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

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

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

Thailand is encountering the problematic situation of military intervention and the return of absolute monarchy. Those incidents violate human security, particularly, political security.

Victoria Fontan reports from Occupy Fallujah.

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

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Though the combat phase of the war is over, the Korean peninsula is still without a lasting peace.

In this article, Shahbaz Israr Khan tells the story of how the student council of Gomal University was formed to mediate a conflict between two student societies, and eventually became a way for students to break down the barriers between them and play a meaningful role in the administration of

Andres Jimenez discusses the ongoing violence in Syria and the fallacy of conflict resolution through further violence. Jimenez argues that the increasing participation of regional and international powers makes Syria a focal point of larger conflicting interests, frustrating peace efforts; rather, the role of the international community should be to