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Foreign Policy in Focus articles from March 2000
A bimonthly journal focused on U.S. foreign policy Covers a variety of foreign policy issues and topics aimed at government officials, media activists, and academics. Analyzes foreign policy and international affairs, and recommends policy alternatives. C
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Foreign Policy in Focus archives from March 2000
Multilateral Debt Burden.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Multilateral debt is that portion of a country's external debt burden owed to international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. For most of the world's most impoverished countries,...
Problems With Current U.S. Policy.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Voting power at the World Bank and the IMF is apportioned according to the size of each country's monetary contribution. The U.S. has by far the largest share (18% of all votes) and can veto policy decisions, since they require an 85% vote. The...
Toward a New Foreign Policy.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... For countries that have endured decades of severe indebtedness, poverty, and subordination to the IFIs' economic policies, comprehensive cancellation of their outstanding debts--without the added burden of crippling, externally imposed...
Colombia in Crisis.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... Colombia, an oil exporter and leading producer of coffee, is rich in resources and has a moderate population density. But it is also plagued by violence, leads the world in the production of cocaine entering the U.S., and is an important source...
Problems With Current U.S. Policy.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... President Clinton declared in his 2000 State of the Union address that his Colombia aid package was to help Colombia "win this fight." Yet what "this fight" is all about is not so clear. According to the State Department's Congressional...
Toward a New Foreign Policy.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... Support the peace process
Although no one is arguing that the peace process is proceeding smoothly, most observers in Colombia agree that it is moving forward and deserves strong support. To escalate U.S. military involvement even as the...
Central Asia: Aral Sea Problem.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... Following the Soviet Union's collapse, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan entered an international system transformed by globalization and the emergence of a liberalized economic order. The challenge to integrate...
Problems With Current U.S. Policy.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... Even though the U.S. government sought to help mitigate the Aral Sea crisis, its well-intentioned efforts have conflicted with other donors' programs. First, AID did not actively coordinate with other donors, even though its regional...
Toward a New Foreign Policy.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... First, U.S. foreign policy in the environmental sector in Central Asia would be better served by deepening coordination with other donors. This has been especially difficult, since each donor organization contracts out its individual projects....