Peace & Security

In August the Burma army occupied the Kokang region after several days of fighting, ending two decades of cease-fire with the ethnic minority group. The resumption of fighting in northern Burma raises speculation about the other cease-fires. Tensions are rising and the cease-fire groups have put...

Afghanistan: this war won't work

Phyllis Bennis

Obama's announced troops escalation will not bring security to Afghans, it won't turn Afghanistan into a democracy, and it won't make the US safer.

Countering illicit and unregulated money flows

Tom Blickman

Since its beginnings in 1989, the international anti-money laundering regime has not worked as well as intended. After two decades of failed efforts, experts still ponder how to implement one that does work. A bolder initiative is required at the United Nations level, moving from recommendations...

Honduras: The preventive coup (Final Part)

Saul Landau

Nelson Valdes

Zelaya's biggest sin was proposing, through a non-binding
referendum, a Constitutional convention to consider structural change.

Haiti, Again?

Phyllis Bennis

The marginalisation of the UN and the militarisation of the US aid effort in Haiti reflect how humanitarian needs take a back seat to the Pentagon's priorities.

The anniversary of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova’s murders

Boris Kagarlitsky

On January 19, 2010 one year will pass since the murder of a human rights lawyer and an anarchist activist. This is the day of antifascist mobilization that will be observed every year.

Magical Realism -- A coup in Honduras, so 20th Century! (Part 1)

Saul Landau

Nelson Valdes

By recognising the coup in Honduras, Obama follows the old US Latin American policy of siding with corporate interests against the will of the people.

Yemen: Deja Vu All Over Again

Phyllis Bennis

Obama administration approved 70 million dollars of military assistance to Yemen, just the amount of development aid that the Bush senior withdrew for Yemen's refusal to approve the first Gulf war at the UN Security Council 20 years ago.

Naked empire

Saul Landau

In November 2008, Americans, recoiling from the Bush nightmare, voted for “hope” and “change”, but Obama turned out not to be exactly what they voted for.

Lessons of the Gaza Freedom March

Walden Bello

Although the Gaza Freedom March did not enter Gaza, due to the obstacles imposed by the Egyptian government that eventually lead to divisions among the marchers, the protests organised in Cairo caught the attention of the international media and showed that the people of Gaza were not forgotten...