Extractions: Britain should not rally behind U.S. demands for the renewal of a U.N. Security Council resolution that grants U.S. troops serving in U.N. forces immunity from international war crimes prosecutions, Human Rights Watch said today. The United States recently demanded a vote to renew contentious Security Council Resolution 1487, although the resolution does not require renewal until July. The Bush administration should immediately explain who reviewed and approved a high-level classified Pentagon memorandum that sought to justify the use of torture, Human Rights Watch said today. As reported by the Wall Street Journal on June 7, the lengthy memorandum argued that the U.S. President could order the torture of detainees with legal impunity. Human Rights Watch said the administration should make the full text of the memorandum public and disclose any actions taken in response to it, including whether President George W. Bush or Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in fact ultimately authorized the use of torture.
Foreign Policy (washingtonpost.com) In terms of foreign policy, it seems that the fear of violence that MIGHT take Woulda new Iraqi government really be more incompetent in dealing with the http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6646-2004May6.html
Extractions: Thursday, May 13, 2004; 12:00 PM Washington Post foreign policy reporter Peter Slevin comes to the Web to discuss the latest developments in U.S. foreign policy from the State Department to the frontlines in Iraq, join Slevin every Thursday to discuss the diverse factors that shape U.S. foreign policy and how it impacts our lives and the world. Editor's Note: Washingtonpost.com moderators retain editorial control over Live Online discussions and choose the most relevant questions for guests and hosts; guests and hosts can decline to answer questions. Peter Slevin: Hello. Another busy foreign policy day. Secretary Rumsfeld is in Baghdad, talking with the troops. His deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, has been up on Capitol Hill, as has State Department Undersecretary Marc Grossman, who is addressing plans for the Iraqi transition. Sen. Kerry called for Rumsfeld's ouster yesterday. I'd be curious to hear thoughts about what the administration ought to do in Iraq now. Let's get started.
Extractions: Media Monitors Network .....where truth prevails Posted: October 10, Toll-free: 1 866 MediaNet E-mail: Editor@MediaMonitors.net by Marc Bumgarner At last, Americans can finally dispense with the fairy tale that terrorists hate us "not for what weve done, but for what we stand for, who we are." Osama bin Laden shattered that myth with his videotaped statement released on October 7th, in which he publicly declared, for all practical purposes, that an unjust U.S. foreign policy is the driving force behind the September 11 th terrorist attacks. "Millions of innocent children are being killed in Iraq Neither America, nor the people who live in it, will dream of security before peace reigns in Palestine, and before all the armies leave the land of Muhammad [Saudi Arabia]," said bin Laden. Nothing can justify the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks on innocent and defenseless civilians, and whoever perpetrated those heinous and barbarous acts must certainly be brought to justice. Muslims around the world agree that killing civilians is not permitted under Koranic law, but bin Ladens message still resonates with millions of Muslims in the Arab world. It would be foolhardy and dangerous for Americans to dismiss without further examination bin Ladens stated purpose.
A Sassy Filipino Lawyer's Journal : Foreign Policy Posted on November 28, 2003. The Philippines adheres to a oneChina policy. In anutshell, the Philippine government does not recognize the statehood of Taiwan. http://houseonahill.net/archives/cat_foreign_policy.html
Crackpot Theology Makes Bad Foreign Policy Rarely, however, has foreign policy rested on theology. But now some Christiansare attempting to turn the US government into an arm of the church. http://www.cato.org/dailys/06-04-02.html
Extractions: June 4, 2002 by Doug Bandow Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. With the Mideast in flames, administration policy is in disarray. It is hard to fight terrorism and conquer Iraq without Arab allies. But any attempt to win Arab support by pressuring Israel might lose evangelical Christian votes. Interest groups have long influenced American foreign policy. Rarely, however, has foreign policy rested on theology. Even the vast majority of American Jews who support Israel do so more on ethnic than on religious grounds. But now some Christians are attempting to turn the U.S. government into an arm of the church. Sympathy toward Israel is understandable: there is no excuse for murderous suicide bombings. Yet Washington needs to develop a Mideast policy that advances the interests of America, not one that advances a peculiar interpretation of Christian theology. Georgia's Republican state chairman, Ralph Reed, recently wrote: "There is an undeniable and powerful spiritual connection between Israel and the Christian faith. It is where Jesus was born and where he conducted his ministry."
