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IPEF and the battle for critical minerals: Implications on environment and human rights

Joseph Purugganan delivered the intervention at the IPEF Fifth Negotiating Round: Bangkok In-Person Stakeholder Listening Session, which was held on Thursday, 14 September 2023 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok. Photo by: Galileo de Guzman Castillo.

IPEF and the battle for critical minerals: Implications on environment and human rights

by Joseph Purugganan* Thank you for this opportunity to speak at this stakeholder listening...

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Needed: A Bold Program to Address the Crisis of the Severely Indebted Developing Countries

David Malpass, President of the World Bank, and Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, at the IMF-World Bank Spring 2022 Meeting. Both institutions have been singularly bereft of ideas on how to deal with the developing country debt problem that is about to explode. (World Bank photo)

Needed: A Bold Program to Address the Crisis of the Severely Indebted Developing Countries

By Walden Bello* As governments converge on Washington for the International Monetary Fund...

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The Perils of Semi-Sovereignty: Japan and the Philippines in the Grip of Geopolitical Rivalry

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) navigates Tokyo Bay on the way to Yokosuka Naval Base for a scheduled port visit. Yokusuka is the largest overseas U.S. naval installation in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ian Cotter)

The Perils of Semi-Sovereignty: Japan and the Philippines in the Grip of Geopolitical Rivalry

By Walden Bello* (This is a composite version of articles that originally appeared in MEER on...

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