Arab Media Freedom and 7,000 Dead Chickens
Media freedom is virtually non-existent in the Arab World where freedom in the conventional sense is itself a mirage. But media freedom is now worth a story as things are changing, albeit slowly. The snail-paced changes being witnessed in the media scene, especially in the Arabian Gulf states where Sheikhdoms have made sure no free media existed, is interesting to watch
Arabic Awakening: Human Dignity and Democracy in Question
A new order is taking shape from North Africa to the Middle East; but as the dust settles down, will the quest for human dignity and democracy continue? Patrick Mugo Mugo analyzes what kind of governance system will win the hearts and minds of millions of the Arabic people: a Western based concept, or Turkish, Korean, Bangladesh or Indonesian models?
Iran Nuke Redux
Iran Nuke Redux Author: Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 04/05/2006 Category: Letters Dear Monitor, Shoji Sawada a physicist and a survivor of Hiroshima atomic bombing recently made a ‘Call for the swift abolition of nuclear weapons’. In his open letter to the people and governments of the world, he writes of the […]
Bin Laden is Dead: Unofficial. Or is it?
Bin Laden is Dead: Unofficial. Or is it? Author: Simon Stander, Editor Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 04/28/2003 Category: Editorial As early as December 2001, the president of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, said he thought Bin Laden was dead. He said that Bin Laden had most likely been killed in the caves of […]
Interview with Mary King
ASHOK PATNAIK, a journalist working mostly on the Indian sub-continent, questions Professor Mary King, peace activist, academic, authority on non-violence and author of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr: The Power of Nonviolent Action, which is about to be reissued in India and elsewhere. Professor Mary King is currently professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at UPEACE where, amongst other duties, she advises the Rector on the development of the Africa programme.
Military Intervention and the Return of Absolute Monarchy: an Impediment to Political Security in Thailand
Thailand is encountering the problematic situation of military intervention and the return of absolute monarchy. Those incidents violate human security, particularly, political security.
The “Other” Occupy
Victoria Fontan reports from Occupy Fallujah.
Shame is for Sissies
Shame is for Sissies Author: Peter Krupa Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 05/12/2005 A curious individual in the Washington, D.C., lobbying scene was posthumously thrust into the news spotlight this month by his obituary in the Washington Post. Humanitarian crusader? Conflict mediator? Unsung hero in a sea of ugliness? Far […]
One Billion Rising, and more
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On the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice agreement
Though the combat phase of the war is over, the Korean peninsula is still without a lasting peace.