All new articles posted on www.WagingPeace.org http://www.wagingpeace.org/menu/resources/archives/2009.htm http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:38:54 -0800 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:38:52 -0800 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com The U.S. reliance on attack drones to engage in targeted killing, especially in third countries (Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, Pakistan) has raised controversial international law issues of sovereign rights in interaction with lethal acts of war, especially those far removed from the zone of live combat. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/db_article.php?article_id=328 36F3E5E6-27DB-4DE6-96E6-3C81797DB696 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:38:08 -0800 Conservative politicians often portray the United Nations as a powerful monster, poised to gobble up the United States and other countries and put them under alien rule. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/db_article.php?article_id=329 52C94305-FFF5-459D-9CD6-A20BD2BAF954 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:37:28 -0800 Most people justify their complacency about the world’s 20,000 nuclear weapons by noting that the Cold War is over. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/db_article.php?article_id=330 A572CAD1-4269-4354-854A-076F669601AE Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:37:04 -0800 Richard Falk examines the possibilities of achieving a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in the Middle East. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/db_article.php?article_id=327 678F3E71-4C1E-4725-8630-681576510FA2 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:50:27 -0800 An open letter by Alfred Marder. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/pdfs/2012_01_31_menwfz_open_letter.pdf AD4E7CF5-CBCE-4927-A6F1-92090C5DB795 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:49:58 -0800 Russia’s relations with the USA and NATO in the missile defence area have a long and complicated history. I remember that when US President Barack Obama revised his predecessor’s plans to build a missile defence system in Europe in September 2009, we welcomed this as a positive step. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/db_article.php?article_id=322 F5B70222-9162-4076-AFA8-6CE62208EA1A Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:59:40 -0800 Did the General consider for a moment the effect his words were having on the Ambassadors and the other non-US participants in the meeting? His astonishing disregard for the effect of such provocative war talk on our fellow earth mates seems to be a major failure of our "tin ear" foreign policy. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/db_article.php?article_id=323 E1B8929B-3C1E-4465-A1D9-97E59B7208E1 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:58:53 -0800 It was decided in Washington by someone wearing a suit and tie, perhaps suspenders, perhaps a bowtie. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/db_article.php?article_id=324 827F67BB-1FB6-4613-8E60-805FAA136060 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:58:20 -0800 In the aftermath of the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), has become increasingly powerful. It was created in 1949 as an alliance of Western military forces to protect against the perceived military threat posed by the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc countries. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/db_article.php?article_id=321 FA81352C-D942-49D0-BA98-F6C4163070F8 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:57:51 -0800 May we embrace peace with justice. May we speak for it and stand for it. May we make our voices heard and our presence felt. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/db_article.php?article_id=318 C7603BF8-316B-4D8A-8390-9BCAEBE2494B Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:57:17 -0800