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642. Promoting U.S. Economic Growth and Security Through Expanding World Trade: A Call for Bold American Leadership
- Author:
- Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development
- Publication Date:
- 06-2003
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Conference Board
- Abstract:
- This report presents a leadership vision of a strong and open global trading system, and urges the United States and its trading partners to adopt vital policy reforms, including delinking agricultural subsidies from prices and production while opening agricultural markets everywhere, and eliminating all tariffs and non-tariff barriers in both manufacturing and services.
- Topic:
- Security, International Trade and Finance, Leadership, Economy, and Economic Growth
- Political Geography:
- North America, Global Focus, and United States of America
643. The Combat of Drug Trafficking in Mexico under Salinas: The Limits of Tolerance
- Author:
- Jorge Chabat
- Publication Date:
- 10-2002
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
- Abstract:
- The combat of drug trafficking in Mexico under the Salinas Administration showed some signs of improvement in terms of the indicators required by the U.S. government to grant certification every year: a) budgetary resources dedicated to fighting drug trafficking; b) seizures of shipments and eradication; c) police and military casualties in the drugs war; d) arrests; e) legal and institutional reforms; f) signing international agreements; and g) acceptance of U.S. collaboration, as well as the presence of DEA agents in Mexican territory. Even when the improvement in these indicators was very evident during the Salinas administration, the degree of final commitment of the Mexican government to fight drugs remains unclear. However, the interest of President Salinas in getting NAFTA approved provoked a reduction in the limits of tolerance to drug trafficking. All this suggests that international interests constituted an important factor to propel governments into a more confrontational approach with the drug trafficking.
- Topic:
- Security, Civil Society, and Crime
- Political Geography:
- North America and Mexico
644. Mexico's War on Drugs: No Margin for Maneuver
- Author:
- Jorge Chabat
- Publication Date:
- 10-2002
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
- Abstract:
- Illegal drugs pose a threat to Mexico in many aspects: consumption, and violence and corruption provoked by the traffic of drugs in Mexican territory. However, even when consumption is a growing problem in Mexico, the main threat to Mexican stability comes from the corruption generated by the production and transportation of drugs in Mexico. Violence is also a problem, but it is difficult to assert that it constitutes right now a serious threat to Mexican governance. The Mexican government has been fighting this phenomenon for years in a context of institutional weakness and strong pressures from the United States. The fact that Mexico is a natural supplier of illegal drugs to the biggest market in the world, the United States, places the Mexican government in a very complex situation with no other alternative than to continue fighting drugs with very limited institutional and human resources. In this process, Mexico has no margin for maneuver to modify the parameters of the war on drugs.
- Topic:
- Security, Civil Society, and Crime
- Political Geography:
- United States, North America, and Mexico
645. Special Policy Forum Report: Iraq and Counterterrorism: The Role of the Kurdistan Regional Government
- Author:
- Barham Salih
- Publication Date:
- 10-2001
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Abstract:
- Ten years after the Gulf War, much of Iraqi Kurdistan is free from Baghdad's control and is busy trying to build a civil society in a very difficult region. Out of the ashes of tyranny, the Iraqi Kurds have built something tangible: a free, liberal society by Middle Eastern standards, if not by higher standards. Basic human rights are assured: for example, in Sulaymania there are some fifty-five newspapers, many of which are very critical of the government and the PUK. And much has been done to develop the local economy through governmental and tax reforms, and the UN Oil-for-Food program.
- Topic:
- Security, NATO, Arms Control and Proliferation, Religion, and Terrorism
- Political Geography:
- Middle East, Arab Countries, and North America
646. Jewish Life in Ukraine at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century: Part Two
- Author:
- Betsy Gidwitz
- Publication Date:
- 04-2001
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
- Abstract:
- Local Jewish volunteer leadership in Ukraine is most likely to emerge in the federated community organizations established and nurtured by a small number of community rabbis, such as Rabbi Kaminezki in Dnipropetrovsk (Philanthropic Fund of the Dnipropetrovsk Jewish Community) or Rabbi Bleich in Kyiv (Kyiv Municipal Jewish Community), who endorse multiple Jewish community institutions. (Rabbi Vishedski of Donetsk supports a similar effort.) Federated Jewish organizations in Ukraine resemble North American Jewish federations in that they are associations engaged in community planning, fundraising, and budgeting for Jewish welfare, educational, and identity-building needs. Among their most important differences from North American federations is that, to date, each is closely associated with one particular rabbi and his synagogue. As noted, Rabbi Kaminezki has thwarted the activation of other Jewish religious and educational organizations in Dnipropetrovsk. In Kyiv, Rabbi Bleich is more welcoming to other Jewish religious groups, at least in theory; in practice, other Kyiv Jewish religious institutions are so weak (e.g., the Progressive and Masorti movements) or so confrontational (e.g., the Chabad congregation associated with Rabbi Asman) that significant collaboration is impractical.
- Topic:
- Security and Religion
- Political Geography:
- Ukraine, Middle East, Eastern Europe, and North America
647. Humanitarian Action: A Transatlantic Agenda for Operations and Research
- Author:
- Larry Minear and Thomas G. Weiss
- Publication Date:
- 01-2000
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University
- Abstract:
- During the first decade of seismic aftershocks associated with the end of the Cold War, the humanitarian community has experienced tensions along numerous fault lines. Tensions that have loomed largest include those between organizations that deliver life-saving emergency assistance and those committed to protecting basic human rights, those between practitioners confronting daunting choices in the field and researchers examining the options available and choices made, and those between professionals in North America and in Europe seized with these issues.
- Topic:
- Security, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, and International Organization
- Political Geography:
- Europe and North America
648. Evaluating the Post-Cold War Policy of the United States
- Author:
- Jonathan Dean
- Publication Date:
- 11-1999
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- Project on Defense Alternatives
- Abstract:
- Ambassador Jonathan Dean, Adviser on International Security Issues, Union of Concerned Scientists, presentation to the PDA symposium Ten Years After the Wall: Trends in post-Cold War U.S. Security Policy held at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 11 November 1999.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, and Cold War
- Political Geography:
- North America and United States of America
649. Creating a Disaster: NATO’s Open Door Policy
- Author:
- Robert J. Art
- Publication Date:
- 09-1998
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Political Science Quarterly
- Institution:
- Academy of Political Science
- Abstract:
- ROBERT J. ART argues that an open door membership policy will destroy NATO and that there is a better alternative to create a security structure for Europe.
- Topic:
- Security, NATO, Alliance, and Regional Security
- Political Geography:
- Europe, North America, and United States of America
650. Low Flying and Security Posture: Examining NATO Military Low-Flying and its Future Prospects
- Author:
- Alan Bloomgarden
- Publication Date:
- 12-1994
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Project on Defense Alternatives
- Abstract:
- This report examines the role of low-flying tactics in NATO air strategy and questions whether additional training in this tactic is required or appropriate in the post-Cold War period. It was commissioned by the Innu Nation as a contribution to the environmental impact statement review process of proposed expanded military flying activities in Labrador and Quebec.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, NATO, Cold War, and Military Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Europe and North America