July 1, 2002 | At a time when the petropolitics of the Bush administration seem to reign supreme, the rights of peoples affected by the global hunt for oil have received an important boost.
May 1, 2002 | Both in the U.S. and in Israel, government policy and actions do not reflect popular sentiment.
March 1, 2002 | A powerful group of neo-conservatives is launching a new public relations campaign in support of President George W. Bush's war on terrorism.
February 1, 2002 | President Bush, undeterred by Congress and emboldened by his high ratings in the polls, is making new military investments in countries all over the world, while downplaying or keeping secret from the American people the problems that these investments wi
December 1, 2001 | If Americans needed any reminding how, during the cold war, U.S. policymakers subordinated Wilsonian principles of self-determination to the larger anticommunist struggle, they should read several secret U.S. documents surrounding Indonesia's invasion of
November 1, 2001 | With the new conflict in Iraq, the stakes for the future U.S. role in the world could not be higher.
September 1, 2001 | It appears that foreign governments will be rewarded or punished by whether or not they become part of the U.S.-led war against terrorism.
July 1, 2001 | The detention by Indonesian police on July 20 of 15 human rights activists and six negotiators for the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka or GAM) could portend a polarization of the conflict between government and rebel forces at the height of the p
July 1, 2001 | Increasing repression by government forces is strengthening independence sentiment in Indonesia's easternmost province of West Papua, also known as Irian Jaya.
February 1, 2000 | Despite all the profound disagreements and criticisms, the National Summit on Africa demonstrated decisively that there is a powerful network of activists in the United States who are working on Africa issues.