Peruvian police with cocaine seized in a recent drug raid. A record 6.7 million metric tons was taken at the end of AugustEnrique Castro-Mendivil—ReutersA major new report makes the case for decriminalizing illicit drugs—all of themWhile the international news has been one depressing event after another this summer, there’s been an encouraging shift in one… Seguir leyendo It’s Time to End the Drug War
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Four Marijuana Moments/Cuatro momentos marihuana
Artículo publicado sobre los últimos acontecimientos que favorecen la despenalización de la marihuana en América Latina. Versión en español publicado por Los Tiempos y en inglés por Les Echos
Losers in Libya
No matter how long it takes to find Muammar Gaddafi, it is now relatively easy to draw up a scorecard on the six-month conflict in Libya and anoint the winners and losers.
The Trouble With the BRICs
As the so-called BRIC countries, Brazil, Russia, India, and China, have grown more and more influential in the world economy, their administrators and myriad pundits have inevitably concluded that they and other rising powers should also become more impor
Connect the World
Entrevista realizada al Dr. Jorge G. Castañeda en el programa “Connect the World” con Becky Anderson, que se transmitió el 20 de septiembre de 2010, por CNN International. En dicha entrevista se habló sobre el editorial del periódico “El Diario” de Ciuda
Brazil, India and China — not quite superpowers yet
CARLOS LOZADA.- It’s an article of faith among the liberal, open-minded, well-meaning, Davos-crowd intelligentsia: The leadership of the big global institutions — the International Monetary Fund, the U.N. Security Council…
Reshuffling the geopolitical order
Granting emerging economic powers a greater role on the world stage too soon could weaken the international system that upholds democracy, human rights, nuclear nonproliferation and environmental protection.
Not Ready For Prime Time
Few matters generate as much consensus in international affairs today as the need to rebuild the world geopolitical order. Everyone seems to agree, at least in their rhetoric, that the makeup of the United Nations Security Council is obsolete and that the
Nominate nine wise men and women to restore IMF’s credibility
Sir, The Group of 20 summit in London went some way towards strengthening the capacity of the International Monetary Fund to assist emerging markets currently suffering the spillover effects of the financial crisis. The summit seems to have been less succ
Nerves
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela is not exactly on a roll. Yes, oil prices remain close to $100 per barrel, and there are worse things that can happen than receiving tax-free revenues of up to $300 million every day. But on the eve of a Dec. 2 referendu