Global Affairs Commentary 2003

Date Posted	Title	Author
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12-19-2003	The Cross of Iron	Conn Hallinan
12-18-2003	Capturing Saddam Hussein: Will It Mean a New Day for Iraq?	William D. Hartung
12-18-2003	The Axis of Incoherence	Jim Lobe
12-18-2003	Bush Administration is Undermining Democracy in Palestine	Kevin Murray
12-18-2003	Fighting By the Rules, Not Against Them	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
12-18-2003	Whither the Special Relationship? Bush, Blair, and Britain's Future	Ian Williams
12-11-2003	Ending Exceptionalism: New Human Rights Network Denounces Selectivity in Bush Administration's Human Rights Agenda	Jim Lobe
12-03-2003	Israelis and Palestinians Attempt to Jumpstart the Peace Process Despite Washington's Support for Sharon	Stephen Zunes
11-26-2003	Miami's Trade Troubles	Mark Engler
11-23-2003	The Road to Damascus	Ian Williams
11-21-2003	Latest Leak Hints at Desperate Efforts by Neocons	Jim Lobe
11-07-2003	Hawks Fleeing the Coop: Does the Departure of a Recent Pentagon Hawk Foreshadow a Policy Shift?	Jim Lobe
11-07-2003	The Crisis of Feith	Jim Lobe
11-05-2003	International Standards on Child Labor: The ILO Cites a Surprising Offender	Paul Germanotta
11-04-2003	Rumsfeld's New Model Army	Conn Hallinan
11-03-2003	A Wall by Any Other Name	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
11-03-2003	Appearance and Reality in Madrid	Ian Williams
10-31-2003	Bush & Congress Ignore Breakthrough in Peace Process	Stephen Zunes
10-29-2003	Belgrade Faces Indictee Dilemma	Chris Stephen
10-29-2003	U.S. Getting Tougher on Serbia	Chris Stephen
10-23-2003	The Madrid Donors Conference: A Cover for Maintaining U.S. Control	Phyllis Bennis
10-22-2003	The Tug of War	John Feffer
10-22-2003	New Cheney Foreign Policy Adviser Sets Sights on Syria	Jim Lobe
10-17-2003	A Whirlwind Tour: President Bush in Asia	John Gershman
10-16-2003	A Fig Leaf to Cover Occupation	Phyllis Bennis
10-16-2003	Threading the Needle: UN Resolution 1511 and the Iraqi Occupation	Ian Williams
10-14-2003	New Syria Legislation Shows Neocons Still in Charge	Jim Lobe
10-10-2003	Argentina's IMF Agreement: The Dawn of a New Era?	Alan Cibils
10-10-2003	A New Beginning for WTO After Cancun	Mark Ritchie and Kristin Dawkins
10-03-2003	In Afghanistan, U.S. Replaces One Terrorist State with Another	Sonali Kolhatkar
10-03-2003	A Story of Two Speeches: Kofi Annan and George W. Bush	Ian Williams
10-02-2003	Why Saddam Didn't Come Clean	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
9-24-2003	Bringing Down the Walls--A Partial Victory in Cancun	Laura Carlsen
9-24-2003	Bush Administration Foreign Policy Team in Disarray	Jim Lobe
9-23-2003	Are Pressures from the U.S., India, and Israel Too Much for Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Program to Withstand?	Muqtedar Khan
9-15-2003	Pentagon Office Base for Neoconservative Network Manipulating Iraq Intelligence	Jim Lobe
9-10-2003	de Mello's Delight	Don Kraus
9-09-2003	We've Lost Their Hearts and Minds	John Feffer
9-09-2003	Bush's Homeland Insecurity	John Gershman
9-08-2003	Is the Neocon Agenda for Pax Americana Losing Steam?	Jim Lobe
9-04-2003	A Return to the UN?	Phyllis Bennis
9-04-2003	Hexagonal Headache	John Feffer
9-03-2003	Quagmire? What Quagmire?	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
8-29-2003	Iran and the Forgotten Anniversary	Arnold Oliver
8-27-2003	Time for a New Regime Change in Iraq	Ian Williams
8-26-2003	Six Countries in Search of a Solution	John Feffer
8-26-2003	U.S. Travesty, Terrorist Atrocity, and UN Tragedy	Stephen Zunes
8-16-2003	Food Bully	Conn Hallinan
8-16-2003	India, Pakistan Celebrate Independence Day But Not Freedom	Muqtedar Khan
8-13-2003	Saudi Arabian-U.S. Relations at Crossroads	Muqtedar Khan
8-11-2003	Bush Administration Divided Over the Road to Tehran	Jim Lobe
7-31-2003	Distortions of History	Stephen Zunes
7-31-2003	Why We Should Transfer the Administration of Iraq to the United Nations: Four Theses	Stephen Zunes
7-27-2003	Blair and Bush Forge a New Special Relationship	Ian Williams
7-16-2003	War Effort Impedes Security at Home	Joe Moore
7-16-2003	Implications for Iranian Democracy: The Student Movement and Social Change	Juliette Niehuss
7-16-2003	Real War--Virtual Weapons?	Ian Williams
7-15-2003	Middle East Peace: Only with a Will is There a Way	Muqtedar Khan
