International Journal on World Peace articles from March 2008

International Journal on World Peace archives from March 2008

What constitutes acceptable use of force?(FROM THE EDITOR)
March 1, 2008... "What Constitutes the Legitimate Use of Force?" is a thorny and much debated question in modern political theory and just war doctrine. Under what conditions is the use of force moral? When is it immoral? How much force is enough? What is...

Soldiers' moral responsibility in peace support operations.
March 1, 2008... If Belgian troops had stayed [in Rwanda] we could have saved hundreds of thousands of people. --Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt May, 2007 The most difficult scenes that I found was looking in the eyes where they would recognize...

Saint Peter sheathes his sword: the modern papacy's turn toward pacifism.
March 1, 2008... Since Pope Leo XIII's landmark encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891), modern Roman Catholic social teaching has been driven largely by innovative documents promulgated by the church's highest magisterial office. In the first half of the twentieth...

Why plans for a two-state solution in the Middle East have failed.
March 1, 2008... From the early United Nations plans for a two-state solution in the Middle East to the present, plans for a two-state solution have come up against immovable obstacles. The original UN plan for Israel would have led to a state that was...

National sovereignty through decentralization: a community-level approach.
March 1, 2008... It may initially seem a paradox that national-level governments are strengthened when they decentralize decisionmaking power by giving local communities (1) control over, or at least a decisive voice in, matters relating to their own...

Building cultures of peace in the world: one peace center at a time.
March 1, 2008... The world has become "out of balance," according to sociologist and peace researcher Elise Boulding (2002). Many societies throughout the world today presume that war and violent confrontation are necessary in order to resolve conflict. This is...

Building a New Afghanistan.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... BUILDING A NEW AFGHANISTAN Robert I. Rotberg, Editor Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C. and World Peace Foundation, Cambridge, MA, 2006 242 Pages; Paper; $18.95 This collection of essays by experts with substantial...

After the French Non.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... AFTER THE FRENCH NON Elizabeth Pond (ed.) Internationale Politik Transatlantic Edition, 6:3, Fall 2005 Berlin: DGAP 127 pages, paper, $9.95 The present volume is an edition of the quarterly Internationale Politik:...

Oil, Profits and Peace: Does Business Have a Role in Peacemaking?(Book review)
March 1, 2008... OIL, PROFITS AND PEACE: DOES BUSINESS HAVE A ROLE IN PEACEMAKING? Jill Shankleman Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2007 234 pages, paper, $35.00 In her book Oil, Profits, and Peace: Does Business Have a...

Making Whole What Has Been Smashed: on Reparation Politics.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... MAKING WHOLE WHAT HAS BEEN SMASHED: ON REPARATION POLITICS John C. Torpey Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2006 224 pages, hardcover, $36.50 Reparation politics is a vigorous theme of...

The Global Cold War.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... THE GLOBAL COLD WAR Odd Arne Westad Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007 484 Pages, cloth, $20.00 Most histories of the Cold War assume the origins of the conflict can be traced to events immediately after World War II....

Holy War, Just War: Exploring the Moral Meaning of Religious Violence.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... HOLY WAR, JUST WAR: EXPLORING THE MORAL MEANING OF RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE Lloyd Steffen Lanham Maryland, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007 301 pages, paper, $34.95 Holy War, Just War contributes to one of the critical...

Women Building Peace: What They Do, Why It Matters.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... WOMEN BUILDING PEACE: WHAT THEY DO, WHY IT MATTERS Sanam Naraghi Anderlini Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007 255 pages, paper, $22.00 On 31 October 2000, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted...

Grandmothers Counsel the World: Women Elders Offer Their Vision for Our Planet.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... GRANDMOTHERS COUNSEL THE WORLD: WOMEN ELDERS OFFER THEIR VISION FOR OUR PLANET Carol Schaefer Boston: Trumpeter, 2006 213 pages, paper, $18.95 In a world simultaneously pulsating with widespread violence and verdant dreams,...

Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE: JESUS, GLOBAL CRISES, AND A REVOLUTION OF HOPE Brian McLaren Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2007 327 pages, hardcover, $22.00 Time magazine named Brian McLaren one of the "25 Most Influential...