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Abstract: Excerpt from Article: The indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC) threatens peace and security in...
Abstract: At long last, the fragile state of Somalia seems to be slowly resurfacing from a searing bout of violence and humanitarian crisis. Interestingly, the...
Abstract: In western China, the low-grade civil war that has brewed for decades in Tibet has recently expanded. The upcoming 50th anniversary of the Tibetan...
Abstract: The Pentagon ushered in the New Year with seemingly welcome news: Iraq’s security is improving. Attacks across the country fell 62 percent and...
Abstract: As the race for the White House heats up, Presidential candidates are using the turmoil in Pakistan to show off their foreign policy credentials....
Abstract: For many Democrat voters, John McCain represents the least bad Republican presidential candidate on the ballot. Democrats not wanting the Bible in...
Abstract: Standing in prime position in the final weeks of pre-primary campaigning, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee seems poised to potentially...
Abstract: Negotiations between Belgrade and Prishtina over the final status of Kosovo have officially failed, and Russia will veto any Western attempt at the...
Abstract: In the aftermath of the imposition of emergency in Pakistan, there’s a sense of acute anxiety about what’s happening there and its...
Abstract: It is generally understood that trees are good for the environment. That the forest will be an important ally in preventing global warming is a less...
Abstract: Afghanistan’s president Hamid Karzai recently came out swinging at the West again, this time on the topic of opium eradication. Responding to...
Abstract: The United States and India are turning a new chapter in world history as they seek to close a deal on civil nuclear cooperation and nonproliferation...
Abstract: Michael Shank: You have said that Guantanamo is a stain on our reputation as a nation. You and others, including former U.S. Secretary of State Colin...
Abstract: The United States is more hawk than dove and heading toward vulture status, according to the recently launched Global Peace Index (GPI) ranking of...
Abstract: Michael Shank: The recently launched Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Peace Index, which rates countries on their level of peacefulness,...
Abstract: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) apparently has a penchant for badness. For visiting Syria, the Speaker received a harsh reprimand by Vice President...
Abstract: Chomsky on India-Pakistan RelationsAre India and Pakistan heading toward war or peace? Noam Chomsky looks at nukes, Kashmir, and diaspora politics.By...
Abstract: Michael Shank: What difference is there, if any, in the way the president is rallying the American public and the U.S. Congress for a potential...
Abstract: Michael Shank: You’ve said that “It’s nothing more than a canard to claim that those of us who struggled to prevent the bloodshed...
Abstract: Michael Shank: As one of the handful of Democrats that voted “No” on the Iraq supplemental bill, can you share the motivation for your decision? Rep...
Abstract: Elected officials far and near are doing it. The European Union is doing it. U.S. governors are doing it. Even U.S. mayors are doing it. France...
Abstract: The sudden defeat of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) by the Ethiopian army and their U.S. backers proved easier then expected. A reported 15,000...
Abstract: On July 22, 2011 the newly appointed Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, a Harvard-trained professor of economics, announced his 49-member...
Abstract: Fauzia Haji Adan was sworn in on Monday November 19, 2012, as the Somali Federal Republic’s deputy prime minister and minister of foreign...
Abstract: Imagine a reconciliation process in Iraq that fails to include militias or Sunni and Shia hardliners? How about a reconciliation process in...
Abstract: Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)Noam Chomsky analyzes the Wolfowitz scandal, odious debts, and presidential power.By Michael Shank and John Feffer,...
Abstract: Small arms and light weapons, often ignored in traditional arms control agreements, contribute to the vast majority of death and destruction in...
Articles About S-CAR
Abstract: In his new book Free Burma: Transnational Legal Action and Corporate Accountability, sociology professor John Dale challenges the basic assumption...