the US could be willing to take steps toward normalizing relations as soon as disarmament begins, reports “The Financial Times.” US sanctions on North Korean financial assets discouraged other banks from working with the rogue state, and...

Free Trade and Environment

Carl Pope
April 19, 2003

Europe Must Stop 'Fetishizing' American Relationship

November 4, 2009
Globalization is shifting the balance of power in the world. A new report from the European Council on Foreign Relations argues that European nations need to stop concentrating so much on relations with the United States and instead set clear foreign policy goals for themselves. The report observes...

A Driven President Faces a World of Crises

July 20, 2006
From North Korea to Iran, Somalia to Afghanistan and places in between, the US government faces a barrage of conflicts that could hinder the Bush administration’s stated foreign policy goal of democracy building. Committing so many resources in Iraq has limited US flexibility in responding to other...

Globalization and the Markets: Part I

David Dapice
January 22, 2008

Iran Playing With Fire

October 3, 2003
Iran faces harsh international scrutiny in coming weeks about its nuclear weapons program as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) begins new inspection. In question are traces of weapon’s grade enriched uranium found in Iran that Tehran officials claim were contaminated before Iran...
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