by Tamar Gabelnick | Jun 1, 2002 | Energy
Since September 11, the war on terrorism has become the new rationale for doling out military assistance to repressive and politically unstable foreign governments. And just like during the cold war, the millions of dollars slated for our new allies in the war on...
by Andrew Wells-Dang | Jun 1, 2002 | Labor, Trade, & Finance
FPIF Policy Report June 2002 Linking Textiles to Labor Standards: Prospects for Cambodia and Vietnam By Andrew Wells-Dang Andrew Wells-Dang < washington@ffrd.org > is the Washington representative of the Fund for Reconciliation and Development, a nonprofit...
by Conn Hallinan | Jun 1, 2002 | War & Peace
With India and Pakistan poised on the edge of war, it is hard to focus on much other than preventing a nuclear holocaust in South Asia. But even if the rounds of shuttle diplomacy manage to ease the tension between the two countries, any respite promises to be...
by Ahmed Rashid | May 1, 2002 | Labor, Trade, & Finance
For much of the 1990s Boris Shikhmuradov was the most acceptable public face of Turkmenistan’s dictatorial regime, traveling the world as Foreign Minister. An Armenian by birth and a former journalist, the suave and jovial Shikhmuradov spoke English fluently. He...
by Richard Falk, David Krieger | Apr 1, 2002 | War & Peace
Not since the dawn of the nuclear age at the end of World War II has the danger of nuclear war been greater. And what is as troubling, this danger is not widely understood. Several developments account for this most disturbing situation. The U.S. government has...
