Russian ‘Bondage’: Moscow’s Financial Breakout Gets Underway with Wildly Oversubscribed Eurobond Sale
(Washington, D.C.): Official Washington may have not been paying close attention but a momentous and potentially ominous development took place...
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The Debate Begins Over Russia’s Financial ‘Break-out’;
Where Will it End for U.S. Taxpayers, Interests?
(Washington, D.C.): News is reverberating in Moscow and the international business community that Paul E. Tatum -- a prominent American...
If You Like the Rigging of the Lebed Dismissal, You’ll Love the Rigging of the Global Credit and Securities Markets
(Washington, D.C.): It is ironic that the firing of Russian National Security Advisor Aleksander Lebed -- a key indicator of...
‘RIGHT ON’: THE NEW REPUBLIC EVISCERATES CRITICS OF THE HELMS-BURTON CUBAN DEMOCRACY ACT
(Washington, D.C.): Last week, President Clinton announced that he would prevent the immediate implementation of provisions of the Cuban Democracy...
TOUR D’HORIZON: CASEY INSTITUTE’S ROBINSON EXPLORES FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF GEOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
(Washington, D.C.): On 25 April 1996, Roger W. Robinson, Jr., who holds the Casey Institute's William J. Casey Chair, briefed...
CENTER INAUGURATES WILLIAM J. CASEY INSTITUTE WITH SYMPOSIUM ON EMERGING CRISIS IN THE CASPIAN BASIN
(Washington, D.C.): As Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott and Deputy National Security Advisor Sandy Berger paid a high-level visit...
WE’RE ‘SHOCKED, SHOCKED’: ARAFAT BITES THE HANDS TRYING TO FEED HIM $500 MILLION IN U.S. FOREIGN AID
(Washington, D.C.): In an extraordinary display of ingratitude, not to say intemperateness, Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority (PA) recently repudiated legislation...
RULE, RULE, WHO GETS THE RULE?: WILL RULES COMMITTEE SUPPORT DELLUMS-SPENCE EFFORT TO FIX FLAWED EXPORT CONTROL BILL?
(Washington, D.C.) Amidst all the highly publicized congressional jockeying for jurisdiction and control of the health reform issue, a truly...
HERE WE GO AGAIN: AFTER IRAQI DEBACLE, WILL SYRIA BE LET OFF THE STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM LIST?
(Washington, D.C.): Articles in today's New York Times and Washington Post report that Secretary of State Warren Christopher is prepared...
A ‘No-Brainer’: Rep. Berman’s ‘Free Trade In Ideas’ Bill Must Not Be Allowed To Strengthen Tyrants
Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA) pulled a fast one last week -- a bit of legislative derring-do that despots around the...
Over To You: Congressional Scrutiny Urgently Required On Aid To Russia
With over $28 billion in new credit and aid flows now promised to Russia -- the result of just-concluded "emergency"...
‘GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER’: BUSH-BAKER ENABLE ASSAD TO GO ON SPONSORING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
(Washington, D.C.): A central tenet in President Bush's reelection campaign is his contention that he has demonstrated an ability to...
WHEN DEUTSCHE BANK TALKS SOVIET DEBT DEFAULT, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SHOULD LISTEN
(Washington, D.C.): Western creditors have effectively been put on official notice: The Soviet government will be defaulting on at least...
Rabtagate: The Inside Story Of German Collusion In The Libyan Chemical Warfare Program
Introduction In late 1988, relations between the United States and Germany were seriously strained when a long-running, secret conflict over...
Robinson To Congress: Use Oil Reserves To Protect The Taxpayer From Price Gouging
Roger W. Robinson, Jr., former chief economist on the National Security Council and member of the Center for Security Policy's...
Energy Leverage: Moscow’s Ace in the Hole
The Emerging Instrument of Choice for Soviet Coercion As Soviet troops begin to withdraw from Eastern Europe, their value as...