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" War in our time : "
Ramesh Thakur.
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BL
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1025367
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b779737
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Thakur, Ramesh,1948-
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War in our time : : reflections on Iraq, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction /\ Ramesh Thakur.
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Tokyo :: United Nations University Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (ix, 199 pages)
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1281253057
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: 9280871145
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9280811452
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9789280811452
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Vandalism in Afghanistan and no one to stop it (with Amin Saikal) -- Why peace exceeds our grasp -- An international perspective on global terrorism (with Hans van Ginkel) -- Faults of the most benign world power -- Multilateralism is in America's interest -- Blaming others is no solution -- Brinkmanship, but not war -- Tackling global terrorism -- Working for a safer world -- Unilateralism is not the way -- Let's get together against terrorism (with Jayantha Dhanapala) -- Peacekeeping -- diplomacy's odd couple, the US and the UN -- Politics vs. justice at The Hague : the international criminal court -- Peril of preemptive thinking -- India and Israel : united in trauma of terror -- US test of UN relevance -- US bears costs as UN is challenged -- The United Nations : more relevant now than ever (with Andrew Mack) -- War vindicates UN stance -- End of the old world disorder? -- Humour's role in war survives -- Contradictory US triumph -- Why India said "no" to US -- Chrétien was right : it's time to redefine a "just war" -- Anti-nuke regime crumbling -- UNSC : reforming the United Nations -- Reforming the United Nations -- 2003 : worst and best of times for UN (with David Malone) -- Neighbours don diplomatic pads -- India's nukes pose paradox for nonproliferation regime -- The Iraq war in retrospect -- New jailers, same prison? -- Iraq needs better security, legitimacy, economy -- On balance, charges do have some merit -- Why we shouldn't rush to war over Darfur -- Not so brave new world : three years after 9/11, and the world still lives in fear of terrorism -- Choosing how to intervene -- Did Kosovo illuminate Iraq? -- Cheerleaders for war round on the UN -- Rhetoric vs. the record : freedom, when it suits US -- Intervention based on rules -- The anomalies killing nonproliferation -- Absolute security neither possible nor desirable -- NPT regime in crisis after failed NY confab -- UN's "Einstein" moment -- National security? : it's time to think about human security -- The reduction of impunity -- US-India nuclear accord a win-win outcome for all -- Why America needs the UN -- UN, US should not work at cross-purposes -- Crying wolf diminished the West's credibility -- It's time, now, to end the travesty that is Guantanamo Bay -- Don't be too easily appeased -- Containing chemical weapons -- What passing bells for those who die as UN peacekeepers? -- Intelligence works better than bullets -- Lebanon war : an exercise in futility -- Both sides must learn compromise if Lebanon is to survive intact -- North Korea & envisioning alternative nuclear futures -- To feel conviction is not enough : know the goals of military intervention -- What Annan has contributed to world.
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Consists of newspaper articles written on three topics--the Iraq war, the war on terror, and weapons of mass destruction. "Uniquely in the 62-year history of the United Nations, Ramesh Thakur was given and exercised the latitude to write for public consumption on the contested topics of the day, making it clear that he was expressing his personal opinion. This book brings together a collection of Dr Thakur's opinion articles from a number of newspapers around the world: The Australian, The Canberra Times, The Daily Yomiuri, The Globe and Mail, The Hindu, The International Herald Tribune, and The Japan Times, plus one article from the UN Chronicle."--Publisher's description.
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UN.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Terrorism.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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Weapons of mass destruction.
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Bekämpfung
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HISTORY.
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Internationaler Terrorismus
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Irakkrieg
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Massenvernichtungswaffe
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Terrorism.
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Weapons of mass destruction.
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IRAQ SITUATION.
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TERRORISM.
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TERRORIST ATTACKS (11 SEPTEMBER 2001)
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WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
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COUNTER-TERRORISM.
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FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
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INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.
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INTERVENTION.
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UNITED STATES.
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Iraq.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.931
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HV6431.T562 2007eb
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