Book Warns Of Foreign Policy Threat To Press Freedom by officials to entice journalists to be members of the foreign policy team ratherthan play their proper role as skeptical monitors of government conduct. http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/pr-ja-cp.html
Extractions: THE CAPTIVE PRESS Global Interventionist Foreign Policy Threatens Press Freedoms, Carpenter Charges in New Book There is an inherent tension between the press freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment and a global interventionist foreign policy that places a premium on secrecy, rapid execution, and lack of public dissent, writes Ted Galen Carpenter in THE CAPTIVE PRESS: FOREIGN POLICY CRISES AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT, just published by the Cato Institute. Carpenter, director of foreign policy studies at the Institute and the author or editor of numerous books on defense and foreign policy issues, contends that a high priority of the national security bureaucracy is to manipulate or obstruct the news media, thereby thwarting critical coverage of military and foreign policy initiatives. The government's restrictions on the press during the Persian Gulf War and the outright exclusion of journalists during the most important stages of the Grenada and Panama invasions were especially flagrant examples of the government's "iron-fist" tactics, according to Carpenter. Concerted campaigns to impugn the patriotism and integrity of journalists who file stories critical of Washington's foreign policy have also been waged with disturbing frequency. Carpenter emphasizes, however, that such crude forms of coercion by the national security bureaucracy are not the only source of danger to a vigorous, independent press. An equally serious threat is posed by the government's abuse of the secrecy system to control the flow of information and prevent disclosures that might cast doubt on the wisdom or morality of current policy. Frequently, overclassification is combined with coercive strategies, most notably threats to prosecute for violating espionage statutes both those who leak classified information and those who publish such information.
Foreign Policy -- Democrats policy might be exercised, our government has prompted succinct view of Liebermanspolicy toward Iraq Finally, we must dramatically reform foreign aidto http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_marapr_2003/JLessay.html
Extractions: Nunn-Lugar program to dismantle and secure loose nuclear materials and technologies and why we must renew our leadership in pursuit of more comprehensive nuclear arms control. An important start is recommitting to the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty . But preventive efforts might fail, so an effective missile defense system is also necessary. I have introduced a bill with Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska to do exactly that in partnership with the people of Afghanistan. Soon, Senator Hagel and I will introduce legislation expanding that model to the rest of the Muslim world. When we bring down trade and business barriers and build up democratic institutions that respect the God-given rights of all people, we will more clearly communicate that we are fighting a small group of vicious terrorists, not engaging in a global clash against Islam.
Foreign Policy -- Democrats mainly the top 1 percent of Americans while arguing that the government cant JohnEdwardss biggest foreign policy speech so far has been his October 7 http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_marapr_2003/JEessay.html
Extractions: By John Edwards Since the first responsibility of any government is to protect its citizens from harm, Washington must now do as much as possible to meet two overriding priorities: securing the American people at home and addressing both the immediate and long-term threats to our security abroad. Yet I worry that the Bush administration is failing to achieve both, neither doing what it takes to make the United States safe nor working hard enough to develop a comprehensive strategy for enhancing global security. A comprehensive approach to domestic security must include initiatives to find and track terrorists through better intelligence, to improve border security and target protection, and to do as much as possible to enhance domestic readiness. I have outlined proposals in each of these areas, and I believe acting on them must be an urgent priority.
A Foreign Policy For Peace, Prosperity, And Liberty The term foreign policy does not exist in the Constitution. All members of thefederal government have sworn to uphold the Constitution, and should do only http://www.antiwar.com/paul/paul44.html
Extractions: September 9, 2002 var clickURL = "http://www.antiwar.com/paul/paul44.html"; var clickTitle = "A Foreign Policy for Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty"; T homas Jefferson spoke for the founders and all our early presidents when he stated: "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none..." which is, "one of the essential principles of our government". The question is: Whatever happened to this principle and should it be restored? We find the 20 th Century was wracked with war, peace was turned asunder, and our liberties were steadily eroded. Foreign alliances and meddling in the internal affairs of other nations became commonplace. On many occasions, involvement in military action occurred through UN resolutions or a presidential executive order, despite the fact that the war power was explicitly placed in the hands of Congress. Since World War II, nearly 100,000 deaths and over a quarter million wounded (not counting the many thousands that have b een affected by Agent Orange and the Persian Gulf War Syndrome) have all occurred without a declaration of war and without a clear-cut victory. The entire 20
Foreign Policy foreign policy. of the Prime minister of Romania, Mr. Adrian Nãstase, on Monday,May the 17th 2004, Mr. Vojislav Kostunica, President of the government of the http://www.gov.ro/engleza/presa/afisare-presa.php?idrubricaprimm=2&tip=2
Asia Times Online - The Best News Coverage From South Asia has the capacity to mobilize its cadres to mount mass protests against any compromisethat the new government might make on the foreignpolicy front, and it is http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FE15Df05.html
Extractions: BANGALORE - With a broad center-left coalition led by the Congress Party poised to form the new government in India, questions are being raised over the pace of the economic reform process and the direction the country's foreign policy is likely to take under the new dispensation. It is likely that while there will be some continuity in the broad contours of India's foreign policy, some "correction" can be expected in key areas. India's 14th general election has produced a surprise result. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance, which was expected to return to power, has been defeated. Congress, which has ruled India for 45 of the 57 years since independence but had fallen out of power in recent years, has emerged from the general election as the single largest party in parliament. While the alliance it heads is short of a simple majority, it is likely that the left will extend its support to form the new government.
