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Blog
By Conn Hallinan, December 31, 2012
Each year Conn Hallinan awards news stories and newsmakers that fall under the category of "Are you serious?"
Column
By Kwei Quartey, December 20, 2012
China portrays Africa as a partner in common prosperity, rather than a "doomed continent" requiring aid.
By Michael Quinones, December 6, 2012
The citizens of Sierra Leone turned out in droves to vote, but they have failed to benefit from booming oil exploration and the mining industry.
Commentary
By Martin Kirk et al, November 30, 2012
The rules aren't broken--they're fixed.
By Foreign Policy In Focus, October 16, 2012
In the foreign policy debates between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, expect these issues to get short thrift.
By Walden Bello, October 16, 2012
As our global economic and ecological crises converge, neither neoliberalism nor Keynesianism can cure what ails us.
By Kevin Martin, October 5, 2012
The wisdom and advisability of "pivoting" in order to economically, militarily and politically isolate your main banker is a head scratcher.
By Hilary Matfess, September 25, 2012
The Obama administration's trade negotiators are quietly selling out workers and the environment in a massive Bush-style trade agreement.
By Hilary Matfess, September 7, 2012
The Cardin-Lugar Amendment has the potential to reduce corruption in both resource-rich countries and powerful international corporations.
By Marc-William Palen, August 14, 2012
Many critics of the New Gilded Age might be surprised to find that they have much in common with the protectionist Republican Party of yesteryear.
