Nepal’s Hunt for Oil: Energy Sovereignty or Risky Gamble?
March 6, 2025 | Fossil fuels unfortunately remain alluring for poorer countries, but oil and gas are ultimately just fool's gold.
Articles by Jeff Conant
Why Is the U.S. Selling Weapons to Nigeria After It Bombed Civilians?
June 1, 2022 | U.S. policymakers are legally bound to ensure they are not equipping abusive militaries. Congress needs to speak up.
What the Zapatistas Can Teach us About the Climate Crisis
August 3, 2010 | In the 1990s, the Zapatistas told the world "Enough already!" That message resonates in today's climate crisis.
Protecting Agriculture: “Zero-Tolerance” on Farm Subsidies
February 5, 2003 | Cutting farm subsidies will help agriculture.
Sustainable Farming: Faulty Lessons From America
August 1, 2002 | It is time India realizes that it has to develop its own low-cost farming strategies, suited to the needs of the country.
Food Supremacy: America’s Other War
February 1, 2002 | As the American and allied military forces continue to operate in Afghanistan, the world is increasingly getting dragged into yet another war--the war for food supremacy.
WTO Doha Ministerial: “We Take Over”
November 28, 2001 | The greatest tragedy of Doha is that the world's richest economies, which invariably swear in the name of democracy, used undemocratic norms and arms to force a consensus down the throat of developing countries.