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Talking Points
 Uses of Ambiguity in North Korea Agreement
John Feffer (September 27, 2005)
While ostensibly a victory of diplomacy over confrontation, the recent agreement with North Korea is clouded by ambiguity. FPIF North Korea expert John Feffer summarizes the issues that bedevil the agreement and suggests steps to establish a new framework agreement.
Afghanistan
 Giving Democracy a Bad Name—Afghanistan’s Parliamentary Elections
Sonali Kolhatkar and Jim Ingalls (September 16, 2005)
Will the parliamentary elections deepen democracy in Afghanistan?
The Future of
Iraq
Looking for Peace in Iraq
Adil Shamoo (September 14, 2005)
Military power and occupation can’t conquer hearts and minds.
The Costs of Quagmire
Erik Leaver (September 14, 2005)
As the costs begin to escalate in the Gulf States, the costs of another quagmire mount—that of the Iraq War.
Hurricane
Katrina and the War in Iraq
Stephen Zunes (September 2, 2005)
Hurricane Katrina reveals distorted security priorties and additional
costs of the occupation of Iraq.
The
Iraq Quagmire: The Mounting Costs of War and the Case for Bringing Home
the Troops
Phyllis Bennis and Erik Leaver and the IPS Iraq Task Force
(August 31, 2005)
A comprehensive accounting of the mounting costs and consequences of
the Iraq War on the United States, Iraq, and the world.
Military
The United States, China, and India: A Story of Leaders, Partners, and Clients
By Zia Mian (September 27, 2005)
The U.S.-China-India triangle.
Feeding the Nuclear Fire
By Zia Mian and M.V. Ramana (September 2005)
The costs of the Indian-U.S. nuclear deal to India.
Sixty
Years Without Nuclear War
By Zia Mian, R. Rajaraman and Frank von Hippel
(August 22, 2005)
The lessons of Nagasaki and Hiroshima are unraveling.
Unraveling
of the U.S. Military
By Zia Mian (August 22, 2005)
U.S. military faces growing problems as opposition to the war in Iraq
grows.
Security
U.S.-China
Relations—Opportunities, Risks, and the Taiwan Issue
By Thomas
J. Bickford
(August 15, 2005)
Contradictions in
U.S.-China relations and a way forward.
Bombings
and Repression in Egypt Underscore Failures in U.S. Anti-Terrorism Strategy
By Stephen
Zunes
(August 11, 2005)
Bombings in Egypt
expose weaknesses in U.S. counterterrorism policies.
August
Around the World
By Col.
Daniel Smith, U.S. Army (Ret.)
(August 11, 2005)
An overview of recent
developments in global security.
Bush's Nominees
Security
Council Reform Debate Highlights Challenges Facing UN
By Ian Williams (August 10, 2005)
John Bolton's first order of business.
Bolton
Appointment Provides New Opportunities
By John Gershman (August 5, 2005)
Bolton's appointment an opportunity to organize, not mourn.
Libya
is the Acid Test for Bolton Nomination
By Ronald Bruce St John (May 16, 2005)
John Bolton proved he is unfit to be UN ambassador with his handling of Libya.
Aid and Trade
Labor’s
Foreign Policy Heads in a New Direction
By Tim
Shorrock
(August 11, 2005)
Labor’s foreign policy
and the split in the AFL-CIO.
Bush
Overstates Africa Aid Increase
By David
Bryden
(July 20, 2005)
Like much of his
rhetoric, Bush's promise to double U.S. assistance stretches the truth.
The
Limits of Cotton: White Gold Shows its Dark Side in Benin
By Leif
Brottem
(July 14, 2005)
Slashing cotton trade
barriers isn't necessarily the best way to help Africa.
Global Good Neighbor
A Global Good Neighbor Ethic for International Relations
By Tom Barry, Salih Booker, Laura Carlsen, Marie Dennis, and John Gershman (May 2005)
Inspired by Franklin D. Roosevelt's vision of international relations guided by "mutual respect" and cooperation, the IRC's Global Good Neighbor Initiative is initiating a process of reclaiming this legacy by promoting dialogue and action aimed at forging a new animating vision for foreign policy in our time:
A Global Good Neighbor Ethic for International Relations. Read the full report now; the executive summary is also available.
Unilateralism, Military Alone, Can’t Ensure Security, Development
By Johanna Mendelson Forman (June 10, 2005)
I confess being a Latin Americanist by training, so having a document that projects a Global Good Neighbor Policy is very refreshing to bring the concepts of a region that has been completely boxed off of U.S. foreign policy in the last few years to center stage. It is a valuable contribution if only, but not only, to bring forth a regional principle and try and apply it worldwide.
Human Rights and Democracy
Thinking Ahead: A Plan for the Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Nepal
By Anga R. Timilsina
(September 21, 2005)
Clearly the time to think about negotiations and reconstruction in Nepal is before the shooting stops.
Gutting the World Summit: Bush Betrays Poor Women Again
By Yifat Susskind
(September 13, 2005)
Who pays the price of the assault on the MDGs?
Clash
of Neoconservatives? The Bush Administration and Iran's New President
By Arang Keshavarzian (August 10, 2005)
Bush’s harsh words and threats seem awkward in a region where Washington’s closest allies (Egypt,
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, and Jordan) hold utterly meaningless ballots.
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