No Passage
The lesson of El Salvador was that the guerrillas could not be wiped out, and that in the end the United States needed to pressure America’s own allies in the Salvadoran military to reach a peace settlement.
Africa’s Inexplicable Horn
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythLike elsewhere in Africa, Western efforts on the African Horn come too little too late. Even if the U.N. security council were to now impose an arms embargo, it could only help lessen the intensity of the next round of fighting
Expanding Globalization’s Agenda
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythOne poster carried by a young protester near the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington last Sunday showed many small fish coming together in the shape of a huge, collective fish to swallow a big one.
Al Gore and the Iraqi Democracy Question
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythThen-Vice President Al Gore was the first high-level U.S. official ever to publicly promise to promote “democracy in Iraq.” Nothing would be more revolutionary for a place that had been long dominated by a small minority.
France’s Feeble Demand
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythOne trait that France and the United States have in common is that each nation acts like it has moral authority to lead the world.
Leader of the Pack
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythSeeming more distant now than it did then, it was the form basketball star Bill Bradley when he ran for president who said that the U.S. must stop going it alone so in the world and learn to work more cooperatively.
Guatemala’s Narco-military
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythNo country so small has ever moved so much cocaine north. Earlier in this decade, about 50 to 75 metric tons of cocaine passed through Guatemala each year, according to the State Department.