Masculinity As Foreign Policy Issue analysis, Americans are much more likely to craft a US foreign policy that will Enloeis a leading feminist scholar and a professor of government and womens http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol5/v5n36masculinity_body.html
Extractions: Editors: Tom Barry (IRC) and Martha Honey (IPS) 36ifmasculinity.pdf Feminist foreign policy analysis is not naive. It derives from a systematic, eyes-wide-open curiosity, posing questions that nonfeminists too often imagine are irrelevant or find awkward to ask. For starters: Feminist investigation should be treated as a serious analytical tool when assessing any foreign policy.
Foreign Policy In Focus | Topical Index | U.S. Government Agencies Topical Index US government Agencies. Andreas Persbo and Ian Davis. Commentary.206-2004. The Militarization of US foreign policy. Mel Goodman. policy Brief. http://www.fpif.org/indices/topics/agencies/index.php
Extractions: FPIF Home IPS Home IRC Home Site Index ... Donate Topical Index: U.S. Government Agencies Date Title Author Format ... U.S. Public Diplomacy: A Tale of Two Who Jumped Ship at State Nancy Snow Special Report The real 'Scary Movie' won't be on Elm Street this summer Nancy Snow Commentary U.S. Funds Aid Chávez Opposition Bart Jones Commentary Electronic Surveillance of Foreign Diplomatic Missions: A Question of Law and Morality Andreas Persbo and Ian Davis Commentary A Unified Security Budget for the United States Foreign Policy In Focus/Center for Defense Information Task Force Policy Report The Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy Mel Goodman Policy Brief Why So Many Were So Wrong For So Long Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.) Commentary The Cross of Iron Conn Hallinan Commentary Bush Administration is Undermining Democracy in Palestine Kevin Murray Commentary A Moment of Truth for the Humanitarian Enterprise Larry Minear Commentary The United States in Iraq: An Experiment with Unilateral Humanitarianism Joel R. Charny Commentary A Threadbare Emperor Jim Lobe Commentary Multilateralism Under Siege Jim Lobe Commentary Authority for War IS an Issue Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.)
Vyriausybës Programa PROGRAMME OF THE government OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA FOR 20012004XIV. foreign policy. To ensure continuity of the Lithuanian http://www.urm.lt/data/2/EF8475732_vyriaus-e.htm
Extractions: To ensure continuity of the Lithuanian foreign policy, and to confirm that the aspirations of Lithuania to become a member of the European Union and NATO and the policy of good neighbourhood relations are national foreign policy goals of equal importance. 14. 1. Integration into the European Union To aim at maintaining the momentum gained in the pace of negotiations and to complete negotiations on EU membership in 2002 providing Lithuania with a possibility to become a full-fledged Member State of the European Union in 2004 and enabling the Lithuanian citizens to participate on equal terms in European Parliament elections in 2004. To pursue the policy of active relations with all Member States of the European Union thereby ensuring adequate safeguarding of the Lithuanian national interests in the process of the negotiations and accession. To participate in the structures of Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defence Policy on the grounds that this participation is an inseparable part of the European integration process and with full awareness that the strengthening of CESDP and the establishment of European Crises Management Forces will contribute to the reinforcement of the transatlantic relations, which represents the basis of European security. To aim at the widest possible participation of the public in the discussions on the future vision of the European Union; to strengthen the processes of disseminating information among the people and pursuing a dialogue on the most critical issues of EU integration.
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Extractions: Secretary Powell (June 8): "...it makes it clear that the international community is invited to participate in the reconstruction effort, to help with debt relief, to help with additional funding for Iraqi reconstruction efforts. It makes clear what the role of the coalition forces, with respect to the interim Iraqi government. And you will see that the interim Iraqi government is the sovereign." [ full text UN Statements to Security Council on Iraq Secretary Powell (June 7): "We, the governments of the Americas, must give ordinary people good reason to think, to believe, that their elected representatives, once in power, will operate within the law, that they will combat corruption, and that they will practice transparency in government." [ DSL/Cable dial-up audio full text
Foreign Policy Q&A foreign policy Q A. foreign policy Q A introduces the view of the Japanesegovernment on a variety of topics concerning Japan s foreign policy. http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/q_a/