The administration’s push to ram massive new trade and investment deals through Congress is an unambiguous concession to corporate power.
Fast-Track: A Gut-Kick to the Progressive Movement
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The Retreatniks
Foreign policy hawks are aflutter about “American retreat,” yet they’re the ones stonewalling on sending U.S. representatives to global institutions.
The Ebola Blame Game: WHO Chastised, IMF Criticism Deflected
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund structural adjustment policies undermined government funding for health infrastructure countries most afflicted by Ebola.
Move Over, NATO and IMF: Eurasia Is Coming
A thousand poles are blooming as new international blocs like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS Development Bank emerge to challenge Western economic and military hegemony.
The BRICS: Challengers to the Global Status Quo
Can the BRICS wrest control of the global economy from the United States and Europe, or will their internal contradictions tear them apart?
Will Sanctions Sideline the U.S. Dollar?
The recent round of sanctions aimed at Moscow could backfire on Washington by accelerating a move away from the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.
To Die For
On the outskirts of Europe people are literally dying to get in, while the core members of the EU are having second thoughts.
Ukraine: Out of the Frying Pan
The very fact that Ukrainian protesters can oust their leader and plunge their country into political uncertainty testifies to the diminished influence of the major international players trying to control outcomes in Kiev.
Nuland: The Message Beneath the Vulgarity
As Ukraine reaches a breaking point, there’s a lot more to discuss about U.S. policy than a simple F-bomb.
Tunisia: New Government, Old Ways?
While Tunisia remains an island of hope, its latest government reshuffling promises to change little for the country’s impoverished population.