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Mini-Me: American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus

Huh? American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus The American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus (formerly the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya) is a Freedom House initiative that bills itself as the ”only private, nongovernmental organization in North America exclusively dedicated to promoting the peaceful resolution of the Russo-Chechen war.”[1] According to Freedom …

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Tom Atlee: 17 April 2013 Democracy, Peace, & the Iriquois Teleconference

Dear friends, An invitation to speak has brought me back to some roots of my work I haven’t revisited in some time – the Iroquois Confederacy and its recognition of the intimate tie between democracy and peace – collective wisdom and collective tranquility.  Peace between people requires their respectful, insight-seeking conversation.  It requires, as Oren …

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Winslow Wheeler: If OMB Cannot Manage, and DoD Cannot Win Wars or Secure Peace, Who Is to Blame? Sub-Text: Obama “Team” Has No Plan B — They Cannot Even Find Plan A!

Since the defense budget roll out on Wednesday, April 10, Pentagon budget geeks all over Washington have been popping Ibuprofen trying to unscramble the mess that DOD and OMB have made out of the 2013 and 2014 defense budgets. My take on this dysfunction is explained below. By the way, I don’t blame Secretary Hagel for …

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Marcus Aurelius: Broader Role for Special Operations Forces in Peace and War — Reading Between the Lines — And White SOF/NATO Future?

Military Sees Broader Role For Special Operations Forces, In Peace And War By Thom Shanker New York Times, 3 April 2013 EXTRACT When assigned to their home bases, regional experts within Army Special Operations force would continue to support overseas operations by assisting in mission planning, organizing information campaigns and sifting through intelligence — but …

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Who’s Who in Peace Intelligence: Colman McCarthy

Colman McCarthy (born March 24, 1938 in Glen Head, New York), an American journalist, teacher, lecturer, pacifist, progressive, an anarchist and long-time peace activist, directs the Center for Teaching Peace in Washington, D.C. From 1969 to 1997, he wrote columns for The Washington Post. His topics ranged from politics, religion, health, and sports to education, …

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