Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Ernest Corea IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – The Obama Administration’s much touted "pivot" to Asia extends a trend that began with President Barack Obama and Mrs. Obama inviting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mrs. Singh to the US as the first state guests of the Obama [...]
A New Proxy War in Scramble for Africa
November 18, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN IDN-InDepth NewsEssay – Part 3 of 3 Kenyans can now reflect on the changing alliances of the US military inside Somalia before and after the Ethiopians were defeated by nationalist elements. Abdi Samatar has written extensively on the ebb and flow of the fabrication of terrorism. It is [...]
Lehman Three Years Later: What We Haven’t Learned
September 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy The Guardian Unlimited, September 12, 2011 See the article in its original form. Dean Baker As we prepare to celebrate the third anniversary of the Lehman bankruptcy and the ensuing financial crisis, it’s a good time to assess the situation and ask what has changed. The answer is not encouraging. [...]
225,000 Killed – But Democracy Eludes Afghanistan and Iraq
July 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By S. Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsReport TORONTO (IDN) – At least 225,000 civilians and men and women in uniform have been killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which also involved Pakistan, and will cost the U.S. up to $4 trillion, albeit without any significant gains for [...]
Military Option for Iran Far From Prudent
July 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Military Option for Iran Far From Prudent The writer | Credit: ACA By Greg Thielmann* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON D.C. (IDN) – Neither sanctions, cyber sabotage, nor off-and-on multilateral diplomacy has yet convinced the government of Iran to end its pursuit of activities that could give it [...]
European Authorities Risking Financial Contagion in Greek Showdown; Where Is the U.S. Government?
June 25, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy This article was published by The Guardian Unlimited (UK) on June 25, 2011. Read the article in its original form. By Mark Weisbrot The European authorities are playing a dangerous game of “chicken” with Greece right now. It is overdue for U.S. members of Congress to exercise some oversight as [...]
PERU-US: Washington Urged to Cooperate with Humala
June 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Jun 6, 2011 (IPS) – The United States should seek cooperative relations with Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala, a number of Andean specialists urged here Monday. "Humala all along has said he wants to maintain good relations with the U.S. government, and he sent nothing [...]
Investing in America’s Economy
May 28, 2011 By
Economic Policy Institute Read this item in its original formon the EPI website. May 23, 2011 Today, the Economic Policy Institute released an update to Investing in America’s Economy, a budget plan that prioritizes recovery while also putting the country on a sustainable budget path. This plan was developed as part of the Solutions Initiative [...]
How China Plans to Leapfrog the American Economy
May 25, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy (And it’s Not What You Think) Ian Fletcher Many Americans are already concerned about China’s growing economic challenge to the United States. Indeed, the challenge itself is hardly news anymore. But a new book, Red Alert by Stephen Leeb, argues that Americans have radically misunderstood just what this challenge consists [...]
