Analysis Archives

FINANCE-POLITICS: ‘High-Rhetoric’ Fight Between World Bank, IMF

Nineteenth Street in downtown Washington is starting to become like the Siachen glacier, a disputed mountain expanse over which Indian and Pakistani troops sporadically exchange gunfire.

RIGHTS-AMERICAS: What the Eagle Knows About the Condor

By Jim Lobe

"(S)ince the promulgation of Decree Law No. 521, officially establishing DINA as the national intelligence arm of the government, Colonel CONTRERAS has reported exclusively to, and received orders only from President PINOCHET."

RIGHTS-AMERICAS: What the Eagle Knows About the Condor

By Jim Lobe

"(S)ince the promulgation of Decree Law No. 521, officially establishing DINA as the national intelligence arm of the government, Colonel CONTRERAS has reported exclusively to, and received orders only from President PINOCHET."

PAKISTAN: Sharif Delivers Less Than Promised in U.S

By IPS Correspondents

Political observers in Pakistan have closely followed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit this week to the United States where his government says he has won important concessions from U.S President Bill Clinton.

JAPAN-CHINA: Despite Jiang Visit, War Record Hounds Ties

By Suvendrini Kakuchi

Jiang Zemin's visit to Japan, the first by Chinese head of state in postwar history, was a flop if it aimed to push slow-moving bilateral ties into a new era of intimacy.

POLITICS-US: A Tale of Two Terrorists

By Jim Lobe

"We believe he should be extradited and brought to justice, and we hope a way will be found to extradite him ... We have no doubt that this man is a terrorist, and he, therefore, should receive no safe haven."

ASIA-PACIFIC: After Nine Years, APEC Limps Along

By IPS Correspondents

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum has just survived its ninth year brimming with brave words, but bruised by tussles over free trade and hobbled by members' rival interests.

BANGLADESH: Death Verdict For 1975 Coup Leaders Sparks Hope

By IPS Correspondents

The death verdict passed on 15 former army men this week for the 1975 murder of Bangladesh's independence leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, caused little surprise here but gave hope for the future.

POPULATION-US: Are Abortion-Linked Killings a New Terrorism?

By Farhan Haq

The increase in abortion-linked violence in the United States has led to the question of whether the anti- abortion movement is involved with the growing terrorist fringe.

RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Religious Intolerance Rides Over Freedoms

By IPS Correspondents

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's attempt to Islamise Pakistan has been checkmated by the imposition of Governor's rule in the troubled Pakistani province of Sindh.

POLITICS-UNITED STATES: New Era of Moderation or More Deadlock?

By Jim Lobe

With the Republican Party in turmoil over its disappointing results in last Tuesday's mid-term election, analysts here have begun to address what the outcome means for the future of both major parties in the remaining two years of President Bill Clinton's administration and beyond.

POLITICS-KOSOVO: Debate Over Use of NATO Military Threats

By Farhan Haq

U.N. diplomats credit the threat by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) to unleash its military might against Yugoslavia for the Yugoslav withdrawal from Kosovo, but they are divided over whether such threats should become more common.

POLITICS-US: Defence Spending Beats Diplomacy

By Jim Lobe

If defence spending is any indication, the U.S. government is betting that military power and related forms of coercion will be more effective than diplomacy in the early 21st century.

POLITICS-UN: Washington’s Influence Approaches Nadir

By Farhan Haq

U.S. officials at the United Nations are talking loudly as ever about the importance of the world body in world crises ranging from Kosovo to Iraq, but diplomats argue that Washington's influence here has never been lower.

POLITICS-AUSTRALIA: Racist Party Sidelined, But Its Cause Lives

By IPS Correspondents

The victory celebration that Pauline Hanson expected at the One Nation party headquarters in her native Queensland, on the day of the Oct 3 national poll, soon turned into a wake.

FINANCE-BRAZIL: Brazilians Expected Higher U.S. Rate Cut

By Mario Osava

The expectations spawned by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board's reduction of interest rates far outweigh the real contribution the measure will make towards dulling the effect of the global financial crisis on Brazil.

FINANCE: Third World’s Chance to Raise its Voice

By IPS Correspondents

The 53rd annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington this week again provides an opportunity for finance ministers and central bank bosses to commune among the canapes and take stock of efforts to make the world safe for free-market capitalism.