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Malcolm Cook
Malcolm Cook is a program director at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney, Australia.
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Dying for Free Trade
Malcolm Cook Series: The Asian Century 2007-02-19Last year was a bad one for free trade. The Doha Round was supposed to make agriculture the centerpiece of negotiations to assuage the deep frustrations of developing countries. But, instead of breathing life into free trade in food, rural protectionism in rich countries seems to have killed the Doha Round – and, with it, potentially the whole multilateral trading regime. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 14642
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The Philippines’ Sanctuaries of Terror
Kit Collier and Malcolm Cook Series: The Asian Century 2006-05-02The presence of insurgent or terrorist sanctuaries in non-belligerent countries is one of the most intractable, explosive issues in international relations. It was a central fact of the Vietnam War, brought about the destruction of Lebanon, and continues to plague the coalition in Iraq. It is also key to the present war on terror in Southeast Asia.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 20816
