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An Alternative to Imperialist Wars

War or Peace / War and Peace

by James Petras

Brussels (Belgium) | 2 December 2005

In a magistral contribution for the Axis for Peace conference 2005, Professor James Petras analyses the contradictions of the United-States’ imperialist system. He underlines the manipulation of the UN and International law by the great powers, describes the blind rush forward of civil (...)

“Iran: restoring trust”

by Jack Straw, Javier Solana , Joschka Fischer , Philippe Douste-Blazy, Luis David Obando López

26 October 2005

All governments agree that it’s necessary to put an end to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. To respect the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is an obligation. Two years ago, Iran recognized before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it was creating the infrastructure for the (...)

“The Turtle Bay Tea Party”

by Claudia Rosett

6 July 2005

Since the moment the United States threatened with not giving more funds to the UN, Kofi Annan began to speak in favor of the reform. He already did it in 1997 and in 2002. Nowadays, Mr. Annan expresses his opinions in the media through articles written by his great team of public relations (...)

“United We Stand”

by Kofi Annan

6 July 2005

We are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Chart in 1945 in the middle of a huge debate on the “reform” of the organization. For 60 years, the Americans, conservative and liberals, have expected too much form the UN and those expectations have not been met. (...)

“Asia’s Democratic Values”

by Francis Fukuyama

20 June 2005

When Suharto lies on its deathbed and its successor in Indonesia is visiting Washington, it is interesting to observe the changes in the Far East since 1967. That year, the United States fought in Viet Nam, China carried out its Cultural Revolution, Suharto ascended to power fighting against (...)

“Bush country”

by Fouad Ajami

6 June 2005

Sometime ago, a Kuwaiti trader told me that George W. Bush has “created a tsunami in this region.” This man was tired of waiting for an internal reform, he wanted the situation to be changed and if foreign assistance was necessary, so be it. A Jordanian friend told me what was happening today (...)

“Our Insular Media”

by Claudia Rosett

20 May 2005

The retraction by Newsweek has reopened the debate on practices of the American press and its uses of news sources. This focus, however, blurs the true question: why did Muslims, offended by an American magazine’s reporting - true or false, react with riots that ended in bloodshed? Before (...)

“John Bolton vs. the Moral Cowards”

by Otto Reich

3 May 2005

The audiences of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Commission in relation to John Bolton’s nomination as U.S. ambassador to the UN allow to unmask the campaign driven to bring him into disrepute. These audiences also show the need to amend the confirmation process of the Senate’s nominations - an (...)

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