Backgrounder posted October 24, 2002 by Paolo Pasicolan, Balbina Y. Hwang, Ph.D.
The Vital Role of Alliances in the Global War on Terrorism
If
Washington manages both impending military action against Iraq and
the ongoing war on terrorism in the same manner, international
accusations of "unilateralism"1 should
fade. Were the United States truly acting unilaterally, it would be
pursuing solely American national interests, and no other country
would participate. But as Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld…
Backgrounder posted October 18, 2002 by Paolo Pasicolan, Sara J. Fitzgerald
The Millennium Challenge Account: Linking Aid with Economic Freedom
While in Mexico in March 2002, President
George W. Bush announced the creation of a new development
assistance program, the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA). The
program, which will be "above and beyond existing aid," will
distribute U.S. economic aid to developing countries that are
determined to "govern justly, invest in their people and encourage
economic…
Executive Memorandum posted July 22, 2002 by Dana Robert Dillon, Paolo Pasicolan
Promoting a Collective Response to Terrorism in Southeast Asia
While some countries in Southeast Asia
have made considerable progress combating terrorism, the members of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia's premier
multilateral organization, collectively could accomplish much more.
That should be the message Secretary of State Colin Powell brings
to the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Brunei on July…
WebMemo posted June 14, 2002 by Paolo Pasicolan
Terrorism, Tariffs and...Tuna?
Quick
Hit: The tuna tariff dispute should serve as an incentive for
the United States and ASEAN countries to prioritize negotiations of
a free-trade agreement to eliminate these periodic trade
spats.
America's war on terrorism has been used to advance a variety of
agendas of widely varying relation to the war itself. So it comes
as no surprise that security…
WebMemo posted June 14, 2002 by Paolo Pasicolan
Terrorism, Tariffs and...Tuna?
Quick
Hit: The tuna tariff dispute should serve as an incentive for
the United States and ASEAN countries to prioritize negotiations of
a free-trade agreement to eliminate these periodic trade
spats.
America's war on terrorism has been used to advance a variety of
agendas of widely varying relation to the war itself. So it comes
as no surprise that security…
Backgrounder posted October 23, 2001 by Dana Robert Dillon, Paolo Pasicolan
Southeast Asia and the War Against Terrorism
Having completed the initial wave of air
strikes on Afghanistan, the United States has deployed Special
Forces troops to Central Asia, the front line in America's war on
terrorism. The task is clear: to hunt down Osama bin Laden and his
al-Qaeda network of terrorists who are responsible for the
September 11 attacks as well as other acts of terrorism against…