International Journal on World Peace articles from March 2005

International Journal on World Peace archives from March 2005

Promoting democracy won't necessarily produce peace.
March 1, 2005... President Bush joined a long list of American presidents when he said that promoting freedom would produce peace in his second inaugural address. While there is a lot of merit to democratic peace theory, it contains problems that deserve...

Promoting democracy won't necessarily produce peace.(COMMENTARY)(President Bush's Second Inaugural Address)
March 1, 2005... It has often been said that "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." While many people accuse President Bush of secret motives for the invasion of Iraq--from pressure from oil companies to conspiracy with Israel--most people believe...

Middle East reform initiatives: a stage-theory perspective.(Greater Middle East Initiative (GMEI) )
March 1, 2005... The United States as well as the EU has proposed a number of reform initiatives that would hopefully lead to a more prosperous, democratic Middle East. In general these proposals have been met with little enthusiasm in the region. In part this...

Middle East reform initiatives: a stage-theory perspective.(COMMENTARY)(Robert Looney's stage theory analysis on the Iraq situation)
March 1, 2005... Before commenting on Robert Looney's very valuable stage theory analysis of the Iraq situation, I wish to commend his understanding of the idealistic motivation of the attack on Saddam. The Bush administration wished to solve a very unstable...

The way out of Iraq: decentralizing the Iraqi government.
March 1, 2005... The reasons for the violence in Iraq are the foreign occupation by a superpower and fear of one group getting control of the central government and oppressing the others. A U.S.-style federation probably will not work in countries that...

America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... AMERICA BEYOND CAPITALISM: RECLAIMING OUR WEALTH, OUR LIBERTY, AND OUR DEMOCRACY Gar Alperovitz Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, 2005 320 pages, with index and notes. $24.95 hardcover Gar Alperovitz provides a...

Unspeakable Truths: Facing the Challenge of Truth Commissions.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... UNSPEAKABLE TRUTHS: FACING THE CHALLENGE OF TRUTH COMMISSIONS Priscilla B. Hayner New York: Routledge, 2002 [paperback], 2001 304 pages, paper $21.95, cloth $29.95 I recently discovered a Truth and Reconciliation Commission...

Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... HEALING THE WOUNDS: ESSAYS ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SOCIETIES AFTER WAR Ed. Marie-Claire Foblets and Trutz von Trotha Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing, 2004 271 pages, $44.00, paper This collection of essays by various hands,...