Anglo-French Union, Again?
By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar | 03 November 2010 An Anglo-French military treaty, due to be signed today, has been greeted with dismay in some quarters while indicating to others that the...
Continuity and Change During the K Era in Argentina
By Dr. Guy Burton | 28 October 2010 The death of former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner (2003-07) provides an opportunity to reflect on Argentina’s domestic politics, economy and foreign policy. The past...
The Ecuadorian Coup: Its Larger Meaning
By Prof. James Petras | 09 October 2010 The abortive military-police coup in Ecuador, which took place on September 30, has raised numerous questions about the role of the US and its...
Brazil’s 2010 Election: Personality-Based Institutionalisation
By Dr. Guy Burton | 09 October 2010 On the surface the result in Brazil’s presidential election was relatively predictable. Both the principal parties’ candidates, Dilma Rousseff of the Workers Party...
Turkish Business Cowboys in the U.S.
By Simay Özlü Diniz | 03 October 2010 Zafer Caglayan, the state minister for foreign trade of the Republic of Turkey, visited the United States with the ambition of improving Turkish-American...
Indigneous Party Prospects in Peru
By Dr. Guy Burton | 26 August 2010 The decision by Peru's indigenous communities to form a political party ahead of next year's presidential election poses a number of questions. These...
A Puzzling Scenario? UNITAS Exercises in Peru
By Dr. Guy Burton | 29 July 2010 Last weekend the UNITAS naval exercises between the US and several South American navies, including 1300 from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru...
Nuking Westphalia: Obama’s Deep Convictions Point to War With Iran
By Walter Russell Mead | 17 July 2010 In spite of what some conspiracy-minded critics on the right think, mainstream journalists like Time’s Joel Klein do not often agree with Fidel Castro. That...
Charting a known course in Colombia
By Dr. Guy Burton | 24 June 2010 Sunday's second round election saw Juan Manuel Santos beat his rival, Antanas Mockus of the Green Party, by 69% to 27.5%. His primary commitments...
What the World Cup Means for Latin America
By Dr. Guy Burton | 10 June 2010 For much of the past century Latin America has been characterised as Washington’s ‘backyard’. Economically and militarily, the region’s states have never been in a position...
Honduras: the International Impact of Last Year’s Coup
By Dr. Guy Burton | 10 May 2010 The opposition of several Latin American leaders against the attendance of the Honduran leader, Porfirio Lobo, at the upcoming EU-Latin America summit in Madrid...
Obama’s National Security Strategy: Made at Princeton
By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar** | 02 June 2010 President Obama's National Security Strategy may echo that of his predecessor, George W. Bush, but it is also almost identical to that suggested by...
Obama’s Foolish Settlements Ultimatum
By Steven J. Rosen | 01 April 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to confront Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Israeli construction activity in East Jerusalem has been greeted by...
Obama’s New Bank Plan
By Dr. Talat Ulussever | 01 April 2010 It is a well-known fact that financial markets, especially banks, are subject to more developed regulatory mechanisms than other sectors of the economy...
Russia and Venezuela boost ties
Aljazeera | 03 April 2010 Russia and Venezuela have agreed to work more closely on defence and energy issues, saying that such co-operation was vital to ensure a "multi-polar" world. ...