International Journal on World Peace articles from September 2008

International Journal on World Peace archives from September 2008

The role of diasporas in world peace.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
September 1, 2008... Globalization of the world's economy and the migrations of people for political and economic reasons has caused a collision of cultures within nearly every country. While vast empires have historically been more pluralistic as they contain...

Diasporas as peacemakers: third party mediation in homeland conflicts.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Most recent violent conflicts are intrastate conflicts, and a majority are deterritorialized through the involvement of diaspora groups. Much existing research criticizes diaspora communities for financing war efforts, promoting extremism, and...

The influence of the Greek diaspora on Greece and the United States.(Report)
September 1, 2008... From the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century, Greeks in large numbers left Greece to come to the United States. The numerous obstacles placed before them did not deter many of them from achieving success. Their success in the...

Commentary on India's soft power and Diaspora.
September 1, 2008... India has a tradition of ancient wisdom and spirituality and now is surging in the field of economics and military capability, but it has failed to win back its lost glory, and is often thought to be backward. India has not adequately utilized...

A memorial tribute to Dr. Andrzej Werner, founder-president of the Jean de Bloch Society (Warsaw).(In memoriam)
September 1, 2008... It is with great sadness and a deep sense of loss that we learnt of the death of Dr. Andrzej Werner on 29th October 2007 in Warsaw in a road accident. He was not only a contributor to this Journal but, for several years, from 1985 until...

Bibliography of Jan Bloch's writings on War and Peace (supplement).(Bibliography)
September 1, 2008... A. BOOKS 1. Modern Weapons and Modern War. Being an Abridgment of "The War of the Future in its Technical, Economic and Political Relations." London, Grant Richards [2nd ed.], February 1900, 380 pp. + CXI pp. (Includes 'Preface to Second...

The international law of war and America's war on terrorism.
September 1, 2008... The events of 9/11 perpetrated by A1 Qaeda, a non-state actor, and the subsequent capture of "terrorists" by U.S. forces and detention in Guantanamo, raises questions about how international law should function in such cases. This article...

Where is the Lone Ranger when we need him? America's search for a postconflict stability force.(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Robert M. Perito United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington, D.C. 2004 400 pages, Notes, Index In the wake of current developments in Kosovo, Robert Perito's work on an American post-conflict stability force merits another...

The Revolution: a manifesto.(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Ron Paul New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2008 pp. xii + 173, bibliography, hardcover, $21.00 The Revolution was written by Ron Paul, U.S. Congressman from Texas, in the midst of his campaign for U.S. President in 2008. Paul...

Fortifying Pakistan: The role of U.S. Internal Security Assistance.(Book review)
September 1, 2008... C. Christine Fair and Peter Chalk Washington, D.C., United States Institute of Peace Press, 2006 ISBN: 978-1-929223-88-6, 165 pages, paper, $14.95 This text by C. Christine Fair and Peter Chalk is useful in understanding the...

Can Might Make Rights?: Building the Rule of Law after Military Interventions.(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Jane Stromseth, David Wippman, and Rosa Brooks New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006 424 pages, cloth, $84.00 This is a timely and thought-provoking handbook of current wisdom about a complex and perhaps irresolvable problem:...