Cowboys Versus Indians in Nicaragua’s ‘Wild East’
The road from Managua to Bonanza, a mining town in the autonomous north-eastern part of Nicaragua, is long and for the most part unpaved. BY NATHANIEL MORRIS | NOVEMBER 10,...
A Mormon Foreign Policy would be Good for America and Great for the World, But It won’t Happen…
BY PROF. INDERJEET PARMAR | JULY 27, 2012 As the world prepares to face another US presidential election, thoughts turn to the likely foreign and national security policies of America’s...
The USA: Challenges of the Superpower
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union among diversity of problems central for American Studies and International Relations scholars and experts are questions: Is the world system unocentric or polycentric?...
Hard Power in a Soft Package: The ‘True’ Conservatism of Obama Leadership in Foreign Policy
Analyzing President Obama’s foreign policy, or rather, analyzing the intellectual and positional evolution of his global positions is no easy task. It would not be hyperbole to say Obama came...
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring
As the uncertainty of the Arab Spring continues, the debate on the future of the movement and the U.S. role in it grows into a colorful debate. As a part...
American Elections at a Time of Crisis: The Risks of Introspection
With the primaries in the Republican Party well underway, the campaign season has finally gained momentum. The President’s recent State of the Union address left no doubt that Obama has...
The Resource Curse: Governing Extractive Industries in the Global South
Any academic or policy literature examining how to transform resource wealth into genuine social and economic development is bound to encounter the buzz word: resource curse. BY JEWELLORD NEM SINGH |...
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Opposition Primaries – Playing Democracy
On February 12th the Venezuelan opposition is due to hold internal or primary elections to elect the candidate who will face President Chávez in the Venezuelan presidential elections on October...
The Inauguration of Police State USA 2012: Obama Signs the “National Defense Authorization Act”
With minimal media debate, at a time when Americans were celebrating the New Year with their loved ones, the “National Defense Authorization Act " H.R. 1540 was signed into law...
The U.S. Interest in Addressing Germany’s PKK Problem
The presence of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Europe is fast becoming a prism through which the Turks view their ties with Europe, especially in Germany. BY CUNEYT YILMAZ...
A Pivotal Moment? U.S. Policy Towards Asia
Written by ROLAND PARIS Is the United States “pivoting” its foreign policy towards the Asia-Pacific region, as prominent Obama administration officials, news reports, and commentators have claimed? Daniel Drezner, a Fletcher School professor and Foreign...
Argentina: Explaining Cristina’s victory
Written by PROF. IGNACIO LABAQUI Wednesday, 09 November 2011 08:12 Just as expected, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) obtained a landslide victory in the 23 October presidential elections and secured...
Obama Restores Gunboat Diplomacy, Imperial Power
Written by PROF. INDERJEET PARMAR Wednesday, 09 November 2011 07:47 At a round table discussion a few years back at Durham University, some of us discussed whether the-then President George...
Libya Expose Obama’s Contradictions
Written by PROF. INDERJEET PARMAR Monday, 31 October 2011 06:27 Libya's contradictions are real enough and devastating in their consequences. But a couple of points missed by most commentators are...
What Are We Doing in Afghanistan?: Surveying Euro-American Pipeline Interests
Written by T. J. COLES Friday, 28 October 2011 18:06 Afghanistan has always been considered “the centre of great empires” by imperial powers,1serving as a “buffer” between Persia, Russia, and...