A recent U.S. Air Force proposal suggests militarizing space. But why even consider opening up this can of giant, planet-orbiting, laser-firing worms?
Bush Orders More CIA Activity in Venezuela Author: Eva Golinger Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 02/28/2007 Category: Special Report During a briefing before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Intelligence, current CIA chief General Michael V. Hayden revealed President George W. Bush had requested his
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- June 25, 2020
Barbwire City Upon a Hill: Fencing in the American People, Fencing out Cooperation Author: Maggie Schwalbach Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 11/09/2007 Category: Special Report II For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon
- June 25, 2020
Key words: youth violence – gangs – maras – anti-maras law – plan Mano Dura – sustainable peacebuilding – La Cordinadora
- June 25, 2020
Nation's First Referendum Expected to Decide Fate of U.S. Free-Trade Pact
- June 25, 2020
After 30 years, a tribunal has finally been established to bring some of those responsible for the Khmer Rouge attrocities to justice. As Sopheada Phy demonstrates, however, the limited scope and poor design of this tribunal will ensure that the justice served will be superficial at best, as many of
- June 24, 2020
The Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement is near completion. It has been ratified by all parties except for Costa Rica, who most analysts agree is likely to sign the agreement sooner or later. Meanwhile, a ferocious debate has sprung up of the future affects of this agreement, and both
- June 24, 2020
A summit on global education at Georgetown University last month made its audience realize both the centrality and the responsibility of the US government to foster sustainable globalization. May we all take that to heart, and pass it along to others.
- June 24, 2020
Nuclear weapons could not proliferate if they did not exist. Because they do, they will. The policy implication of this logic is that the best guarantee of nuclear nonproliferation is nuclear disarmament through a nuclear weapons convention that bans the possession, acquisition, testing and use of nuclear weapons, by everyone. This would solve the
- June 24, 2020
Nuclear Dangers and Challenges to a New Nuclear Policy Author: David Krieger Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 01/04/2008 Category: Policy It is worthwhile asking the question: What are nuclear weapons? In some respects the answer to this question may seem obvious, but this is not necessarily the
- June 23, 2020
