The Eye of the Storm: A 40th Anniversary Interview With Aijaz Ahmad

The Eye of the Storm: A 40th Anniversary Interview With Aijaz Ahmad

Aijaz Ahmad is a leading Marxist intellectual and academic based in New Delhi, India. He has written widely on political ...
Toward a ‘Multipolar World’: Using Oil Diplomacy to Sever Venezuela’s Dependence

Toward a ‘Multipolar World’: Using Oil Diplomacy to Sever Venezuela’s Dependence

In June, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez made his sixth diplomatic trip to Iran. Discussions were held there, as well as ...
‘The South Also Exists,’ as the Third World Once Did

‘The South Also Exists,’ as the Third World Once Did

In my childhood, Latin America had only three countries: Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba. ABC. I would hear of Argentina and ...
Middle Powers: IBSA and the New South-South Cooperation

Middle Powers: IBSA and the New South-South Cooperation

In the 1970s, the world’s underdeveloped nations launched the idea of South-South cooperation. Following in the spirit of Bandung, they ...
Red Star Over Latin America

Red Star Over Latin America

Since the Bandung Conference of 1955, China has consistently identified itself with the developing world, calling itself the “world’s largest ...
Contadora: War by Other Means

Contadora: War by Other Means

FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, THE CONTA- dora peace process has been the most popular game on the block ...
Democracy, Diplomacy and Intervention in the Americas

Democracy, Diplomacy and Intervention in the Americas

Last year, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice proposed that the Organization of American States (OAS) expand its Cold War mandate ...
THE OAS A Reborn Force in the Hemisphere?

THE OAS A Reborn Force in the Hemisphere?

Three years ago, the 100-year-old Organization of American States (OAS) seemed on the brink of extinction. Many powerful Latin American ...