Experts predict that the acquisition of fresh water will soon supersede that of oil as a main source of international tension. The world's increasing population and industrialization are raising the level of pollutants and toxins, tainting water sources that could be used for consumption or...

U.S. foreign aid to the Palestinians / Jim Zanotti, CRS -- Palestinian authority : U.S. assistance is training and equipping security forces, but the program needs to measure progress and faces logistical constraints -- Foreign assistance : U.S. assistance to the West Bank and Gaza for fiscal...

This paper examines four diaspora communities resident in the United States that were targeted by their homelands as foreign investors during the 1990s. The homelands comprise Armenia, Cuba, Iran, and Palestine. We pose the question: What are the determinants of interest in homeland investment,...