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AuditApril 1, 2006The War on Terror and the Cold War: they're not the sameJohn Tirman, MITSince the autumn of 2001, following the shocking attacks of September 11th, President Bush and his advisers have repeatedly likened the war against terrorism to the confrontation with Nazi Germany in the Second World War and the long struggle with Soviet communism in the Cold War. But the current anti-terrorist campaign and the related war in Iraq are significantly different from those earlier contests. |
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Analysis + OpinionMarch 23, 2006A floundering WTOBalakrishnan RajagopalYaleglobalonline, reprinted in The Daily Times (Pakistan), The Hindu, Khaleej Times and Asian AgeDisunity in the ranks of the developing nations allows developed countries to maintain their trade barriers. |
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Analysis + OpinionMarch 21, 2006Weighing the cost of today's defense strategyCindy WilliamsBoston GlobeThe House of Representatives last week voted to add $68 billion to Defense Department coffers to help defray this year's costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Together with the $536 billion in outlays already planned for national defense, the emergency appropriation will bring total defense spending this year to some $600 billion. Adjusting for inflation, that is substantially more than the United States spent on defense in any year since World War II. |
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Analysis + OpinionMarch 7, 2006Diversifying Iraqi security forcesRoger Petersen and Paul StanilandChristian Science MonitorFor a stable Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds must share the security burden. |
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AuditMarch 1, 2006We can live with a nuclear IranBarry R. Posen, MITThe intense concern about Iran's nuclear energy program reflects the judgment that, should it turn to the production of weapons, an Iran with nuclear arms would gravely endanger the United States and the world. Indeed, while it's seldom a positive thing when a new nuclear power emerges, there is reason to believe that we could readily manage a nuclear Iran. |
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AuditMarch 1, 2006Remittances: Latin America's faulty lifelineCatherine Elton, MITIn recent years, the money that migrants send back to their native countries has become a hot topic in international development circles. Multilateral banks, the governments of migrant-sending nations, the U.S. Government, and international development organizations laud the potential that remittances have to reduce poverty and promote development. Remittances are being exalted as “the new development finance,” and a ticket to “high human development,” while the migrants who send them are hailed as heroes back home. |
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AuditMarch 1, 2006Japan-China relations: four fallacies masquerading as common senseKazuo Ogoura, Japan FoundationTo gain insight into the future of the Sino-Japanese relationship, we need to clear up the misconceptions, misunderstandings, and errors that beset the two countries’ relations and take an intellectual scalpel to their source. Some of the errors are related to the way people think about or perceive themselves, while others stem from the thinking or attitudes of the other party; still others are linked to the history of Japan-China relations. |
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Analysis + OpinionFebruary 27, 2006We can live with a nuclear IranBarry R. PosenNew York TimesThe intense concern about Iran's nuclear energy program reflects the judgment that, should it turn to the production of weapons, an Iran with nuclear arms would gravely endanger the United States and the world. Indeed, while it's seldom a positive thing when a new nuclear power emerges, there is reason to believe that we could readily manage a nuclear Iran. |
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News ReleaseFebruary 6, 2006MIT's 'Audits of the Conventional Wisdom' gain a broader audience via AlterNetMIT's Center for International Studies (CIS), one of the leading international affairs research centers in the U.S., and AlterNet, an online project of the Independent Media Institute, have announced a unique partnership to bring the best work of academia to broader and more diverse audiences. |
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AuditJanuary 1, 2006A better strategy against narcoterrorismVanda Felbab-Brown, MITIt is widely recognized that access by belligerent groups to the gains from drug production and trafficking contributes to the intensity and prolongation of military conflict. Also, that such groups—terrorists, insurgents, or warlords—grow stronger when they successfully exploit the drug trade. The United States’ response—its antinarcotics policy—emphasizes crop eradication. |