Collateral Damage Means Real People
We now know that Rumsfeld urges using “the force necessary to prevail, plus some” and rejects “promising … not to permit collateral damage.”
Good Cop, Bad Cop at the UN
The latest UN security council resolution does give us some small hope for a more multilateral future.
Coming Home
Wars are waged with the bodies of the young, and they always come home.
Stumbling Blindly Into War
Might makes right is a recipe for war without end, not the peace that President Bush claims to be seeking.
North Korea is Asking for Too Much in the Nuclear Crisis–Or is It?
There is a big difference between principled diplomacy that genuinely seeks a peaceful resolution to ensure a nonnuclear North Korea and a policy that is perceived as hubristic and hostile.
Violence in Papua: The Role of Military Elements in Perpetuating Violence
Papua, until recently known as Irian Jaya, constitutes more than 20% of the Indonesian landmass, but has a relatively small population of just over two million (about one percent of Indonesia’s population), with about 65% of that population being ethnic P
The Troubles Are Back
The only parties celebrating this recent move are the madmen on both sides who would plunge Northern Ireland back into civil war.
United Nations Security Council Resolutions Currently Being Violated by Countries Other than Iraq
In its effort to justify its planned invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration has emphasized the importance of enforcing UN Security Council resolutions. However, in addition to the dozen or so resolutions currently being violated by Iraq, a conservative
War Plans and Pitfalls
After months of internal wrangling over tactics and strategy, it now appears that the White House has settled on the basic design for the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
The Case Against a War with Iraq
An invasion of Iraq constitutes such a dramatic shift in U.S. foreign policy and involves enormous political and military risks.
Afghanistan: Donor Inaction and Ineffectiveness
The fall of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in November 2001 presented the international community with an unprecedented opportunity to restore peace and security to a perennial trouble spot.
After Bali, The Need to Understand
From Yemen to Kuwait and Pakistan, is the entanglement of the U.S. in the Islamic world actually serving the group’s long-term strategy?
Forced Labor of Public Employees in the United States: A Note from the 2002 International Labor Conference
For the first time ever, the case of a violation of an ILO convention by the Government of the United States was taken up by the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards.
Wake Up and Smell the Occupation
As Israel jumps from one self-made crisis to the next, the State of Israel itself is in an alarming condition.
Roadmap To Nowhere
The new U.S. “road map” for peace in the Middle East presented by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William J. Burns is no more than a placebo for consumption by both Palestinians and the world community