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Annotate This ... Although this year's party platform is an improvement over the 2004 version, Stephen Zunes points out that there are still some glaring problems on Middle East policy. |
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Food prices are up all over the world. Is the current food crisis a temporary problem or a sign of something more serious? The food price crisis has made demand more acute and supplies even scarcer, writes Sophia Murphy in Food Aid Emergency, but it hasn't really changed the underlying problems with food aid as a response to hunger. There are no easy answers to the food crisis, according to Alexandra Spieldoch in The Food Crisis and Global Institutions ... but there is hope, if we have the political will. In Mad Cows, Mad People, Gavan McCormack asks, what's the relationship between the beef crisis in South Korea, the humanitarian crisis in North Korea, and the global food crisis? In The Commodities Bubble, Sameer Dossani explains the economics behind the food crisis. John Feffer writes in Mother Earth's Triple Whammy, if you think the current global food crisis is something new, just ask the North Koreans. The World Bank and the IMF are the real culprits behind the current food crisis, argues columnist Walden Bello in Destroying African Agriculture. |
FPIF Strategic Dialogue On Pakistan The United States must support the ongoing talks between Pakistan and its local Taliban, according to Mehlaqa Samdani. Sharad Joshi asserts that Pakistan is in danger of giving away too much to its local Taliban in the current talks. In a continuation of the discussion of Pakistan's negotiations with extremists within its borders, three experts, Mehlaqa Samdani, Sharad Joshi, and Tarique Niazi, take issue with each other. |
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Peace and Security
Sharp Attack Unwarranted
Stephen Zunes
The campaign against Gene Sharp and the Albert Einstein Institution is beyond bizarre.
Learning from the Soviets in Afghanistan
Yelena Biberman
By withdrawing from Iraq, the United States can learn from the mistakes the Soviet Union made in Afghanistan.
An Honorable Way Out of Iraq
Adil E. Shamoo
The Iraqis have reached a consensus—the U.S. should leave Iraq.
Multilateralism
Nuclear Recycling Fails the Test
Robert Alvarez
The debate over nuclear power is heating up, along with the planet. Can nuclear fuel recycling be part of the mix? Not a chance.
Food Safety on the Butcher's Block
Christine Ahn and GRAIN
Washington is using new free trade agreements to push U.S. food—and food safety standards—down the throats of other countries.
The World Bank's Carbon Deals
Janet Redman
As it outsources emissions cuts, the World Bank is dealing from both ends of the climate change deck.
Global Economy
How to Enter the Global Green Economy
Jonathan Rynn
To reap the environmental and economic benefits of green technology, we'll need to rebuild our manufacturing base.
The Failed Expectations of U.S Trade Policy
Robert Cassidy
A former U.S. trade negotiator criticizes U.S. trade policy.
The Democrats "Free Trade" Divide
Mark Engler
"Free trade," a key issue in the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party, is behind some of the most contentious political debates of our times.
Africa
Ballots vs. Bullets in Kenya and Zimbabwe
Briggs Bomba
The world's attention has been riveted in 2008 by election crises in Kenya and now Zimbabwe. What's next the the battle of the ballot vs. the bullet?
African Dictatorships and Double Standards
Stephen Zunes
Washington has rightly condemned human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. So why not Equatorial Guinea?
AFRI(OIL)COM
Antonia Juhasz
Will the next war for oil be in Africa?
Americas
Three Amigos Summit
Manuel Pérez Rocha and Sarah Anderson
The NAFTA-expanding Security and Prosperity Partnership is too cozy with big business.
Cuba's Post-Castro Revolutionary Transition
James Early
It's time to honestly step forth and engage Cubans and their government on the terms they negotiate inside their own country.
Getting Smart About Cuba
Lissa Weinmann
Now that Fidel Castro has stepped down, it's time to derail the embargo gravy train.
Asia
The Abduction Narrative of Charles Robert Jenkins
John Feffer
Japan is obsessed with the North Korean abduction issue. A new book by a U.S. defector sheds light on this obsession.
Japan and the Future of Nuclear Disarmament
Masako Toki
The disarmament movement is poised to make great strides in the next few years. Much may depend on Japan.
South Korea's Beef with America
Christine Ahn
South Korean concerns over American beef imports are legitimate.
Eurasia
Hunger Strikers Take on Radar Base
Joanne Landy and Thomas Harrison
Two Czech peace activists went on a hunger strike to protest a proposed U.S. radar base in their country. Their message is spreading.
The National Future of Belarus
Jan Grinberg
Will Belarus buck the recent trend and give up its sovereignty to merge with Russia?
Next Moves in Kosovo
David Young
Kosovo is on the verge of independence. What can Washington and Brussells do to overcome Serbian and Russian opposition?
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