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Flowers for Harleys: The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Comes into Effect
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 9:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Five years after its proposal, the trade agreement between the United States and Colombia came into force on May 15 with the export of Colombian flowers to the United States and an expected shipment of Harley-Davidson motorcycles to Colombia. It was a topic of contention at the 2012 Summit of the Americas that took place in the Colombian city of Cartagena: Will the free trade agreement…
Hollande and Europe: A change of direction or just a new face?
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The victory of anti-austerity Socialist leader François Hollande in the French presidential election has sparked discussion about the future of European economic policy. Winning 51.62 percent of the vote, Hollande's campaign was founded on the promise to introduce "a new direction to Europe," with a focus on growth and investment, in lieu of the austerity policies of outgoing French…
Cuba and Drugs Dominate the Sixth Summit of the Americas
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
The sixth Summit of the Americas took place in Cartagena, Colombia on April 14–15 and raised some interesting questions about the future of U.S. policies in the region.
Global drug policy appeared to dominate center stage as the American "war on drugs" was criticized for its lack of evident success. Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina encouraged the introduction of global drug…
Continue A Conversation with Thomas Pogge
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Yale University Professor Thomas Pogge spoke at Carnegie Council on January 19, and I summarize here his talk on why Ethics…
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