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Bello: Global Poverty Down, Philippine Poverty Remains High
Znet Article, June, 11 2013
Walden Bello
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The economy may continue to grow impressively, but this alone will not be sufficient to reduce poverty and inequality
Bello: Wrong Choice, Again?
Znet Article, March, 23 2013
Walden Bello
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One can only hope that as Pope, Francis will make a clean break with his tainted past and, indeed, prove to be a reformist leader. I seriously doubt it though
Bello: I’ll Miss Hugo
Znet Article, March, 07 2013
Walden Bello
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Goodbye, Comandante Hugo. You were a class act, one impossible to follow
Bello: Washington Debates the Pivot to Asia
Znet Article, February, 20 2013
Walden Bello
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Over the last two years, the Obama administration has executed what the president has termed the “Pivot to Asia” strategy
Bello: Turning Point In India, Triumph In Philippines For The Rights Of Women
Znet Article, December, 30 2012
Walden Bello
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The statistics are horrific. According to government estimates, almost every 20 minutes, a woman is raped in India
Bello: Towards a Grand Climate Compromise
Znet Article, November, 29 2012
Walden Bello
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Seldom has a global conference been so devoid of positive expectations than the coming United Nations Climate Conference
Bello: Obama’s Victory: How It Happened And What It Means
Znet Article, November, 08 2012
Walden Bello
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What will happen now?
Bello: U.S. Election Offers Only A Dismal Choice
Znet Article, November, 07 2012
Walden Bello
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Especially in times of crisis, voting is often driven by irrational hopes and fears
Bello: Economic Crisis Shakes Old Paradigms
Znet Article, October, 21 2012
Walden Bello
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.” The future points in the direction of decentralized eco-communities marked by more manageable participatory decision-making
Bello: Staunching Syria's Wounds
Znet Article, September, 25 2012
Walden Bello
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Almost 18 months after the onset of popular democratic protests, the Syrian revolution increasingly resembles a bloody marathon with no clear finish line on the horizon
Bello: Weapons for the Weak in the Climate Struggle
Znet Article, August, 19 2012
Walden Bello
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Our weapons are few, and often they are only mechanisms of moral suasion, but we must use them and hope for the best
Bello: Labor Trafficking: Modern-day Slave Trade
Znet Article, May, 15 2012
Walden Bello
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The dynamics of global capitalism have reproduced a system of repressive labor globally that is serviced and maintained by legal and illegal labor trafficking
Bello: Syria: Descending Into Civil War
Znet Article, March, 30 2012
Walden Bello
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There is consensus on one thing: for the Syrian people, things will get worse before they get better
Bello: Urgently Needed: Transparency in US-Philippine Relations
Znet Article, February, 17 2012
Walden Bello
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Washington’s two-point agenda in the Philippines is no secret: to contain China’s ascent to power and refocus its war on terror to South East Asia
Bello: Outsourcing and Stagnation in the Real Economy
Znet Article, February, 09 2012
Walden Bello
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Apple’s prowess at turning out products that capture the popular imagination has kept it from being tainted with the image of being a labor exporter
Bello: Germany’s Social Democrats and the European Crisis – Analysis
Znet Article, December, 23 2011
Walden Bello
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Not only is Germany the strongest economy in Europe; it is also now writing the rules of economic governance
Bello: Seven Billion ... And Rising
Znet Article, November, 10 2011
Walden Bello
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The world’s population surpassed 7 billion
Bello: Why Al-Qaeda Won
Znet Article, September, 26 2011
Walden Bello
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Ten years after 9/11, the United States is definitely still the premier global power, but it is a much diminished one
Bello: The Crisis of Humanitarian Intervention
Znet Article, August, 14 2011
Walden Bello
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Is it ever legitimate to supersede the principle of national sovereignty with a military intervention aimed at protecting citizens from their government?
Bello: Second Thoughts on the Chinese Model?
Znet Article, July, 04 2011
Walden Bello
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Recently, a growing number of corporate leaders are getting second thoughts about the "Chinese Model"
Bello: Osama's No Martyr, But the Man Prevailed
Znet Article, May, 04 2011
Walden Bello
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In the duel between Washington and Osama, the latter was, at the time of his death, far ahead on points
Bello: The Arab Revolutions And The Democratic Imagination
Znet Article, March, 17 2011
Walden Bello
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The Arab democratic uprisings have brought a rush of nostalgia to many people who staged their own democratic revolutions years earlier.
Bello: Sexual Prey in the Saudi Jungle
Znet Article, February, 02 2011
Walden Bello
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He was an officer in the Saudi Royal Navy assigned to the strategic Saudi base of Jubail in the Persian Gulf, and he wanted to hire a maid.
Bello: The Celtic Tiger Follows The Asian Tigers To Extinction
Znet Article, December, 25 2010
Walden Bello
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The financial collapse of Ireland, coming as the latest in a string of disasters, hardly shocks global public opinion. For people engaged in the development debate, however, it is resonant with meaning.
Bello: Lessons of the Obama Debacle
Znet Article, October, 14 2010
Walden Bello
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The key problem is the failure of progressives to translate their vision and values into a program that is convincing and connects with the people trapped in the terrible existential conditions created by the global financial crisis.
Bello: Class and Conflict
Znet Article, September, 26 2010
Walden Bello
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Due to the nature of capitalism, we know that there will be increasing class tensions and social conflicts which will grow within Asia even as certain states start to dispute hegemony in West.
Bello: Greece - Same Tragedy, Different Scripts
Znet Article, September, 17 2010
Walden Bello
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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 crisi...
Bello: The Political Consequences of Stagnation
Znet Article, September, 11 2010
Walden Bello
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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 b...
Bello: New economics for a new administration
Znet Article, August, 13 2010
Walden Bello
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A new government in the Philippines offers the country a rare window to fundamentally shift away from failed economic policies, subordinate to neoliberal ideology and the pre-eminance of illegitimate foreign debtors.
Bello: The Problem with Old, Familiar Faces
Znet Article, July, 14 2010
Walden Bello
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With more poor people in the Philippines now than at any other time in history, its time for the new government to break with the old policy of putting foreign debtors and IMF doctrine first.
