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 |

CUBA-U.S.: Senate clears weakened sanctions bill

By Jim Lobe
The U.S. Senate Thursday finally approved a substantially weakened Cuba sanctions bill, one day after right-wing Republicans were forced to delete its toughest provisions.

U.S.-CUBA: Senate Republicans throw in towel on Cuba sanctions

By Jim Lobe
Senate Republicans Wednesday gave up on their effort to sharply tighten the 33-year-old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba by deleting a key section of a proposed sanctions bill in order to end debate on the controversial measure.

U.S.-CUBA: Senate Republicans throw in towel on Cuba sanctions

By Jim Lobe
Senate Republicans Wednesday gave up on their effort to sharply tighten the 33-year-old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba by deleting a key section of a proposed sanctions bill in order to end debate on the controversial measure.

FINANCE: New World Bank president says agency is bureaucracy-bound

By Jim Lobe
Unveiling his policy agenda for the first time, the new president of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn, said Tuesday the world's largest source of development capital is too bureaucracy-bound and economics-oriented.

FINANCE: IDA on the Edge

By Jim Lobe
In a rare joint appearance, the head of the World Bank and three major international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will appear at a news conference Wednesday to plead for the life of one of the Cold War's most venerable institutions.

UNITED STATES: Clinton says ‘no’ to turning inwards, opens new lines to Cuba

By Jim Lobe
In his first major foreign policy address this year, U.S. President Bill Clinton Friday warned both major parties against isolationism and called for a "strategy of engagement" with the rest of the world.

U.S.-HUMAN RIGHTS: CIA chief fires 2 senior officers over Guatemala

By Jim Lobe
In an unprecedented action, the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) announced Friday that he is firing two senior spies in connection with human rights abuses in Guatemala.

U.S.-AID: Republicans move to gut global population, environment initiatives

By Jim Lobe
Pressing their forced march against U.S. engagement in international agencies, Republicans in the House of Representatives have moved to gut U.S. contributions to global population and environmental agencies.

U.S.-CUBA: Tightened embargo will only strengthen Castro, says Arias

By Jim Lobe
Tightening the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba will only strengthen President Fidel Castro's grip on power there, according to former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Laureate, Oscar Arias.

UNITED STATES: Republicans mount new challenges to global role

By Jim Lobe
Just about everywhere one looks these days, Republicans are trying to pry the United States loose from its global commitments.

NIGERIA-U.S.: Key African-American group urges oil embargo against regime

By Jim Lobe
A leading African-American foreign- policy group urged President Bill Clinton Thursday to lead a multilateral oil embargo against Nigeria to force its military regime to give up power to a civilian government.

U.S.-IRAN: Clinton affirms shaky containment policy in blocking oil deal

By Jim Lobe
Tuesday's decision by President Bill Clinton to block a U.S. oil company's billion-dollar deal with Iran underlines Washington's determination -- at least for now -- not to give up its campaign to isolate Teheran.

RUSSIA: Blatant government job discrimination against women found

By Jim Lobe
The Russian government discriminates against women both by denying them jobs and failing to adequately investigate women's charges of domestic violence and sexual assault, a major U.S. human rights group charged here this week.

U.S.-AFRICA: African-Americans to resist aid cuts to Africa

By Jim Lobe
Faced with Republican threats to slash U.S. foreign aid, African-American groups are organising to defend the 800 million dollars Washington provides in bilateral development assistance to Africa each year.

FINANCE-MEXICO: Crisis may have spurred ‘worldwide catastrophe’, says IMF chief

By Jim Lobe
The financial crisis in Mexico could have spurred a "true worldwide catastrophe" if the international community had not reacted with an unprecedented rescue package, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday.

UNITED STATES: USAID bringing development techniques home

By Jim Lobe
As it fights for survival against a budget-cutting Republican Congress, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is pointing to a new programme which should hold some appeal for even the most determined foreign aid foes.

UNITED STATES: Geo-economics to the fore

By Jim Lobe
Almost fifty years ago, then-President Harry Truman warned the U.S. Congress that the Greek government was threatened by Communist terror. If Athens fell, he said, Turkey would be right behind, and Communism could spread both east and west.

UNITED STATES: Foreign Aid Supporters Fear Huge Cuts by Republicans

By Jim Lobe
Supporters of U.S. foreign aid are becoming increasingly worried about the impact of last month's Republican sweep of both houses of Congress.

UNITED STATES: Foreign Aid Supporters Fret over Republicans

By Jim Lobe
Supporters of U.S. foreign aid are becoming increasingly worried about the impact of last month's Republican sweep of both houses of Congress.

UNITED STATES: GATT, Haiti Loom as Clinton-Republican Tests

By Jim Lobe
Ratification of an international trade agreement and the U.S. military role in Haiti are looming as the first major foreign policy tests between the new Republican majority in Congress and President Bill Clinton.

UNITED STATES: Republican landslide imperils Aid/UN funds

By Jim Lobe
The U.S. commitment to multilateral banks, the United Nations, and foreign aid may be among the main casualties of this week's Republican sweep of the U.S. Congress.
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