Stories written by Jim Lobe
Jim Lobe joined IPS in 1979 and opened its Washington, D.C. bureau in 1980, serving as bureau chief for most of the years since. He founded his popular blog dedicated to United Stated foreign policy in 2007. Jim is best known for his coverage of U.S. foreign policy for IPS, particularly the neo–conservative influence in the former George W. Bush administration. He has also written for Foreign Policy In Focus, AlterNet, The American Prospect and Tompaine.com, among numerous other outlets; has been featured in on-air interviews for various television news stations around the world, including Al Jazeera English; and was featured in BBC and ABC television documentaries about motivations for the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Jim has also lectured on U.S. foreign policy, neo-conservative ideology, the Bush administration and foreign policy and the U.S. mainstream media at various colleges and universities around the United States and world. A proud native of Seattle, Washington, Jim received a B.A. degree with highest honours in history at Williams College and a J.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. | Web | Facebook |

FINANCE-HEALTH: Quicker, Deeper Debt Relief Needed to Confront AIDS Crisis

By Jim Lobe
With the United States government now formally recognising the HIV/AIDS pandemic as a threat to US national security, it should push for faster and deeper debt relief for those countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, which are most threatened by the disease, according to an influential economist.

POLITICS-US: Despite Elian Denouement, Quick Improvement in Cuba Ties Unlikely

By Jim Lobe
Despite strong public support for returning Elian Gonzalez, the six-year-old Cuban boy who survived the shipwreck that killed his mother, to his father, few analysts here believe that a quick improvement in US-Cuban ties is in the offing.

UNITED STATES: Foreign Aid Set to Hit 50-Year Low

By Jim Lobe
Despite the longest period of economic growth since World War II, US development aid to poor countries will soon reach a 50-year low, according to a new report released here Tuesday.

TRADE-US: Africa, Caribbean Trade Bills Pass Major Hurdle

By Jim Lobe
After months of deadlock, a bill that would provide new trade preferences to exports from sub-Saharan Africa and 24 Caribbean and Central American nations have passed an important Congressional hurdle and could be enacted into law early next month.

TRADE-US: Africa, Caribbean Trade Bills Pass Major Hurdle

By Jim Lobe
After months of deadlock, a bill that would provide new trade preferences to exports from sub-Saharan Africa and 24 Caribbean and Central American nations have passed an important Congressional hurdle and could be enacted into law early next month.

POLITICS-PERU: US Keeps Options Open As It Awaits Official Announcement

By Jim Lobe
The United States government Wednesday said it will have "serious, serious questions" if President Alberto Fujimori is declared the winner of Peruvian elections after the first round of voting last weekend.

FINANCE: New Report Urges IMF To Scrap Long-Term Lending, Poverty Efforts

By Jim Lobe
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should scrap its long-term lending programmes to poor countries because it lacks competence on issues such as reducing poverty, according to a new report signed by a number of US development policy heavyweights.

FINANCE: New Report Urges IMF To Scrap Long-Term Lending, Poverty Efforts

By Jim Lobe
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should scrap its long-term lending programmes to poor countries because it lacks competence on issues such as reducing poverty, according to a new report signed by a number of US development policy heavyweights.

//REPEATING FOR POINTS NEEDING// FINANCE: World Bank, IMF Brace For Seattle-like Storm

By Jim Lobe
Downtown Washington commuters got an early taste of what could be an exciting week here when a six-metre-long lorry parked itself across busy Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the global headquarters of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at rush- hour peak Monday morning.

FINANCE: World Bank, IMF Brace For Seattle-like Storm

By Jim Lobe
Downtown Washington commuters got an early taste of what could be an exciting week here when a six-metre-long lorry parked itself across busy Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the global headquarters of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at rush- hour peak Monday morning.

//REPEATING FOR POINTS NEEDING// FINANCE: World Bank, IMF Brace For Seattle-like Storm

By Jim Lobe
Downtown Washington commuters got an early taste of what could be an exciting week here when a six-metre-long lorry parked itself across busy Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the global headquarters of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at rush- hour peak Monday morning.

FINANCE: World Bank, IMF Brace For Seattle-like Storm

By Jim Lobe
Downtown Washington commuters got an early taste of what could be an exciting week here when a six-metre-long lorry parked itself across busy Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the global headquarters of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at rush- hour peak Monday morning.

POLITICS-HAITI: International Pressure on Preval to Set Elections Grows

By Jim Lobe
Worried over rising political tensions in Haiti, the international community, led by the United States, is pressing President Rene Preval to announce a date for legislative and local elections right away.

FINANCE-US: Activists Claim Victory on PetroChina IPO, Target BP- Amoco

By Jim Lobe
A coalition of human rights, environment, labour and right-wing groups is claiming victory in discouraging investors from putting their money into a subsidiary of a Chinese state oil company with operations in Sudan and Tibet.

FINANCE: Improving Outlook for Many Developing Countries

By Jim Lobe
Unexpectedly strong growth in industrial countries, a major rebound in global trade, and higher commodity prices will result in higher growth rates over the next three years in most developing countries, according to a new report released here Tuesday by the World Bank.

POLITICS-US: Gore Calls for Permanent Residency for Elian, Family

By Jim Lobe
In the face of rising tensions in Miami over the fate of Elian Gonzalez, the six-year-old Cuban boy who has become the subject of an unprecedented international custody battle, US Vice President Al Gore Thursday called for the US Congress to immediately grant permanent resident status to Elian, his father, and five other family members living in Cuba.

TRADE-UNITED STATES: Public Supports Globalisation With Conditions

By Jim Lobe
Most US citizens support trade and deeper integration into the global economy so long as workers' rights and environmental protection are not compromised, according to a new stud y released here Tuesday.

LABOUR-US: Unionists from 20 Countries Ponder General Electric’s Globalisation

By Jim Lobe
Union leaders from 20 countries are gathering here this week to co-ordinate efforts to deal with the aggressive globalisation strategy of the US-based multinational giant, General Electric Company (GE).

POLITICS-US/CUBA: Elian Must Go Home, Says Judge

By Jim Lobe
A US federal judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit to grant a six-year-old Cuban boy who survived a shipwreck at sea last November political asylum, insisting that only the US attorney- general had the power to make such a decision.

FINANCE-US: Summers Proposes Reforms for World Bank, Other MDBs

By Jim Lobe
The United States wants the World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) to hone their mission by enhancing efforts to alleviate poverty and phasing out their support for projects that can be funded by private capital.

POLITICS-IRAN: US Lifts Some Sanctions in New Bid for Talks

By Jim Lobe
In its latest bid to end 21 years of official hostility, the United States Friday lifted several economic sanctions against Iran and said it was prepared to conclude a "global settlement" of outstanding financial claims between the two countries.
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