7-09-2003	"Coin of Empire" Too Costly for Israelis, Palestinians, and U.S. Taxpayers	Conn Hallinan
7-09-2003	A Moment of Truth for the Humanitarian Enterprise	Larry Minear
7-03-2003	Polls Show Slide in Bush Administration's Credibility	Jim Lobe
7-03-2003	AIDS Appointee Shows that Business Still Rules the Roost	Jim Lobe
7-01-2003	White House Hobbles International Criminal Court, World Security	Harpinder Athwal and Maggie Gardner
6-26-2003	The United States in Iraq: An Experiment with Unilateral Humanitarianism	Joel R. Charny
6-20-2003	Road Map: Sharon & The Record	Conn Hallinan
6-17-2003	Is U.S. Foreign Policy a Threat to U.S. Security?	Muqtedar Khan
6-17-2003	Iraq: Integrity and Ethics in Formulating and Interpreting Intelligence	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
6-13-2003	Bringing the War Home: Right Wing Think Tank Turns Wrath on NGOs	Jim Lobe
6-13-2003	Winning Round Two of American Public Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim Worlds	R.S. Zaharna
6-12-2003	Pentagon Moving Swiftly to Become "Globocop"	Jim Lobe
6-11-2003	U.S. Weapons Aid Repression in Aceh	Frida Berrigan
6-06-2003	Departure of Key Aide Marks New Powell Setback	Jim Lobe
6-06-2003	Recycling Wars	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
6-05-2003	The Need for UN Police	Don Kraus
6-03-2003	Credibility Gap over Iraq WMD Looms Larger	Jim Lobe
6-02-2003	Debt, Africa and Global Economic Governance: Very Little from Evian	Aldo Caliari
6-02-2003	A Threadbare Emperor	Jim Lobe
6-02-2003	Iraq: The Challenge of Humanitarian Response	Kevin Murray
5-29-2003	Global Showdown in Evian	Mark Engler
5-28-2003	The New Global Peace Movement vs. the Bush Juggernaut	Jeremy Brecher
5-28-2003	Is Tehran Back in the Crosshairs of the Neocon Crusade?	Jim Lobe
5-28-2003	Resolution 1483: Legalizing an Occupation	Ian Williams
5-27-2003	"Do as I say, not as I do" Nuclear Policy	Michelle Ciarrocca
5-22-2003	United States and Europe Experience Continental Drift	Peter Howard
5-22-2003	New Solutions to Old Problems in Latin America	Ronald Bruce St John
5-20-2003	New Global AIDS Bill Meets Activist Skepticism	Jim Lobe
5-20-2003	Council on Foreign Relations Urges Bush Administration to Commit Seriously to Diplomacy with North Korea	Jim Lobe
5-20-2003	Time to Question the U.S. Role In Saudi Arabia	Stephen Zunes
5-16-2003	Bombings Bring U.S. 'Executive Mercenaries' Into the Light	William D. Hartung
5-14-2003	Will International Law Shape the Occupation, or the Occupation Shape International Law?	Ian Williams
5-12-2003	Eyes on Different Prizes	John Feffer
5-12-2003	What Next for Pax Americana?	John Gershman
5-12-2003	Pentagon's "Footprint" Growing in Africa	Jim Lobe
5-12-2003	China Hawk Settles in Neocons' Nest	Jim Lobe
5-12-2003	The Strong Must Rule the Weak: A Philosopher for an Empire	Jim Lobe
5-07-2003	From Baghdad to Tehran?	Jim Lobe
5-06-2003	U.S. and India--A Dangerous Alliance	Conn Hallinan
5-02-2003	It's The Oil, Stupid	Michael T. Klare
5-02-2003	House Passes $15-Billion Global AIDS Measure	Jim Lobe
5-01-2003	Poll Shows Public Supports Iraq War But Rejects Unilateralism and an Imperial Role for the U.S.	Jim Lobe
5-01-2003	Road Map to Nowhere	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
4-29-2003	Aftermath: Cleaning Up the Mess	Conn Hallinan
4-23-2003	Bringing the War Home: Neocons Attack the State Department	Jim Lobe
4-22-2003	From Baghdad, Turn Left: On the Road To Damascus?	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
4-22-2003	Iraqis Tell the Bush Administration: "Thanks. Goodbye. Don't Forget the Lights."	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
4-17-2003	"The Regime is Gone"--Early Lessons from Iraq	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
4-16-2003	Calls to Attack Syria Come from a Familiar Choir of Hawks	Jim Lobe
4-14-2003	After the Conquest of Iraq: Road Map or Road to Damascus?	Jim Lobe
4-14-2003	The Law of Unintended Consequences: Will the War in Iraq Spur Proliferation?	Ian Williams
4-11-2003	Post-War Iraq: Asking the Right Questions	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
4-10-2003	Cause for Celebration, Cause for Concern	Stephen Zunes
4-09-2003	What Can the World Do with U.S. Troops in Baghdad?	Jeremy Brecher
4-08-2003	Woolsey's Role Crucial to Impact of Occupation	Jim Lobe
4-07-2003	Nine Theses on Moving the Peace Movement Forward	Betsy Hartmann
