Not-So-Pearly Gates
Do appointments shape their office or does the office shape the appointment?
Skewed Priorities
The approximately $4.1 trillion that the United States and European governments have committed to bail out financial firms is 40 times the money they’re spending to fight climate and poverty crises in the developing world.
Bailouts Dwarf Spending on Climate and Poverty Crises
The approximately $4.1 trillion that the United States and Europe have committed to rescue financial firms is 40 times the money they’re spending to fight climate and poverty crises in the developing world.
Aiming for Middle Power Status?
Political realignment in Japan is causing its leaders to rethink its relationship with the rest of the world.
The U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
The U.S. agreement with Iraq calls for a complete withdrawal of all U.S. troops — but likely won’t be implemented.
Carbon Market Fundamentalism
Carbon markets are undermining economic justice, sustainability, and climate stability goals.
Fair Trade Victory
Favoring fair trade over NAFTA-style policies helped Obama and dozens of congressional candidates prevail in the 2008 elections.
Engaging Pyongyang on Human Rights
Serious economic engagement with North Korea can help improve the human rights situation in one of the bleakest parts of the globe.
International Financial Reform and Africa: What is to be Done?
African nations will need help coping with fallout from the international financial crisis which they played no part in creating.
Group Grope
When it comes to the global economy, the world slopes upward.
Reprocessing Spent Nuclear Fuel Too Risky
Nuclear energy is not the right alternative for the United States.
Somalia Resurfaces
Somalis can sort out their problems if the outside world just gives them a chance.
Keep Secretary Gates? This Simple Test Should Decide
The idea of letting the current Defense Secretary keep his job is a hotly debated topic these days. Here’s an easy way to decide.
Obama and the Minority Majority
The U.S. elections mark the end of white elite politics and the foreign policy that goes with it.
Swear Off ‘Market Fundamentalism’
As long as U.S. officials continue to refuse to face the reality of a post-market fundamentalist world, they will further contribute to the crisis.
Towards an Economic System that Works for People and the Planet
A civil society statement on the G20 summit from IPS Director John Cavanagh and coalition members.
Latin Americanists Urge Obama to Revamp Policies
More than 200 scholars are urging the new president to respect Latin Americas new progressive leadership.
Bailout for the World’s Poorest People
With the world’s most impoverished people bearing the brunt of a crisis they had no role in creating, donor countries should come up with a $300 billion package to cushion the economic shock.
The North Korean Conundrum
Change you can believe in or policy status quo?
Response to Poverty and Empire: Denial
The presidential campaign demonstrated the contemporary versions of institutionalized denial.
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