Category: Americas

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...

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...

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...

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...

Highlighting and Commenting upon the Findings of Two Scholarly Articles and One Expert Commentary By Dr. JEAN-PAUL GAGNON | 26.09.2011 Blurb: "This review explores the major contributions of three recent...

BY PATRICIA ELGERSMA** | 06.09.2011 Introduction In recent decades the Canadian public have heard a number of apologies from various governments and institutions. The apology to Japanese Canadians (1988) and...

BY GHALI HASSAN | 24.07.2011 A majority of Americans believe America is an “exceptional” nation and “a shining beacon of democracy and hope to a dark world”. But, reliable and...

BY PROF. INDERJEET PARMAR | 24.07.2011 It is only fitting that the current British government unveils a new statue of Ronald Reagan, while a war rages in Libya, a country...

BY DR. AYLA GOL** | 08.06.2011 It was a bullet that killed a terrorist and revived a presidency. On the morning of May the second 2011, the world woke up...

BY DR. AKIN UNVER** | 14.04.2011 “Is Islam a ‘democratic’ religion?” “Is Islam compatible with democracy?” “What is the relationship between religion and governance in a Muslim country?” For the past...

By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar | 05 February 2011 It's the 'line' heard everywhere whenever the issue of Wikileaks' publication of secret US embassy cables comes up - from academic conferences to the...

By Prof. Bulent Gokay and Dr. Darrell Whitman 19 January 2011   The visit of the Chinese President Hu Jintao to the US this week is called by many observers as the...

By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar 19 January 2011 Fifty years ago, on 17 January 1961, US President Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans about the rise of what he called "the military industrial...

By Prof. James Petras 03 December 2011 Imperial states build networks which link economic, military and political activities into a coherent mutually reinforcing system. This task is largely performed by...

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...