A Unified Security Budget for the United States
By a Foreign Policy In Focus/Center for Defense Information Task Force (March 1, 2004)
This report proposes ways to rebalance U.S. military forces while integrating non-military programs into the national security strategy. |
Testimony
 Of Testimony and Terrorism
By Melvin A. Goodman (April 12, 2004)
9/11 Commission testimony reveals Bush administration lacked focus on terrorism prior to attacks.
Latin America
U.S. Funds Aid Chávez Opposition
By Bart Jones (April 13, 2004)
National Endowment for Democracy at center of dispute in Venezuela.
Military
Rise of the Machines
By Conn Hallinan (April 7, 2004)
The rise of virtual war.
Libya's Return to the Fold?
By Christopher Boucek (April 2004)
Next steps in normalizing relations with Libya.
Long Live NATO
By Tom Barry (April 1, 2004)
The cold war is long over, but with the support of U.S. supremacists in both parties NATO lives on as Americas global cop.
Afghanistan / Pakistan
Afghanistan: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
By Bushra Asif (April 8, 2004)
Security remains elusive in Afghanistan.
Anti-Terrorist Security Sweep In Pakistan Winding Down
By Abubaker Saddique (March 31, 2004)
Previous claims that key Islamic radical leaders killed in anti-terrorist military operations in Pakistan are found to be mistaken.
Afghanistan’s Problematic Path to Peace:
Lessons in State Building in the Post-September 11 Era
By Mark Sedra & Peter Middlebrook (March 2004)
As donors to Afghanistan convene from March 30-April 1, 2004, the reconstruction process faces a crossroads.
Labor
Europe Protests Bitter Cuts
By David Bacon (April 8, 2004)
Defending the welfare state in Europe.
Neocons
From Iraqi Occupation to Islamic Reformation: Neocons Aim Beyond Baghdad
By Jim Lobe (April 9, 2004)
No one ever said that U.S. neoconservatives lack ambition.
Neoconservatives Argue That Sadr Uprising is “Made in Teheran”
By Jim Lobe (April 9, 2004)
Neocons aim at Teheran while Baghdad burns.
Iraq
The Psychology of War: Iraq and Vietnam
By Colonel Daniel Smith, USA (Ret.) (April 7, 2004)
Will Iraq be President George W. Bush's Vietnam?
Limited War Now Versus Civil War Later?
By Jim Lobe (April 6, 2004)
Fighting on two fronts in Iraq.
Baghdad and Beyond
By Tom Barry (March 19, 2004)
The overall mission of the administration is to spark a process of creative destruction that will transform the region through a process of regime change, preventive war, and global democratic revolution.
See: Iraq In Focus
Haiti
Policy Agenda for U.S. Policy toward Haiti
Sign on! FPIF, in collaboration with a number of other groups, has launched a petition campaign to advocate to advocate a citizens agenda for U.S. policy toward Haiti.
Haiti: Dangerous Muddle
By Conn Hallinan (March 1, 2004)
“Whether through enmity or indifference, U.S. fingerprints are all over the overthrow of Aristide.” FPIF analyst Conn Hallinan in his timely reflection on the U.S. Haiti policy and its penchant for unilateral military and political interventions.
Interview with Haiti Expert Robert Maguire: Aristide’s Fall: The Undemocratic U.S. Policy in Haiti
By Tom Barry (March 2, 2004)
Haiti expert says International Republican Institute involved with unsavory figures in anti-Aristide opposition.
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