by David Isenberg | Nov 1, 1996 | Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance, War & Peace
Key Points Although the overall global arms trade continues to decline, the U.S. continues to be the world’s largest arms supplier. Nonindustrialized countries continue to import the greatest share of arms exports. The sophistication, variety, and lethal nature...
by John Feffer | Nov 1, 1996 | Democracy & Governance, War & Peace
Key Problems With the end of the cold war and the demise of the Soviet threat, NATO must find new rationales for its existence. The Clinton administration is urging NATO to welcome new members from East-Central Europe as early as 1999. The U.S. treats expansion as a...
by Kit Gage | Nov 1, 1996 | Drugs, War & Peace
Key Problems Created to collect information, the CIA quickly became embroiled in covertly upending governments and movements around the world in support of U.S. corporate and political goals. Covert operations are authorized by the president and are initiated usually...
by Phyllis Bennis | Oct 1, 1996 | War & Peace
Key Points Clinton’s retaliatory strike was driven by U.S.-election, not foreign policy imperatives. The results undermined key U.S. goals: – Saddam Hussein is politically stronger and now controls “U.S. protected” Iraqi Kurdistan. –...
