From Keynesianism to Neoliberalism: Shifting Paradigms in Economics
Public understandings of the economy also matter.
Nuclear Dominoes: Will North Korea Follow Libya’s Lead?
The Japanese weekly magazine Aera questioned whether Kim Jong Il would follow the cooperative path of Moammar Gadhafi, or continue along the confrontational, and ultimately self-destructive, path that Saddam Hussein trod.
The Vulnerabilities of the Bush Iraq Policies
UFPJ Talking Points #16: U.S. drive towards empire faces new and serious challenges.
Libya’s Return to the Fold?
Does Qadhafi mean what he says and will Washington reciprocate and normalize relations with Libya?
Afghanistan’s Problematic Path to Peace: Lessons in State Building in the Post-September 11 Era
With a constitution ratified and the country’s first elections in decades scheduled for June-July 2004–although the continued deterioration of security conditions have placed this target in doubt–the Bonn political process has entered its final phase.
The Peace Movement One Year Later
One year after the start of war in Iraq, the peace movement in the United States faces an unusual predicament. Critics of the invasion had many of their key arguments vindicated in the past year, as President Bush’s case for war has collapsed.
The U.S. Begs for UN Backing in Iraq
UFPJ Talking Points #14: The U.S. is eager for the UN to return to Iraq to provide political cover for its occupation.
Bush’s State of the Union Address
UFPJ Talking Points #13: Omissions, Denials, and Lies.
Africa Policy Outlook 2004
Discussing U.S. policy in Africa
The Bid for Multi-Billion Dollar Reconstruction Contracts in Iraq
UFPJ Talking Points #11 : Americans, only please!
After Cancun: Possibilities for a New North-South Grand Bargain on Trade
The failure of the Cancun WTO ministerial may eventually come to be viewed as marking the end of the current global trade agenda.
Critical Collaboration: Empire versus Sovereignty in Iraq
In the aftermath of the bloodiest period of the occupation since the invasion, talk was rife that members of the U.S.-handpicked Iraqi Governing Council will soon be shown the door.
Bush on Middle East Democracy? & Ending Occupation? in Iraq
UFPJ Talking Points #10: Bush calls for a “forward strategy of freedom” and puts forth a high-profile timetable for Iraq.
Jakarta Peace Consensus Update: Where is the Antiwar Movement?
In the four months since U.S. President George W. Bush triumphantly declared the end of “major hostilities” in Iraq, the occupation has become ever more untenable and no less illegal by the day. Where are the members of the global antiwar movement?
de Mello’s Delight
The Bush team has pursed its agenda despite a growing belief by elected officials, and much of the public, that the administration has gone off the deep end–and is taking us with it.