Global Affairs Commentary 2005

Date Posted	Title	Author
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9-27-2005	The United States, China, and India: A Story of Leaders, Partners, and Clients	Zia Mian
9-15-2005	Giving Democracy a Bad Name: Afghanistan’s Parliamentary Elections	Sonali Kolhatkar and Jim Ingalls
9-14-2005	Looking for Peace in Iraq	Adil Shamoo
9-14-2005	The Costs of Quagmire	Erik Leaver
9-13-2005	Gutting the World Summit: Bush Betrays Poor Women Again	Yifat Susskind
9-02-2005	Hurricane Katrina and the War in Iraq	Stephen Zunes
8-23-2005	Iraq: Stop Intervening in the Civil War	Gareth Porter
8-22-2005	Sixty Years Without Nuclear War	Zia Mian, R. Rajaraman, and Frank von Hippel
8-11-2005	Labor’s Foreign Policy Heads in a New Direction	Tim Shorrock
8-11-2005	August Around the World	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
8-11-2005	Bombings and Repression in Egypt Underscore Failures in U.S. Anti-Terrorism Strategy	Stephen Zunes
8-10-2005	Security Council Reform Debate Highlights Challenges Facing UN	Ian Williams
8-05-2005	Bolton Appointment Provides New Opportunities	John Gershman
8-01-2005	Too Much of Nothing	Tom Athanasiou
7-29-2005	World Movement for Democracy—Made in the USA	Tom Barry
7-20-2005	Bush Overstates Africa Aid Increase	David Bryden
7-18-2005	Bolivians Struggle for Democracy	Nadia Martinez and Juan Montecino
7-14-2005	India Moves Toward a New Compact with the United States	Praful Bidwai
7-13-2005	The Left and the Iraq War	Clive Hamilton
7-06-2005	CAFTA a Losing Proposition for the Hemisphere	Laura Carlsen
7-06-2005	Energía Nuclear en América Latina	Eugenio Fernández Vázquez y Juan Pablo Pardo Guerra
7-01-2005	The NPT at a Crossroads	Wade Huntley
6-30-2005	Debt and Corruption	Nnimmo Bassey
6-29-2005	Bush Iraq Speech Reveals Administration’s Ongoing Deceptions on Iraq	Stephen Zunes
6-23-2005	The Missing Third Leg of UN Accountability	Michael Kagan
6-23-2005	The Tsunami’s Aftermath: Reconstruction or Economic Opportunism?	Debayani Kar
6-23-2005	Chinese Influence on the Rise in Latin America	Saul Landau
6-21-2005	The Democracy Show: U.S. Rhetoric at the OAS Out of Touch With the Americas	Dan Beeton
6-21-2005	Breaking the NPT (Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty) Stalemate: Japan Could Help	Anthony DiFilippo
6-21-2005	The G-8 Debt Deal: First Step On A Long Journey	Debayani Kar and Neil Watkins
6-20-2005	Southcom Generals Say ‘Not In Our Backyard’	Tom Barry
6-20-2005	Torture Convention Needs Refining	Ben Saul
6-20-2005	New Syria Looks, Acts Like Old Syria	Ronald Bruce St John
6-20-2005	Bush Administration Support for Repression in Uzbekistan Belies Pro-Democracy Rhetoric	Stephen Zunes
6-15-2005	El Legado de Iglesias y el Futuro del BID	Nadia Martinez
6-14-2005	Fuelling Mistrust Between Iran and the United States	Roger Howard
6-13-2005	Silence in the Face of Truth: The Downing Street Memo	Dante Zappala
6-10-2005	South Korea and the United States Sixty Years On	Charles K. Armstrong
6-08-2005	The Iglesias Legacy and the IDB’s Future	Nadia Martinez
6-06-2005	Bush Administration Attacks on Amnesty International: Old Wine, New Bottles	Stephen Zunes
6-03-2005	The Me Too Club	Tad Daley
6-03-2005	Reflections on Vietnam and the Iraq War	Daniel Ellsberg
6-03-2005	Posada Carriles Bust Blows Bush’s Anti-Terror Cover	Saul Landau
6-03-2005	Sell the Gold, Free the Poor	Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman
