Amardo Rodriguez discusses the charge, raised in many mainstream media sources in the United States, that pacifism cannot be defended in the post 9/11 world. A new framework for communication is suggested - an ecology of communication - so as to broaden the scope of possibility amd allow for a

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes of the the achievements and challenges facing NATO and the UN in their Afghan mission.

Dumb, Stupid Animals to be Used Author: Kim Petersen Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 07/04/2007 Category: Book Review Home Front: The Government’s War on Soldiers By Rick Anderson (Clarity Press, 2004) ISBN: 0-932863-41-8 Rick Anderson, a reporter for Seattle Weekly, opens his book, Home Front: The Government’s

Planned Attack on Iran: Bush Will Expand War Before Blair Resigns Author: Michael Carmichael Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 01/30/2007 Category: Special Report The Editor-in-Chief of the Arab Times reports that a “reliable source” in Washington has provided detailed information about the forthcoming US hard-power attack on

Paul Clifford reflects on his recent visit to Gaza, remarking on the courage and creativity with which people face their daily hardships, the hospitality he received, and the dishearteningly entrenched nature of violence in the Middle East.

"I know that Obama's election has brought great hopes to peace-loving people in the United States. But for Afghans, Obama's military buildup will only bring more suffering and death to innocent civilians..." -- Afghan parliamentarian Malalai Joya

The Dark Ages: Media Literacy and Conflict in the Middle East Author: Karim El Mantawi Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 12/06/2007 Category: Essay II In this age of dish antennas and satellite broadcast, national boundaries are no longer firm barriers. Messages beam across the globe and bounce

Big Dreams, Small Hopes Author: Daniel Noah Moses Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 04/17/2007 Category: Comment Sayat Nova’s Song: The Big Dreams, Small Hopes Caucasus Tour                 Mercy on the old master building a bridge                 The passer-by may lay a stone to his foundation.                 I

This essay revisits the classical argument of democratic-peace in reference to more recent political events, including the US and UK led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and concludes that democracy in and of itself is an insufficient indicator of a given state's likelihood of engaging in war. The message of

Iraq in the Balance Author: Peter Krupa Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 06/09/2006 Category: Editorial Few people would disagree that George W. Bush’s stated goals in Iraq – spreading democracy and quelling the threat of Islamic extremism – are indeed worthwhile. What most of the world objects