Our Nuclear Future?
Seeking a solution to climate change, some environmentalists are now controversially advocating
nuclear power.
Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Rebuilding Society
Samantha Garcia discusses social and institutional mechanisms for post-conflict reconstruction, with an emphasis on the need for cooperation and coordination between UN programmes, and between the UN and regional organizations. In this way, the specificities of each post-conflict situation, and the wide range of challenges faced by conflict-affected communities and individuals can be most appropriately addressed.
Key Words: El Salavador, Peacekeeping, Post-Conflict Reconstruction.
Security and Economic Development: Masculinized Goals for Post-Conflict Reconstruction
The end of an armed conflict is the starting moment of a new period that creates space for transforming institutions, structures and relationships within society. In such historical moments the actors of peace negotiations and peace building processes have the window of chance and responsibility to create a new society based on gender equality. However, in what Cynthia Enloe calls“the morning after”, when the guns are silent, the persistent militarization and promotion of masculinity continue in postwar societies, in both the public and private sphere. This paper will attempt to track such political processes and identify the tools and factors contributing to militarization and masculinization in post conflict societies. Moreover, this paper will highlight reasons for failing to consolidate women’s gains deriving from their war-time experience and to promote gender equality in peace building processes.
How likely is conflict over the Nile waters?
Ferdinand Katendeko finds that pre-independence agreements by the then dominant Colonial power over the control of the vital Nile waters may lead to further conflict in conflict-torn Africa.
Nukes Worldwide: Disarmament, Iran, and New Military Doctrines
Jayantha Dhanapala, former Under Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs of the United Nations, says that there is a need for political solutions to resolve the nuclear proliferation in recent times.
Dhanapala is now the Secretary General of the Secretariat for Coordination of the Peace Process in Sri Lanka. He has also served as a Commissioner in UNSCOM and the Head of the Special Group visiting the Presidential Sites in Iraq in addition to his duties as Under-Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs.
In 2006 he will likely be Asia’s candidate for the post of the United Nations Secretary General.
Dhanapala feels passionately about disarmament. He spoke to Ravi R. Prasad at his office in Colombo.
Secrecy in the Security Council
Secrecy in the Security Council Author: Hamish Low Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 06/03/2008 Category: Essay II “Secrecy is a drug to which its practitioners become confirmed addicts.”[1] – William R. Frye Following World War II, representatives from 50 nations met in San Francisco to found the United Nations. One of the […]
The ‘Special Interests’ Destroying China’s Environment
In line with the correlate trend of environment and economy, China’s pollution reduction initiatives take a backseat to booming business. Increasing wealth remains centered in the cities, while pollution spreads rampantly into the countryside. What will China’s next step be to quell poor ecological stewardship?
Managing Wetland Ecosystems to Guarantee Water Security in Cameroon
Wetlands are an often misunderstood and underappreciated part of the ecological life support system upon which our economies and societies depend. In this article, Tazoacha Francis discusses the importance of managing Camaroon’s wetland resources wisely through raising public awareness and addressing issues of conflict and poverty.
Resolving the Boruca dam conflict in Costa Rica
This article summarizes the findings of a jont research project by UPEACE and Arcadia University. A full discussion of the project and findings will appear in the upcoming book Conlfict Resolution of the Boruca Hydro-Energy Project: Renewable Energy Production in a Costa
Rica published by The Continuum International Publishing Group in New York.
Water Security: War or Peace?
Keywords: water security, water war, water peace, virtual water