Ploughshares Monitor articles from March 2004

Ploughshares Monitor archives from March 2004

Canadian defence policy framework.
March 22, 2004... Over the next months and years Canadian defence policy will be the focus of extensive public debate, facilitated by, but not confined to, the formal defence review now underway. Military procurement decisions, the decision on ballistic missile...

Book notice.
March 22, 2004... Just the Facts: The Arms Trade by Richard Bingley, Heinemann Library, 2003, ISBN 0431161518, Paperback, 7.50 [pounds sterling]. For information on how to purchase, contact www.heinemann.co.uk/library. Aimed at teenagers between 13 and 15,...

Humanitarian intervention or human protection?
March 22, 2004... The responsibility to protect endangered populations has figured prominently on the agenda of the World Council of Churches (WCC) for the last 10 years. So, this paper approaches the subject from the basis of a long tradition of ecumenical...

Ploughshares moves! (Part 2).
March 22, 2004... In the summer of 2002 Project Ploughshares moved into temporary quarters at 57 Erb Street West in Waterloo. In January 2004 we finally moved into what we hope will be our permanent offices in the building, now the home of the Centre for...

Sovereignty as the responsibility to prevent, protect, and rebuild.
March 22, 2004... Perhaps because of Canada's traditional openness to international engagement, our strong belief in the rule of law in international relations, and the importance we accord to international institutions, we have been more inclined than many to...

The global partnership for the prevention of armed conflict.
March 22, 2004... In 2005, representatives of organizations from around the world will gather at the UN headquarters in New York to discuss civil society roles in conflict prevention. The international conference will be the culmination of a multi-year process...

Two strategies to counter proliferation.
March 22, 2004... In the past year, reports of undisclosed uranium enrichment efforts by Iran; negotiations with Libya to end its nuclear weapons developments; and the disclosure of a nuclear proliferation network headed by Pakistan's chief nuclear scientist...

Shake Hands With the Devil: the Failure of Humanity in Rwanda.
March 22, 2004... Shake Hands With the Devil: the Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, by Romeo Dallaire, Random House of Canada, Toronto, 2003, ISBN 0679311718, Hardcover, $39.95. This first-hand account of the genocide by the man who led the UN mission is a...

The Nobel Peace Lecture for 2003.
March 22, 2004... In the name of the God of Creation and Wisdom Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Honourable Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I feel extremely honoured that today my voice is reaching the...

BMD, NORAD, and Canada-US security relations.
March 22, 2004... Ever since the Government announced that it was pursuing ballistic missile defence (BMD) discussions with the United States, the Department of National Defence has made it clear that it wants the US to place responsibility for command and...

Rogue states: nuclear red-herrings.
March 22, 2004... For all the talk about rogue states acquiring nuclear weapons to threaten the United States, and all the heated debate about the United States developing mini-nukes and bunker busters to keep the rogues at bay, America's nuclear weapons...

Order of Canada awarded to Ernie Regehr.
March 22, 2004... Ernie Regehr has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada by the Governor General, the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson. The citation reads: His is one of Canada's most prominent and respected voices on international disarmament...