Ploughshares Monitor articles from December 2001

Ploughshares Monitor archives from December 2001

Toward a Convention on International Arms Transfers.(mission of the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress)
December 1, 2001... The line between licit and illicit arms deals is often so thin as to be invisible. We must begin to ask ourselves what is more important legalistic definitions or principles? When civilians are massacred by a paramilitary member, rebel group,...

Nuclear Terrorism: While the reality of a nuclear terrorist threat is much clearer in the wake of September 11 much can be done to prevent terrorists from using weapons of mass destruction.
December 1, 2001... Speaking frankly to the UN General Assembly on 1 October 2001, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, "It is hard to imagine how the tragedy of 11 September could have been worse. Yet, the truth is that a single attack involving a nuclear or...

Wilson's Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century.
December 1, 2001... Wilson's Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century by Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight Public Affairs, 2001, ISBN 1891620894, 288 pp, $24.00 (US). The ghost of Woodrow Wilson, whose presidency...

A new Marshall Plan? Advancing human security and controlling terrorism.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... What do you think of this advice from a senior US military officer and statesman about how the people of the United States should deal with a part of the world torn by war, poverty, disease, and hunger: "...it is of vast importance that our...

Ranking Canada's military contractors. (Spotlight On Canadian Military Exports).(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... During 2000 the Diesel Division of General Motors of Canada retained its position for the fourth successive year as the largest military contractor in Canada. The London, Ontario-based company, now the senior partner in the GM Defence...

The UN and a small arms program of action: measuring success.(United Nations conference outcomes)
December 1, 2001... NGOs involved in the UN Conference on "The Illicit Trade In Small Arms and Light Weapons In All Its Aspects" generally had only modest expectations for it. There were major divisions among states going in. Sub-Saharan African states were...

2001 IRG conference report: peace and security in the Horn of Africa.(International Resource Group convened by Project Ploughshares and Africa Peace Forum)
December 1, 2001... Decades-long interrelated wars in the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda) have caused extraordinary human suffering. These conflicts have left millions of people dead, maimed, displaced, or living as...

"Precious but fleeting": Report on the November 2001 Conference on Facilitating the Entry-Into-Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Middle-power countries must bear down on the US and the other hold-outs to make the CTBT a reality. Overshadowed by continuing UN action to combat terrorism following the September 11 attacks, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)...

Ploughshares community groups. (Network News).(events, awards)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... On November 17 Ploughshares Niagara joined with other groups in the St. Catharines area in a Peace Rally and Walk, one of the cross-Canada peace events held that day in response to the September 11 tragedy and the war in Afghanistan....

Staff activities. (Network News).(Project Ploughshares work)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... We are pleased to announce that Sarah Estabrooks has joined the staff of Project Ploughshares as a Program Associate. Sarah is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick (BA History and English) and the University of Toronto (MA History)....