Tag Archives: United States

Globalization, Americanization and Europeanization (Part I)

How well do the concepts of globalization, Americanization and Europeanization explain today’s world?

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U.S. Foreign Policy and the Solar System

What do Ptolemy and Copernicus tell us about America’s changing global role?

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The Latest Crisis in Pakistan

How has President Musharraf’s declaration of emergency in Pakistan generated a crisis with serious global implications?

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The United States and the Rise of Anti-Chinaism

What are the real reasons behind the increasingly broad-based movement in the United States of blaming China?

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America’s Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees

Is the United States doing enough to provide sanctuary for those fleeing persecution and violence in Iraq?

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Is There A West? (Part I)

If there is a West, can it continue to provide a system of international order? And if not, what will be its role in a post-western system?

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Traversing the American Southwest

What insights emerge after spending 87 days living in the backcountry of the American southwest?

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Dateline Detroit: Welcome to Subprime City (II)

How do the financial troubles of a Detroit family belie the notion that the United States is a consumer paradise?

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Dateline Detroit: Welcome to Subprime City (Part I)

After the collapse of the U.S. auto industry, how is Detroit being hit hard once again?

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Iraq and the Politics of Withdrawal: Lessons from U.S. Occupations in Latin America

What lessons has the United States failed to draw from its occupations in Latin America?

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