4-02-2003	Occupation Struggle Pits Pentagon Against Powell, Europe	Jim Lobe
4-01-2003	U.S. Public Rallies to Bush and Supports the UN	Jim Lobe
3-31-2003	Neocons in Trouble?	Jim Lobe
3-31-2003	Iraq War Unleashes Barbarism	Ian Williams
3-29-2003	The Bush Administration and Congress Join the Coverup in the Murder of Rachel Corrie	Stephen Zunes
3-29-2003	A Disaster Unfolding in Iraq	Stephen Zunes
3-28-2003	The Psychological War at Home and Abroad	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
3-25-2003	Dreams of Empire, Eulogies for International Law	John Gershman
3-24-2003	Is North Korea Next?	John Feffer
3-24-2003	Neoconservatives Enlist Democrats for Post-War Goals	Jim Lobe
3-21-2003	Multilateralism Under Siege	Jim Lobe
3-21-2003	Authority for War IS an Issue	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
3-21-2003	Scarred and Battered, UN Charts Course in Post-War Iraq	Ian Williams
3-20-2003	FPIF Statement on the War	Miriam Pemberton
3-14-2003	The Pentagon Budget: More of the Same. Much, Much, More.	Christopher Hellman
3-14-2003	The Federal Budget Debate: Infernal Symbiosis	Max B. Sawicky
3-14-2003	A Militarily Limited Coalition	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
3-14-2003	High Noon: Dueling Resolutions at the UN	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
3-14-2003	Lessons from Qaddafi	Ronald Bruce St John
3-11-2003	Crunch Time for the Security Council	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
3-07-2003	President Bush's February 26 Speech on the Future of Iraq: A Critique	Stephen Zunes
3-06-2003	Two Futures, and a Choice	Tom Athanasiou
3-03-2003	The Dis-Integration of U.S. Global AIDS Funding	Jodi L. Jacobson
3-03-2003	Unity--But on Whose Terms?	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
2-28-2003	Turkey: New Europe or Old?	Michelle Ciarrocca
2-28-2003	Lighter Shadows Amidst the Gloom	John Gershman
2-28-2003	Endgames: Washington, UN, and Europe	Peter Howard
2-28-2003	When the Where Conveys More Than the Words	Jim Lobe
2-24-2003	South Korea Joins the Axis of Independence	John Feffer
2-21-2003	Terror and Torture in the Philippines	Frida Berrigan
2-20-2003	The New Age of Disarmament Wars	Ian Williams
2-18-2003	Future of Post-war Iraq Divides Bush Administration	Jim Lobe
2-18-2003	Thoughtless in Time?	Pascale Combelles Siegel
2-14-2003	Irrelevance and Credibility: The Bush Administration, the United Nations, and NATO	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
2-14-2003	The Bush Administration's Attacks on the United Nations	Stephen Zunes
2-13-2003	Pentagon Trumps the Poor in the Bush Administration's Foreign Aid Proposals	Tamar Gabelnick
2-12-2003	The U.S. and the UN: Risking Relevance	Muqtedar Khan
2-12-2003	Osama Bin Laden's Message to the Arab and Muslim World: "I am not the enemy. America is."	R.S. Zaharna
2-06-2003	Mr. Powell, You're No Adlai Stevenson	Stephen Zunes
2-05-2003	Powell's Dubious Case for War	Phyllis Bennis
2-05-2003	Of Aid and AIDS	John Gershman
2-05-2003	Powell at the UN: Another Step Forward on the Road to Baghdad	Ian Williams
1-31-2003	Specter of Lebanon Haunts Iraq Occupation Plans	Jim Lobe
1-30-2003	Addressing Iraqi Repression and the Need for a Change of Regime	Stephen Zunes
1-29-2003	State of the Union	Conn Hallinan
1-29-2003	Africa Activists Denounce Bush's "Malign Neglect"	Jim Lobe
1-29-2003	An Annotated Overview of the Foreign Policy Segments of President George W. Bush's State of the Union Address	Stephen Zunes
1-28-2003	A Good Business	Conn Hallinan
1-28-2003	Pump Up the Pentagon, Hawks Tell Bush	Jim Lobe
1-23-2003	The Time-Out Method Doesn't Work	John Feffer
1-21-2003	Bush Working to Ensure Sharon's Re-election	Stephen Zunes
1-17-2003	CAFTA: Leaping Without Looking?	Vincent McElhinny
1-17-2003	Bush No-Show in Mauritius Reflects Deeper Disdain	William Minter
1-16-2003	The Coming War With Iraq: Deciphering the Bush Administration's Motives	Michael T. Klare
1-16-2003	A U.S. Invasion of Iraq Can Be Stopped	Stephen Zunes
1-13-2003	Iraq, North Korea, and the U.S. Nuclear "...Or Else"	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
1-09-2003	Foreign Policy and the New Senate Leadership	John Gershman
1-07-2003	Roh's Election Victory and the Widening Gap Between the U.S. and South Korea	Tim Shorrock

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