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Military Spending: A Poor Job Creator

Military Spending: A Poor Job Creator

by William D. Hartung

Jan-17-2012 | Policy Brief, Fact Sheet

Plans for cutting the federal deficit have raised an important question: what impact would military spending reductions have on jobs? This fact sheet is an update with new numbers from 2011 for U.S. employment effects of military and domestic spending. ... Read More »

Tools of Influence: The Arms Lobby and the Super Committee

Tools of Influence: The Arms Lobby and the Super Committee

by William D. Hartung

Oct-31-2011 | Policy Brief

In this policy brief, William D. Hartung explores the mutually beneficial and close ties between the arms lobby and super committee members. ... Read More »

Cuba not a

Cuba not a "Tier Three" Human Trafficker

by Wayne Smith

Jul-12-2011 | Policy Brief

Wayne Smith argues that this year's State Department Trafficking in Persons Report wrongly portrays Cuba as a tier three violator. ... Read More »

Aiding Insecurity: Four Years of Mexico's Drug War and Merida Initiative

Aiding Insecurity: Four Years of Mexico's Drug War and Merida Initiative

by Tom Barry

Jul-01-2011 | Policy Brief

Mexico's drug-trafficking organizations constitute a threat to regional security and to U.S. national security, says the U.S. government. Yet, the region is becoming less secure and less safe as the result of the security emphasis of U.S. counternarcotics initiatives... Read More »

Carter's Press Conference in Havana

Carter's Press Conference in Havana

by Wayne Smith

Apr-11-2011 | Policy Brief

Wayne Smith discusses President Carter's press conference in Havana.... Read More »

El Paso Jury Acquits Arch-Terrorist Posada Carriles of all Charges

El Paso Jury Acquits Arch-Terrorist Posada Carriles of all Charges

by Wayne Smith

Apr-11-2011 | Policy Brief

U.S.-Cuba relations - and the Obama administration's standing - received a painful and embarrassing blow when an El Paso jury acquitted arch-terrorist Luis Posada Carriles of all charges, despite the overwhelming evidence against him. ... Read More »

"Border Control" Before "Border Security"

by Tom Barry

Apr-11-2011 | Policy Brief

Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Border Patrol adapted its rhetoric to reflect its newly acquired homeland security mission. In the past, the Border Patrol only occasionally referred to its mission as "securing the border."... Read More »

More Chicanery in the Cases of the Cuban Five

More Chicanery in the Cases of the Cuban Five

by Wayne Smith

Mar-26-2011 | Policy Brief

Wayne Smith provides a brief analysis on the Cuban Five, examining the most recent press conference on March 22 where new exculpatory evidence was presented in the cases of two of the Cuban Five. ... Read More »

The Case of the Cuban Five: U.S. Shame and How to End It

The Case of the Cuban Five: U.S. Shame and How to End It

by Wayne Smith

Jun-15-2010 | Policy Brief

Wayne Smith discusses the case of the Cuban Five and how it reflects on the United States... Read More »

The Shadow Prison Industry and Its Government Enablers

The Shadow Prison Industry and Its Government Enablers

by Tom Barry

Jan-11-2010 | Policy Brief

Outsourcing governmental responsibilities to private contractors is routine and alarming. The Black- water, Wackenhut, CACI, and Halliburton scandals have highlighted the damage to our foreign affairs resulting from the reliance on private contractors to perform essential foreign policy missions. However... Read More »

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