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.
Read more
Archive: Reports
U.S., Greece, and Turkey
President Bill Clinton’s visit to NATO allies Greece and Turkey is raising new questions about the ongoing strategic relationship the United States has with these two historic rivals
Read moreCuba: Policy Agenda for the Future
In recent years, U.S. policy toward Cuba has been guided by two primary objectives or tracks: to isolate the Cuban government and to provide support to the Cuban population.
Read moreKeys to Stability in the Balkans
Washington’s support of the establishment of a credible coalition government — including political leaders of all the various ethnic communities — would represent a clear signal that the U.S. is sincerely interested in establishing a multiethnic Kosovo.
Read moreColombia’s Role in International Drug Industry
What is called drug trafficking in the U.S. is in fact a major, multifaceted, and global industry.
Read moreNAFTA and Environment
The North American Free Trade Agreement’s impact on the trinational environment remains controversial.
Read moreExecutive Excess 1999: A Decade of Executive Excess
The sixth annual CEO pay report reviews the 1990s.
Read moreU.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy at the End of the Century:
Sadly, though the overall number of nuclear weapons is down (from approximately 60,000 in 1990 to 35,000 today) and the antagonism of the cold war has faded, the risk of nuclear war is still real, and the threat of nuclear proliferation is greater than ever.
Read moreStar Wars Revisited: Still Dangerous and Costly
More than $60 billion spent on missile defense projects since 1983 has produced precious little beyond cost overruns and technical failures.
Read moreMoney Talks: The Implications of U.S. Budget Priorities
The military captures almost one-half of the entire federal discretionary budget–money for everything the government does from the FBI to Head Start, excluding only mandatory spending, primarily interest on the national debt and entitlements like Social Security and Medicare.
Read moreMultilateral Debt
For most of the worlds poorest countries, multilateral debt looms larger than other debts because of the IFIs status as “preferred creditors,” as providers of core development and balance-of-payment loans.
Read moreAIDS and Developing Countries: Democratizing Access
U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher has likened the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa to the plague that decimated Europe in the fourteenth century.
Read moreInternational Investment Rules and the Environment
Environmentalists are increasingly demanding that international rules and corporate norms governing investment explicitly embrace environmental and social performance goals.
Read moreOverseas Private Investment Organization
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a wholly owned government corporation established in 1971, provides taxpayer-backed loans, loan guarantees, and insurance to U.S. businesses for investments in “politically risky” countries.
Read moreU.S. Democratization Assistance
The Clinton administration went further than Reagan and Bush, announcing in 1993 that all U.S. foreign policy would be guided by the doctrine of “enlargement,” aimed at expanding the community of democratic states.
Read more