World government Commentary

Seoul Can Defend Itself

Doug Bandow | Jul 06, 2010
A change in America’s security guarantee to South Korea is long overdue.

Avoiding Pyongyang

Doug Bandow | May 24, 2010
The Cheonan incident is South Korea’s responsibility. If Seoul decides on a retaliatory strike, America shouldn’t get involved.

Bad Investments

Doug Bandow | Apr 15, 2010
What’s the point of paying allies to provide marginal contributions to the war on terror?

Tokyo Rising

Ted Galen Carpenter | Apr 07, 2010
China’s growing strength is making its neighbors nervous—and less fearful of a fully rearmed Japan.

Good Deal

Jacob Heilbrunn | Mar 31, 2010
The arms treaty with Russia strengthens America’s security by allowing us to cut back on useless warheads.

Europe Doesn't Matter

Doug Bandow | Feb 10, 2010
The EU doesn’t have a united foreign policy and its member countries are downsizing their militaries. Why are Europeans surprised no one pays attention to them?

Toward U.S.-China Trade Wars?

Dan Steinbock | Oct 12, 2007
Enacting new legislation that levies punitive duties on imported Chinese goods will have a negative effect on the U.S. economy. Congress should consider the consequences before approving this measure.

Deck Chairs on the Titanic

Tad Daley | Jan 04, 2005
It is often said incorrectly that the United Nations Charter, framed in San Francisco during the final year of the Second World War, was designed for the world of 1945.

Reality is Contextual: Politics and Economics in the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

Stephen Boyko | Apr 14, 2004
New books by Nikolas Gvosdev and Irakly Areshidze both view the same phenomenon-the development of two Newly Independent States (NIS) of the Former Soviet Union

Brave Not-So-New World: A Case for Realism and Multilateralism

J. Peter Pham | Apr 07, 2004
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