Business as Usual Now, Disarmament Perhaps Later
Our nuclear issue kicks off with René Wadlow‘s overview of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference at the UN in May.
Nuclear Spring: Interview with Jayantha Dhanapala
Aside from the Non-Proliferation Treaty, New START and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty are coming up for ratification. Will Barack Obama meet his own nuclear-free goals? Metta Spencer discusses these issues with Jayantha Dhanapala, former UN Under-Secretary-General and current Pugwash president.
Big Power Sanctions versus Middle Power Diplomacy for Iran
Brazil and Turkey came up with a workable solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis. Why, then, did the big nuclear powers ignore the deal for yet another round of sanctions? Rajan Philips explains what was at stake.
The Steps and Stages of Genocide
Genocide is not an accident. Rather, it is premeditated and follow recognizable patterns. Alan Whitehorn outlines the stages.
Harper’s G20 Agenda or the World’s?
We go to press as the G8 and G20 summits take place in Huntsville and Toronto. The global financial crisis will dominate the discussions, but the G20 (in particular) should be broadening, rather than narrowing, its scope, as Steacy Henry observes.
Now or Never for the Arab Peace Initiative
Despite the huge setbacks represented by the Gaza flotilla raid, there is at least one plan on the table which could lead to a comprehensive Middle East settlement. Alon Ben-Meir guides us through the Arab Peace Initiative.
A European “Call for Reason”
European Jewish thinkers and political figures, some of them with impeccable pro-Israel credentials, have called for an end to the settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Joan Montgomerie reports on this latest initiative.
Reviews: Michael Byers, Who Owns the Arctic?, reviewed by Adele Buckley; Lucia Kowaluk, Lyle Stewart, and Steven Staples, Afghanistan & Canada, and Greg Mortensen, Stones into Schools, reviewed by Subir Guin; Ronald Wright, What is America?, reviewed by Ron Shirtliff; Howard Clark, People Power, reviewed by Ken Simons.
Newsworthy: The Crime of Aggression; Palestinian Unarmed Protest; Amnesty Report on Iran
The Peace Crossword: July 2010 puzzle in Litsoft. puz format
