Foreign Policy in Focus articles from October 2000

Foreign Policy in Focus archives from October 2000

Peru: Democracy & Dictatorship.
October 2, 2000... When President Alberto Fujimori assumed an unconstitutional third term in July 2000 following fraudulent elections, some Peruvian analysts predicted that growing popular unrest would thwart him from staying in the presidential palace for his...

Problems with Current U.S. Policy.
October 2, 2000... Although the call for new elections appears to have caused unease in Washington, the Clinton administration has publicly supported both Fujimori's announcement an ongoing dialogue with the OAS. There are reports that as a result of the arms...

Toward a New Foreign Policy.
October 2, 2000... Peru's President Fujimori represents a dangerous model of authoritarian populism that may become increasingly prevalent across Latin America. Fed up with existing parties and politicians, rampant corruption, and inefficiency in government,...

Sri Lanka's Long War.
October 4, 2000... The conflict in Sri Lanka has been raging in varying degrees of intensity since 1983, and it has become one of the more intractable wars in the post-colonial era. Termed the "No Mercy War" by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),...

Problems with Current U.S. Policy.
October 4, 2000... Until the recent escalation of the conflict, Sri Lanka's war has played mostly off to the side of the world stage, with little interest from the international community, including the United States. It has appeared to hold no strategic value...

Toward a New Foreign Policy.
October 4, 2000... Given the intensification of the war on the battlefield and the often conflicting statements issuing from the government and the LTTE, most Sri Lanka observers see little hope on the horizon for an early resolution to the conflict. However,...

Masculinity As Foreign Policy Issue.
October 9, 2000... The militarization of any country's foreign policy can be measured by monitoring the extent to which its policy: 1) is influenced by the views of Defense Department decisionmakers and/or senior military officers, 2) flows from civilian...

Problems with Current U.S. Policy.
October 9, 2000... Many observers have remarked on the peculiar American contemporary political culture that equates military experience and/or military expertise with political leadership. It is this cultural inclination that has made it very risky for any...

Toward a New Foreign Policy.
October 9, 2000... Asking feminist questions openly, making them an explicit part of serious foreign policy discussion, is likely to produce a much more clear-eyed understanding of what is driving any given issue debate and what are the probable outcomes of one...

Papua: Another East Timor?(Brief Article)
October 11, 2000... Key Points * Papua is a leading example of a failed decolonization process * Indonesian integration-cum-colonization of Papua--implemented with U.S. complicity--has amounted to an undeclared war against the indigenous...

Problems with Current U.S. Policy.(Brief Article)
October 11, 2000... Key Problems * Washington's complicity with the Indonesian colonization of Papua and with the denial of Papuans' right to self-determination dates to the central U.S. role in the 1962 New York Agreement. * U.S. support for the...

Toward a New Foreign Policy.
October 11, 2000... Key Recommendations * The U.S. should recognize Papuans' legitimate aspirations for self-determination and offer concrete U.S. support for efforts to resolve the Papuan conflict peacefully. * Washington should call for the...

Bolivia: Eradicating Democracy.
October 16, 2000... In September 2000, Bolivia, South America's poorest country, was rocked by a series of civilian protests, including roadblocks throughout the country. Unionists, teachers, peasant coca farmers, and others have demanded that the Bolivian and...

Problems with Current U.S. Policy.
October 16, 2000... Bolivia is in the grips of its worst political crisis and social upheavals since the end of the period of dictatorships 18 years ago. The economic and antinarcotics policies imposed by Washington are root causes of the current conflicts. ...

Toward a New Foreign Policy.
October 16, 2000... Popular forces calling for democracy are growing in Bolivia, and the U.S. is standing on the wrong side. Bolivians from a wide spectrum of political persuasions resent U.S. economic and military policies and interference in their internal...