Anti-Americanism and Public Diplomacy
By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar 03 January 2011 Anti-Americanism is a label used with some extravagance and frequency but is rarely worn as a badge of honour. It is a pejorative...
Cathartic Crisis
By Dr. William Mallinson | 25 December 2010 At long last, a man, a real hombre, Julian Assange, has arrived to outdo the revered American Daniel Ellsberg. He is aided, it...
WikiLeaks Debate: Publication of Classified Information Dangerous or Valuable?
(Wolff v. Lucas) By CESRAN | 21 December 2010 The University of Birmingham, as part of a new series in which academics comment on contemporary issues, brought Professor Stefan Wolff...
US Reaction to Wikileaks: A Terrorist For Opposing American Imperial Power?
By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar | 13 December 2010 Sarah Palin, a likely Republican candidate for the presidency in 2012, has called for Wikileaks' founder, Julian Assange, to be "hunted down...
Juicio y Castig: Nestor Kirchner and Accountability for Past Human Rights Violations in Argentina
By Francesca Lessa | 19 November 2010 The 54th President of Argentina,Nestor Kirchner On October 27, 2010, former President of Argentina, 60-year-old Nestor Kirchner, died after suffering a heart attack....
The Context Behind the Costa Rican-Nicaraguan Border Dispute
By Dr. Guy Burton | 17 November 2010 The First Female President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla Miranda The dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica stems from an island located at...
A New Security Dilemma: Plan Colombia and the Use of Private Military Companies in South America
By Fernando Brancoli | 16 November 2010 The 58th President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe In January 2009, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe affirmed that after decades of defeats, his country, together with...
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...