The Bush administration seems headed toward committing the same mistakes of its Vietnam-era predecessors–plus a number of its own.
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Archive: Reports
The U.S. and Post-War Iraq: An Analysis
It is striking that few people are asking whether the U.S. or the rest of the world is safer now as a result of this overwhelming American military victory.
Read moreGoing Global: Building A Movement Against Empire
As the Bush administration strengthens its military victory and consolidates its occupation of Iraq, it continues its trajectory toward international expansion of power and global reach.
Read moreWho Will Govern Iraq?
With Baghdad having fallen and the territorial consolidation of Iraq near at hand, discussion of the postwar period has intensified dramatically.
Read moreThe Forgotten War Shows No Sign of Abating
Though force may be the only language that Afghanistan’s spoiler groups understand, they can only survive as long as they have a fountain of discontent to draw support from. Remove this support base, and these groups will succumb to pressure and fade away
Read moreCoalition of the Willing–Part II
After failing to obtain authorization for war from the UN Security Council, the Bush Administration has scrambled to assemble a so-called “Coalition of the Willing” to lend the military action against Iraq the illusion of genuine multilateralism and legitimacy.
Read moreAfrica Policy Outlook 2003
In 2003 U.S. policy toward Africa will be driven almost exclusively by geopolitical considerations related to Washington’s war plans against Iraq, and by its geostrategic interests in African oil.
Read moreAfghanistan: Between War and Reconstruction: Where Do We Go From Here?
The internationally supported reconstruction and nation-building effort in Afghanistan can boast many successes in the period since the Taliban’s collapse in November 2001.
Read moreCoalition of the Willing or Coaltion of the Coerced?
The U.S. public should carefully scrutinize any claim by the Bush Administration that they
have assembled a “coalition of the willing.”
Coping with North Korea
U.S. prepares for potential use of force against North Korea, its commitment to full diplomatic engagement would reassure Asian allies of the U.S. desire to solve the Korean crisis short of military action.
Read moreReducing the Hazards from Stored Spent Power-Reactor Fuel in the United States
This 2003 report underscored the dangers posed by the practice of storing spent fuel on-site at nuclear power plants in the United States. It remains relevant today as Japanese engineers struggle to prevent a nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan.
Read morePost-Saddam Iraq: Linchpin of a New Oil Order
Only in the most direct sense is the Bush administration’s Iraq policy directed against Saddam Hussein.
Read moreThe Anti-American Blowback from Bush’s Korea Policy
It is difficult to argue that anything Roh does could place more tension on Seoul’s relationship with Washington than the Bush administration’s unilateral foreign policy.
Read moreU.S. Support for the Iraqi Opposition
On December 17, 2002, a long-delayed conference of the Iraqi opposition in exile concluded in London.
Read moreThe Case Against a War with Iraq
An invasion of Iraq constitutes such a dramatic shift in U.S. foreign policy and involves enormous political and military risks.
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