Ploughshares Monitor articles from September 2002

Ploughshares Monitor archives from September 2002

Opposing weapons in space: coordinating the various voices of opposition will be the only wag to block US plans to weaponize space.
September 22, 2002... Throughout the winter of 1958, American President Dwight Eisenhower engaged in an exchange with Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin, debating the future of outer space. Their discussion followed the October 1957 launch of the...

Canada's connections to nuclear weapons: as recently as the mid-1980s, secret agreements reportedly existed to permit the dispersal of armed US bombers to Canadian airfields during crisis or wartime.
September 22, 2002... While the Canadian government condemns any reliance on nuclear weapons by non-allied countries, it continues to treat those same weapons as a useful -- even necessary -- element of Canada's defences and those of its allies. This article...

Sierra Leone: A peacebuilding success story?
September 22, 2002... For peace to last, the Sierra Leonean government and its international backers must focus on alleviating economic inequality and poverty, and providing viable income-generating opportunities. Much progress has been made towards building an...

A Delicate Balance: What Philosophy Can Tell Us About Terrorism. (Book Notice).
September 22, 2002... A Delicate Balance: What Philosophy Can Tell Us About Terrorism by Trudy Govier, Westview Press, 2002, ISBN 0-8133-6585-6, 192 pp., $30.95 (Cdn). Information on ordering can be found at http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com (go to Westview Press)....

The emerging campaign against cluster bombs and explosive remnants of war.
September 22, 2002... The Ottawa Treaty has an influence beyond antipersonnel mines. Failed cluster bombs and a whole range of other battlefield detritus are newly unacceptable. Peter Herby, a legal specialist with the International Committee of the Red Cross...

A call by the ecumenical community against war in Iraq.
September 22, 2002... September 25, 2002 The Right Honourable Jean Chretien Prime Minister of Canada House of Commons Ottawa, Canada K1A 0A2 Dear Prime Minister Chretien: In these past months and weeks, strong momentum has been built up...

Demobilizing the war machines: The role of the UN and NGOs.
September 22, 2002... The goal is not to put people in the defence business out of work, but to give them more productive and meaningful jobs. The powerful message of defence conversion is this: disarmament pays. These remarks by the Under-Secretary-General for...

Selected Canadian military export contracts reported during 2001. (Spotlight on Canadian Military Exports).
September 22, 2002... SPOTLIGHT ON CANADIAN MILITARY EXPORTS Selected canadian military export contracts reported during 2001 Overseas (non-US) City/ Supplier(s) Province Acro Aerospace Richmond, BC...

Fragile Peace: State Failure, Violence and Development in Crisis Regions. (Book Notice).
September 22, 2002... Fragile Peace: State Failure, Violence and Development in Crisis Regions, Ed. Tobias Debiel with Axel Klein, Zed Books, 2002, 256 pp, HbISBN 1 84277 170 1 US$65.00, PbISBN 1 84277 171 X US$22.50, available from...

The business of war: policy on conflict trade is hobbled by a drugs and thugs control agenda which tends to obscure the broader complicity of Western economies and companies.
September 22, 2002... Partly as a consequence of globalisation and partly as a result of the decline of superpower military aid, actors in contemporary conflicts are increasingly utilising connections to the local and global economy to generate wealth and fund arms...

Covert Entry: Spies, Lies and Crimes inside Canada's Secret Service. (Book Notice).
September 22, 2002... Covert Entry: Spies, Lies and Crimes inside Canada's Secret Service by Andrew Mitrovica, Random House of Canada, 2002, ISBN 0-67931116-5, $35.95 (cloth). Covert Entry is an unprecedented look at the inner workings of Canada's domestic...

Network news.
September 22, 2002... Ploughshares community groups In May, Ploughshares Calgary organized a seminar on Ending Terrorism: What Can 68 Countries Do? as part of the Canadian government's series of forums related to the G8 Kananaskis summit In October Ploughshares...