Deglobalisation
Deglobalisation is the flagship program of Focus. Arising out of a felt need to articulate alternatives to neo liberal globalisation and capitalism, it spans practically all the Focus programs. It has 4 main components: Trade, Finance, Alternative regionalisms and Critical Discourse on Alternatives.
In the deglobalisation program our priorities are: monitoring the financial crisis and the policies of International Financial Institutions, finding alternatives to free trade and building alternative paradigms for sustainable development.
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The Political Consequences of Stagnation
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 11:41
by Walden Bello
My apologies to T. S. Eliot, but September, not April, is the cruelest month. Before 9/11/2001, there was 9/11/1973, when Gen. Pinochet toppled the Allende government in Chile and ushered in a 17-year reign of terror. More recently, on 9/15/2008, Lehman Brothers went bust and torpedoed the global economy, turning what had been a Wall Street crisis into a near-death experience for the global financial system.
Two years later, the global economy remains very fragile. The signs of recovery...
New Economics for a New Administration
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 10:45
by Walden Bello*The dominant feature of the Arroyo administration was pervasive corruption, but its most destructive legacy in the long term will probably be its policy failures. The ascent to power of a new president, backed by a new Congress, provides the opportunity for a fundamental shift in policy in order to end poverty and re-launch the Philippines on the road to development.The policy paradigm of the administration was one it inherited from previous administrations. This was a pro-...
To Move Forward: Confront Legacy of Damaged Institutions; Solve Flaws in Systems & Policies
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 10:51
The quest for justice involving wrongdoings of leaders of this country has oftentimes been frowned upon as attempt to seek revenge—to be ‘after one’s blood’ as the misguided phrase goes. Filipinos would rather make peace and reconcile, or on the other hand, criticize ourselves as having short memory. Thus is repeated the cycle of corruption, transactional politics, political patronage and abuse of authority, among others.But it’s time to stop seeing this quest as just being personal, and even...
Greece : same tragedy, different scripts
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 14:53
by Walden BelloAthens. Cafes are full in Athens, and droves of tourists still visit the Parthenon and go island-hopping in the fabled Aegean. But beneath the summery surface, there is confusion, anger, and despair as this country is plunged into its worst economic crisis in decades.Greece, tiny Greece, has been presented by the global media as the epicenter of the second stage of the global financial crisis, much like Wall Street was portrayed as ground zero of its first stage. Yet there is an...
The blossoming of Sino-Iranian partnership: how an emboldened South is beginning to expose the limits of American power
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 01:01
The blossoming of Sino-Iranian partnership: how an emboldened South is beginning to expose the limits of American power
by Javad Heydarian
It is undeniable that the year 2009 was a momentous year for People’s Republic of China, as it proved its centrality in the climate change talks, new global economic order, and ultimately in the international strategic-security arrangements. The year was also very important for Iran-China relations as energy investments soared, trade expanded and nuclear-diplomacy...
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