International Journal on World Peace articles from September 2000

International Journal on World Peace archives from September 2000

THE BLESSINGS AND CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION.
September 1, 2000... Mr. Griswold argues that globalization is responsible for economic growth by providing several catalysts. Additionally, globalization alleviates poverty and has the effect of extending life expectancy and reducing infant mortality. Critics of...

FREE MARKETS AND FREE SOCIETIES.
September 1, 2000... Mr. Groombridge brings a new perspective to the hypothesized relationship between capitalism (free markets) and democracy (free society). Following a discussion of the uses and problems associated with earlier regime typologies, Groombridge...

THE MULTILATERALS.
September 1, 2000... In "The Multilaterals" Mr. Quinlivan develops the argument that free trade will lead to significant social and economic benefits for all the parties involved. This is contrasted with previous efforts of government sponsored multilateral 'aid'...

CHILE.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... There are hopeful signs that steps continue towards a return to full democracy in Chile. The question of the "disappeared," daring to the time of General Pinocher's dictatorship from 1973-90, may be partially resolved through an agreement...

KOREA.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The steps taken toward a reconciliation of North and South Korea continue to be slow and halting. The euphoria of the summit meeting in June has given way to the realities of the intransigence that has marked the conflict between the North and...

ZIMBABWE AND UGANDA.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Robert Mugabe and his party, ZANU-PF, narrowly won a contested election that was marked by extensive intimidation of the opposition by government supported gangs and local police. The focus of the intimidation was the Movement for Democratic...

CHECHNYA.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Despite Russian statements to the contrary, the war drags on, albeit at reduced levels of violence. In an effort to win the peace, President Putin of Russia has appointed Chechnya's Muslim spiritual leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, to also lead the...

KASHMIR.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The Indian government's latest attempt at bringing peace to Kashmir has taken the form of an overture to a group of secessionist parties offering increased autonomy in exchange for an acceptance of Indian rule. The move politically undermined...

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... A major effort to bring the Palestinians and Israelis together at Camp David, sponsored by President Clinton, ends in failure though some proponents of a peaceful resolution to the conflict claim that the concessions made there (even though the...

UNITED NATIONS.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... On April 3, 2000 UN Secretary General Kofi Anan delivered his "We the Peoples" statement calling for reflection on the nature and mission of the UN in the 21st Century in its Millennium Assembly. Over 90 meetings were held by different...

CAMBODIA REBORN? THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT.(Review)
September 1, 2000... Grant Curtis Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C. and The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, 1998 pp. xi-xiii, +224, paper $16.95, cloth $39.95 This book is a concise and well organized account...

ETHNICITY AND INTRA-STATE CONFLICTS: TYPES, CAUSES AND PEACE STRATEGIES.(Review)
September 1, 2000... Hakan Wiberg and Christian Scherrer, eds. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 1999 344 pp., cloth $74.95 As Christian Scherrer notes in his important essay, "Towards a Comprehensive Analysis of Ethnicity and Mass Violence," The task of...

THE UNVEILING OF THE NATIONAL ICONS: A PLEA FOR PATRIOTIC ICONOCLASM IN A NATIONALIST ERA.(Review)
September 1, 2000... Albert Boime Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998 pp. 427, cloth $59.95 In his book Lies My Teacher Told Me, James Loewen exposed the denials and other distortions littering (and dulling) US history textbooks. His recent...