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Global Outlook
Just Peace
Phyllis Bennis, Emira Woods, John Feffer
The US backing of the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia is only one example of its misconceived foreign policy. This new report calls for a new approach that puts justice at the centre.
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Turkish elections: an outsider's view
Richard Falk
While many in the west are interested in the Turkish elections exclusively as a barometer of the strength of pro-Islamic forces, the real debate in Turkey is actually about what kind of secularism Turkey wants.
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Freedom, Democracy, and Free Enterprise?
Zia Mian
With American policies for managing global and national politics, society and economy in crisis at home and abroad, there is a desperate need to create alternatives that encompass all of these challenges. It is time to think about the world after the American Century.
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Just Climate Policy
John Cavanagh, John Feffer and Daphne Wysham
While reports show we don't have much time to tackle climate change, the Bush administration continues to oppose anything but cosmetic measures, although the US is the biggest polluter.
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Lessons of Porto Alegre
Hilary Wainwright
The British government has announced plans for participatory budgeting. It should now learn from the Brazilian experience that local participation can be more than just consultation.
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Dow Unable to Shake Off Bhopal Legacy
Praful Bidwai
The Indian government's attempt to clear the Dow Chemical Company of its reparations obligations is highly immoral.
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Ties With China Sour as Alliance With US Grows
Praful Bidwai
India's 'strategic partnership' with the US is having the predictable consequence of worsening its relationship with China.
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Nuclear distraction
John Gittings
North Korea has agreed to close a weapons facility, to the relief of the Americans. But China and Japan are wary about the future.
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Home, next to N-reactor
Praful Bidwai and MV Ramana
Atomic energy bodies have put 70,000 villagers around the Koodankulam nuclear power plant at risk.
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Libby and Posada: 2 sides of a ratty coin
Saul Landau
The release of anti-Cuba terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and the communiting of "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence both serve to protect the Bush administration, since both men could have spilled the beans on the involvement of powerful officials in criminal conspiracies.
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Family jewels are paste but reveal clues of empire
Saul Landau
Declassified CIA documents reveal how an informal empire operates inside the formal network of a republic.
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Sochi square horror
Boris Kagarlitsky
The selection of Sochi as venue for 2014 Olympic Games capital will serve to arouse nationalism, but also to siphon off vast sums of money.
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An Extremist for Every Occasion
Boris Kagarlitsky
The Russian authorities' "fight against extremism" has so far produced only bruises on the bodies of progressive political activists.
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New Clashes in Islamabad
Tariq Ali
Judges and Jihadis Torment the Regime
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Madrassa gegen Musharraf - Machtkampf in Pakistan
Interview mit Jochen Hippler
Jochen Hippler spricht über die gegenwaertige Krise in Pakistan
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In Princes' Pockets
Tariq Ali reviews two books that chart the corrupt relationship between the US and the undemocratic Saudi ruling family.
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