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Mr. Obama: No War is Just |
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Dr. David Lorge Parnas, Jan 4, 2010
Mr. Obama, like you, I have read the beautifully crafted speech that you delivered when accepting the Nobel peace prize. Unlike you, I do not believe what it says. In that speech, you fail to consider too many important facts.
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Dr. David Lorge Parnas is Professor Emeritus at McMaster University and the University of Limerick, Ireland. He now lives in Ottawa. He is a former President of Science for Peace and a member of Canadian Pugwash.
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Russia and Canada Partners in the North |
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Recognizing each other's sovereignty claims brings mutual benefits.
By Michael Byers
Moscow — From Monday's Globe and Mail — Dec 21, 2009
A map produced by Natural Resources Canada has pride of place in Arctic ambassador Anton Vasiliev's office, in the Stalinist-era skyscraper housing the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Give Peacekeeping a Chance in Afghanistan |
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By Walter Dorn
Published December 2009 esprit de corps
As Barack Obama contemplates the future role of US and, by extension, Western forces in Afghanistan, he would do well to consider an option that is apparently not yet on the table. ... As the fighting continues with no end in sight, the prospects for a UN peacekeeping force are likely to increase.
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Derek Paul proposes where one might start nuclear disarmament. The nuclear-armed submarine was a child of the Cold War, providing antagonists with a retaliatory power in the event of a first strike against their own land-based missile silos. As an initial step, an agreement could be made to disable all nuclear weapons on the nuclear submarines of the five powers that have them, and the Indian Government should be induced to commit itself to such an interim agreement.
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Obama's Promise - Letter published in the Globe and Mail from Metta Spencer, Canadian Pugwash member and Editor, Peace Magazine, approving of Obama's Nobel prize. Obama's Promise
Making a promise is an act. Saying "I do" in a wedding binds you, changes your status. In that sense, Obama's Nobel prize is for his actions. But Obama does not control others' actions. Whether any political leader's actions are fulfilled cannot be determined just by him, but by the people. Obama has made the promises that we wanted the world's most powerful man to make. It is up to us -- the whole world -- to decide whether they will be fulfilled. I vote yes. And I thank the Nobel committee for recognizing Obama is a man whose pledge commits us to a higher course of action.
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Structuring Middle East Security |
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By Peter Jones, CPG member
Of all the world’s regions, only the Middle East lacks an inclusive mechanism for the promotion of regional cooperation and security. Europe has the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); Asia the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); the Western Hemisphere the Organisation of American States (OAS); Africa the African Union’ and so on. Not all of these regional systems are equally effective of course. But the lack of any such system in the Middle East is striking. Why does the Middle East stand outside this worldwide trend? Is it in the region’s interest to try to develop such a system? How could the first steps be taken towards such a goal, given the Middle East’s many rivalries and conflicts? [published November 27 in the IISS journal; Peter Jones (2009) Survival 51:6,105-122
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After only nine months in office, Barack Obama has made diplomacy, rather than war, the principal tool to achieve peace Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for giving the world "hope for a better future." By Douglas Roche, October 9, 2009 Read [doc] |
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