International Journal on World Peace articles from March 2006

International Journal on World Peace archives from March 2006

The International Criminal Court in world politics.
March 1, 2006... The article discusses the importance of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a recently established intergovernmental organization to address the most heinous crimes. This organization is first evaluated with respect to its impact on the...

Peacebuilding in Belfast: urban governance in polarized societies.(Northern Ireland Executive)
March 1, 2006... Urban planners can partially direct conflict, toward either resolution or escalation. The British-controlled Northern Ireland Executive (NIE) has enacted urban policies intended to be impartial and inoffensive to either community. But, in doing...

The idea of the nation-state is an obstacle to peace.(Viewpoint essay)
March 1, 2006... In general discussion, a nation-state is variously called a "country," a "nation," or a "state." But technically, it is a specific form of state (a political entity on a territory) that governs a nation (a cultural entity), and which derives...

The Darfur peace agreement is not peace.(Viewpoint essay)
March 1, 2006... The May 5, 2006 peace agreement on Darfur signed in Abuja, Nigeria, between part of the largest of the insurgencies and the representatives of the Government of Sudan was welcomed by many as a step toward real peace in the troubled area of...

The normative approach to nuclear proliferation.(Viewpoint essay)
March 1, 2006... The psychological and sociological approach to nuclear proliferation sees posession of nuclear weapons as providing an important normative symbol of state identity and modernity. During the 1970s, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali...

Nation-Building: A Key Concept for Peaceful Conflict Transformation?(Book review)
March 1, 2006... NATION-BUILDING: A KEY CONCEPT FOR PEACEFUL CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION? Jochen Hippler, ed. London: Pluto Press, 2005 202 pages, paper, $32.50. Having worked on nation-building approaches in the mid 1950s in the USA, I looked...