International Journal on World Peace articles from December 2005

International Journal on World Peace archives from December 2005

Empowering the human security debate: making it coherent and meaningful.
December 1, 2005... Despite ongoing realist entrenchment in and domination of a still relatively narrow conceptualisation of "security," an increasingly recognised school of thought has attempted to redefine the security referent from the State/soldiery to the...

Human development and human security in Eurasia.
December 1, 2005... The author provides a comprehensive and forward looking overview of human development and human security in Eurasia, arguing that these two dimensions of government policy are inextricably related to peace. A key point in good governance is...

A conspiracy theory of America's Mideast policy.(COMMENTARY)
December 1, 2005... Professor Kaplan uses an article published in the London Review of Books to launch a complaint against simplistic and conspiratorial views of American policy in Iraq and elsewhere. Such views are not only misleading and unhelpful, but often...

Postconflict Development: Meeting New Challenges.(Book review)
December 1, 2005... POSTCONFLICT DEVELOPMENT: MEETING NEW CHALLENGES Gerd Junne and Willemijn Verkoren, Editors Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005 326 pages, paper, $25.00 At a recent nonviolence training, I led a brainstorming...