Recently added articles from International Journal on World Peace:
What constitutes acceptable use of force?(FROM THE EDITOR)
Mar 01, 2008; Anderson, Gordon L. ... "What Constitutes the Legitimate Use of Force?" is a thorny and much debated question in modern political theory and just war doctrine. Under what conditions is the use of force moral? When is it immoral? How much force is enough? What is excessive use of force? Do some types of ...
Soldiers' moral responsibility in peace support operations.
Mar 01, 2008; Tripodi, Paolo ... <Pre> If Belgian troops had stayed [in Rwanda] we could have saved hundreds of thousands of people. --Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt May, 2007 The most difficult scenes that I found was looking in the eyes where they would recognize the blue beret and they would be ...
Saint Peter sheathes his sword: the modern papacy's turn toward pacifism.
Mar 01, 2008; Huff, Peter A. ... Since Pope Leo XIII's landmark encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891), modern Roman Catholic social teaching has been driven largely by innovative documents promulgated by the church's highest magisterial office. In the first half of the twentieth century, papal social teaching focused primarily ...
Why plans for a two-state solution in the Middle East have failed.
Mar 01, 2008; Kaplan, Morton A. ... From the early United Nations plans for a two-state solution in the Middle East to the present, plans for a two-state solution have come up against immovable obstacles. The original UN plan for Israel would have led to a state that was indefensible in a hostile environment. The plan for a ...
National sovereignty through decentralization: a community-level approach.
Mar 01, 2008; Ben-Meir, Yossef ... It may initially seem a paradox that national-level governments are strengthened when they decentralize decisionmaking power by giving local communities (1) control over, or at least a decisive voice in, matters relating to their own development. (2) After all, how can national sovereignty ...
Building cultures of peace in the world: one peace center at a time.
Mar 01, 2008; Reber-Rider, Lisa ... The world has become "out of balance," according to sociologist and peace researcher Elise Boulding (2002). Many societies throughout the world today presume that war and violent confrontation are necessary in order to resolve conflict. This is simply not true. We need not allow the ...
Building a New Afghanistan.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Martin, Eric C. ... BUILDING A NEW AFGHANISTAN Robert I. Rotberg, Editor Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C. and World Peace Foundation, Cambridge, MA, 2006 242 Pages; Paper; $18.95 This collection of essays by experts with substantial reform experience ...
After the French Non.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Allerkamp, Doreen K. ... AFTER THE FRENCH NON Elizabeth Pond (ed.) Internationale Politik Transatlantic Edition, 6:3, Fall 2005 Berlin: DGAP 127 pages, paper, $9.95 The present volume is an edition of the quarterly Internationale Politik: Transatlantic ...
Oil, Profits and Peace: Does Business Have a Role in Peacemaking?(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Burgess, Ryan ... OIL, PROFITS AND PEACE: DOES BUSINESS HAVE A ROLE IN PEACEMAKING? Jill Shankleman Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2007 234 pages, paper, $35.00 In her book Oil, Profits, and Peace: Does Business Have a Role in ...
Making Whole What Has Been Smashed: on Reparation Politics.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Keskin, Aysegul ... MAKING WHOLE WHAT HAS BEEN SMASHED: ON REPARATION POLITICS John C. Torpey Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2006 224 pages, hardcover, $36.50 Reparation politics is a vigorous theme of the post-conflict ...
The Global Cold War.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Hill, Walter ... THE GLOBAL COLD WAR Odd Arne Westad Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007 484 Pages, cloth, $20.00 Most histories of the Cold War assume the origins of the conflict can be traced to events immediately after World War II. Typically the ...
Holy War, Just War: Exploring the Moral Meaning of Religious Violence.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Roberts, David B. ... HOLY WAR, JUST WAR: EXPLORING THE MORAL MEANING OF RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE Lloyd Steffen Lanham Maryland, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007 301 pages, paper, $34.95 Holy War, Just War contributes to one of the critical questions of the new ...
Women Building Peace: What They Do, Why It Matters.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Ramsey-Marshall, Donna ... WOMEN BUILDING PEACE: WHAT THEY DO, WHY IT MATTERS Sanam Naraghi Anderlini Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007 255 pages, paper, $22.00 On 31 October 2000, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, ...
Grandmothers Counsel the World: Women Elders Offer Their Vision for Our Planet.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Anders, Tisa M. ... GRANDMOTHERS COUNSEL THE WORLD: WOMEN ELDERS OFFER THEIR VISION FOR OUR PLANET Carol Schaefer Boston: Trumpeter, 2006 213 pages, paper, $18.95 In a world simultaneously pulsating with widespread violence and verdant dreams, Carol Schaefer's ...
Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; Sniegocki, John ... EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE: JESUS, GLOBAL CRISES, AND A REVOLUTION OF HOPE Brian McLaren Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2007 327 pages, hardcover, $22.00 Time magazine named Brian McLaren one of the "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America" in ...