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The War on Colombia’s Poor
January 2012
The EU's proposed free trade agreement with Colombia will worsen the already serious human rights violations in the country, as its drive to access to cheap raw materials for European corporations means forcing local people off their land.
Staying in Afghanistan: Unending occupation
August 2011
While the US focuses on consolidating its permanent military presence in Afghanistan, designed to guard and exploit Central Asian energy reserves, its earlier rational "to fight terrorism" is a faded memory. Afghanis, meanwhile, continue to lose their lives and humanitarian conditions worsen.
Victory in Afghanistan
August 2011
Debate over the 10-year-plus war in Afghanistan tends to focus on how and when it "can be won," obscuring the fundamental question of whether it was morally acceptable in the first place. Now as the US gets closer to consolidating its imperial presence in the region for decades to come, the high cost to the Afghani people continues to be ignored.
The Emerging Geo-Strategic Landscape in Central Asia
June 2011
Recent developments in Afghanistan suggest the New Great Game is intensifying in Central Asia.
Wikileaks: Media Challenging Authority
December 2010
Wikileaks is a threat to powerful institutions because it adheres to the principles of an independent media, challenging authority and power.
Wikileaks and the "Special Relationship"
December 2010
The Wikileak cables reveal a consistent contempt for democracy, human rights, and international law
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