... responses, particularly the current stance of the IMF and World Bank, a set of Marxist-inspired radical responses and a set of strategic political possibilities. The Mainstream Response and a Post-Washington Consensus In retrospect even the Bretton Woods institutions acknowledge that 1980s neoliberalism paid too little attention to the role of governments in promoting development. By the mid-1990s, official development ... policy was shifting towards a so-called post Washington consensus that paid more attention to reforming state institutions as well as simply letting markets work. The...

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... ). Under the U.S.-Japan security treaty, as long as the islands are under Japanese administrative control, which they are, the United States are obligated to defend Japan (McDevitt 2014, p.105). Moreover, Washington's redistribution of military personnel to the Asia-Pacific region demonstrates that the United States are "prepared to get involved in the event of a regional conflict" (Goldstein 2013). In ... security relative to the other. This issue demonstrates the constant struggle for power in the international sphere nations face; likewise, I believe this particular problem will indee...

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