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U.S.: Bush’s Unilateralism Threatens Economic Globalisation
'Business Week' raised the key question this week in a lead article headlined 'The High Price of Bad Diplomacy'.IRAQ: On Eve of War, U.S. Image in Europe and Russia Plummets
With the launch of a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq as close as 24 hours, major surveys of eight key European nations have shown a sharp rise in critical attitudes towards the United States, focused particularly on President George W.. Bush's foreign policy.IRAQ: The Sense of History Impending
With the likelihood of a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq by week's end, one can almost hear the hinges of the doors of history creaking open.POLITICS-MIDEAST: The Praxis of Upheaval
''Whenever I hear policy makers talk about the wonders of 'stability', I get the heebie-jeebies,'' wrote Michael Ledeen, a ''scholar'' at the neo-conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in early 2000. ''That is for tired old Europeans and nervous Asians, not for us.''IRAQ: U.S. Flails ‘Perfidious’ French for Blocking Road to Baghdad
You can't get ''French Fries'' in the congressional cafeterias anymore; you have to order "Freedom Fries''.IRAQ: U.S. Flails Perfidious French for Blocking Road to Baghdad
You can't get ''French Fries'' in the congressional cafeterias anymore; you have to order "Freedom Fries''.IRAQ: Bush Faces Rising Scepticism About ‘Morning After’ Plans
While 225,000 U.S. troops deployed around Iraq are now ready for their commander-in-chief President George W. Bush to give the order to invade, scepticism is growing steadily back home about what Washington will do once its forces reach Baghdad.IRAQ: Bush Faces Rising Scepticism About ‘Morning After’ Plans
While 225,000 U.S. troops deployed around Iraq are now ready for their commander-in-chief President George W. Bush to give the order to invade, scepticism is growing steadily back home about what Washington will do once its forces reach Baghdad.IRAQ: Spotlight Turned on Role Played by U.S. Jews in Crisis
The prominence of neo-conservative Jews in the campaign for war against Iraq and the perception that Israel has much to gain from the ouster of Saddam Hussein are fuelling growing debate about anti-Semitism and the power of the so-called "Zionist lobby'' in the United States.POLITICS: Scientists Cite Secret Study to Oppose Bush Nuke Plans
Authors of a secret 1966 Pentagon study on the use of tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) in Vietnam say their conclusions that TNWs could be ''catastrophic'' to U.S. global interests are at least as compelling today as they were almost 40 years ago.POLITICS-U.S.: All in the Family
When Vice President Dick Cheney's national security adviser and fellow hawk Eric Edelman was promoted to become the new U.S. ambassador to Turkey last month, it was hardly a surprise when Cheney tapped Victoria Nuland to take his place.POLITICS-U.S./AFGHANISTAN: Hamid Who?
It must have been a frustrating time for Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who concluded 10 days' of lobbying for more U.S. attention and assistance here Tuesday before flying to New Delhi.One year ago, the dapper, green-caped crusader for his country was the toast of Washington, and U.S. leaders and politicians were falling all over themselves with assurances that, this time, the United States would not turn its back on Afghanistan as it did after the Soviets quit the country in the late 1980s.
POLITICS-U.S.-AFGHANISTAN: Hamid Who?
It must have been a frustrating time for Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who concluded 10 days' of lobbying for more U.S. attention and assistance here Tuesday before flying to New Delhi.POLITICS-MIDEAST: Are U.K. and Spain Being Taken For a Ride?
If British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Spanish counterpart Jose Maria Aznar think that Washington will make a strong push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians after a successful invasion of Iraq, they should probably think again.POLITICS-U.S.: Democracy Pricks Imperial Balloon
''Turkish support is assured'', declared deputy Pentagon chief Paul Wolfowitz triumphantly after a meeting with top military and government officials in Ankara in early December.POLITICS: U.S. Must Reverse Neglect of Latin America – Report
Increasing disillusionment in Latin America with democracy, market-centred economies and constructive ties to the United States should prompt Washington to pay much closer attention to the continent, says a new report by the Inter-American Dialogue (IAD), a Washington-based think tank.POLITICS-U.S.: When the Place Conveys More Than the Words
If Secretary of State Colin Powell, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the U.S. public, and other moderates ever had any doubts about the extent to which the most hard-line hawks have captured U.S. foreign policy, President George W. Bush's Wednesday night address on democratising Iraq and the Arab Middle East should have dispelled them.POLITICS-U.S.: Building a ‘Coalition of the Coerced’?
While U.S. President George W. Bush insists that many countries are eager to join what he calls a ''coalition of the willing'', a more apt name may be ''coalition of the coerced'', according to a report released Wednesday by the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive Washington think tank.POLITICS-U.S.: Building a ‘Coalition of the Coerced’?
While U.S. President George W. Bush insists that many countries are eager to join what he calls a ''coalition of the willing'', a more apt name may be ''coalition of the coerced'', according to a report released Wednesday by the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive Washington think tank.POLITICS-U.S.: Experts Urge Bilateral Talks with North Korea Now
The administration of President George W. Bush should immediately agree to bilateral negotiations to dismantle North Korea's nuclear programme in return for U.S. security guarantees and normalised relations, a blue-ribbon task force of Korea specialists said Tuesday.POLITICS-US: Troops Take 19th-Century ‘Monroe Doctrine’ Global
U.S. troops appear suddenly to be deploying everywhere, and with very little notice. The Pentagon announced it was sending 3,000 troops to the Philippines for joint operations against a minor Muslim guerrilla group. And the list goes on.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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