6-02-2005	Syria’s Baath Party Congress a Watershed for President Asad	Ronald Bruce St John
6-02-2005	Resigned Foreign Service Officer Speaks Out: We Stand for Something Different	Ann Wright
5-31-2005	After the Debacle and Before the Storm	Norman Birnbaum
5-31-2005	The Dragon & the Chrysanthemum	Conn Hallinan
5-20-2005	Ephemeral Ethics	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
5-17-2005	Mandela’s Powerful Message—“Africa’s Time Has Come”	Emira Woods
5-16-2005	Libya is the Acid Test for Bolton Nomination	Ronald Bruce St John
5-11-2005	Wiser Voices: Instead of Listening to Gov. Richardson's Conversations, Bolton Should Seek His Advice	Tom Barry
5-06-2005	Explaining Vietnam 30 Years Later—Asian Dominoes or U.S. Dominance?	Gareth Porter
5-04-2005	A New American Century?	Zia Mian
4-21-2005	“Doing Windows” in Iraq	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
4-19-2005	Intervene to Save Darfur	Ann-Louise Colgan
4-19-2005	Farming for Families and Food, Not Corporate Profits	Corrina Steward
4-14-2005	Burning Bridges: The King Takes A Disastrous Step Off the Road to Peace	Murari Raj Sharma
4-12-2005	Democracy Demands Accountability	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
4-05-2005	John Paul II's Economic Ethics	Mark Engler
3-25-2005	The Geneva Trap	Sonia Cardenas
3-22-2005	Crediting Bush for Growing Lebanese Demands for Freedom Misplaced	Stephen Zunes
3-21-2005	Credibility Gap? More Like an Abyss	David MacMichael
3-21-2005	Cheney’s Oil Change at the World Bank	Jim Vallette
3-18-2005	The Iraq-U.S. Second Anniversary	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
3-11-2005	Finding the Way Forward—A Negotiated Settlement in Iraq	Gareth Porter
3-10-2005	Bolton--No More Mr. Nice Guy	Ian Williams
3-03-2005	Payout for Pinochet Victims Shines in Dark Times for Human Rights	Saul Landau and Sarah Anderson
2-23-2005	Terrorist Violence in Kuwait	Mary Ann Tétreault
2-22-2005	Cornering the Dragon	Conn Hallinan
2-18-2005	U.S. Dominates World Bank Leadership	Alex Wilks
2-15-2005	Nepal--Nursing the Pinion	Conn Hallinan
2-08-2005	The Real Story of the Iraqi Elections	Gareth Porter
2-08-2005	One Election a Democracy Does Not Make	Ronald Bruce St John
2-04-2005	'Twixt Profit and Principle: Arms for China	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
2-02-2005	Democracy Under Assault in Nepal	Kanak Mani Dixit
2-01-2005	Aid That Doesn't Deliver	Emira Woods
1-27-2005	Note to Bush: Stop the Torture	Sister Dianna Ortiz
1-27-2005	“Guns vs. Butter” Returns	Miriam Pemberton
1-24-2005	The 2005 Inaugural Speech: “Play it Again, George”	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
1-24-2005	Rhetoric and Reality Clash in Inaugural Address	Stephen Zunes
1-21-2005	Neoconservatives Adrift?	Jim Lobe
1-19-2005	Does U.S. Occupation Prevent Civil War in Iraq? Think Again.	Gareth Porter
1-14-2005	Peace Accord in Sudan: Good News for People or Oil Companies?	Frida Berrigan
1-13-2005	Postpone Iraq’s Elections	Anas Shallal
1-12-2005	Realists Resurgent? New Appointments at State Department Suggest Renewed Conflicts with Neoconservatives	Jim Lobe
1-07-2005	South Asia: Natural or Public Health Disaster?	Julie Ajinkya
1-07-2005	U.S. Aid for Tsunami-Hit Nations Falls Short	David Bryden
1-06-2005	Budget Legerdemain	Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
1-05-2005	Will Elections Make a Difference in Iraq?	Mark LeVine
1-03-2005	Elections without Democracy	Sam Bahour and Todd May

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