In the recent debate on permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with China, some progressives argued that failure to ratify the bilateral deal would constitute a retreat into unilateralism.
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Archive: Reports
Executive Excess 2000
The seventh annual CEO compensation survey.
Read moreInto the Quagmire: Colombia and the War on Drugs
We need to shift the policy debate in Colombia so that politicians in Washington begin to feel that they can get more support by developing effective alternatives.
Read moreNationalist Ideologies and Misperceptions in India-U.S. Relations
The United States has an unprecedented opportunity today to play a constructive role in resolving South Asias chronic and expensive rivalry.
Read moreChad-Cameroon Pipeline
Chevron’s alleged human rights abuses in the Niger Delta and involvement in the Chad-Cameroon pipeline consortium highlights the need for the World Bank to screen for human rights abuses when it makes loans or investments.
Read moreSecurity Exception & Arms Trade
Economic globalization and the financial architecture which sets the rules of play are proving beneficial to those invested in a war economy.
Read moreU.S. Must Insist Israel Return to the Peace Talks and Withdraw from Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s decision to pull out of the peace talks with Syria is a shameless capitulation to Israel’s far right and raises serious questions as to whether the Israeli government is seriously interested in peace.
Read moreU.S.-EU Trade Issues
The EU should neither be treated as a partner superpower with whom the U.S. can share the spoils of unfettered trade nor should it be underestimated as a subordinate global power.
Read moreChina in the WTO: The Debate
James H. Nolt,”China in the WTO: The Debate.”
Read moreU.S. Policy Hampers Chances for Israeli-Syrian Peace
There is little hope for real progress in the Israeli-Syrian peace talks unless the Clinton Administration is willing to uphold human rights and international law.
Read moreBalkans Overview: Need for a Regional Solution
Western powers appeared to be ill-prepared for the outbreak of hostilities when Slovenia and Croatia declared their independence on June 25, 1991.
Read moreWTO, Agricultural Deregulation and Food Security
Nobody needs to go hungryeach person that does is the victim of conscious policy choices and policy failures.
Read moreWTO and Sustainable Development
Sustainable development a framework for reconciling key international goals, and it applies to national actions as well.
Read moreBenefits of Capital Flows: New Role for Public
After a worldwide removal of regulatory constraints, market forces have assumed a dominant role in the international financial system.
Read moreIran: Time for Detente
The ongoing struggle in Iran between Islamic reformers and Islamic hard-liners, along with struggles within the U.S. foreign policy establishment between hawks and those seeking accommodation, has left U.S.-Iranian relations in a state of flux.
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