Jim Lobe

Jim Lobe’s blog on U.S. foreign policy can be read at https://www.lobelog.com.

World Bank Board Declines to Revise Controversial Draft Policies

A key committee of the World Bank’s governing board Wednesday spurned appeals to revise a draft policy statement that, according to nearly 100 civil-society groups, risks rolling back …

By: Jim Lobe ,; InterPressService

August 1, 2014

News

US Blasted on Failure to Ratify IMF Reforms

The Obama administration has been criticized for not pressing Congress for ratification with sufficient urgency.

By: Jim Lobe ,; InterPressService

April 13, 2014

News

Increased Instability Predicted for Egypt

International human rights groups have strongly denounced Monday's sentencing by an Egyptian court of 529 Islamists to death for a riot in which one policeman was killed.

By: Jim Lobe ,; InterPressService

April 2, 2014

News Analysis

Major Parts of the World Ignored by US TV News in 2013

If people outside the US wonder why Americans often seem so clueless about the world outside their borders, they could start with the mainstream media.

By: Jim Lobe ,; InterPressService

January 12, 2014

News Analysis

Iran Sanctions Bill Big Test of Israel Lobby Power

This week's introduction by a bipartisan group of 26 senators of a new sanctions bill against Iran could result in the biggest test of the political clout of the …

By: Jim Lobe ,; InterPressService

December 22, 2013

News

Obama Gets More Time for Iran Nuclear Deal

The administration of President Barack Obama appears to have succeeded in preventing Congress from enacting new sanctions against Iran before the next round of nuclear-related talks between the US …

By: Jim Lobe ,; InterPressService

November 16, 2013

News

US Suspends More Military Aid to Egypt, Arousing Skepticism

The Obama administration announced Wednesday it was freezing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Egyptian military pending u201ccredible progressu201d toward a return to democratic rule.

By: Jim Lobe ,; IPSNews

October 15, 2013

News Analysis

Obama Increasingly Isolated on Syria Military Action

Some analysts suggest that Obamau2019s failure to line up support from more G20 leaders suggests that the U.S.-created global order is no longer sustainable.