Category: Americas

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...