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And it is the Iranians who have favored a dialogue for peaceful power-sharing in Syria.
In the last decade, the position of the UN as a symbol of the ideals of a peaceful world community has been steadily eroded.
Such communities, which comprise 30% of Jerusalem’s population, make the notion of a united, peaceful Jerusalem farfetched, at best.
I see work to achieve a peaceful resolution to the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program.
The result will be a world that is less free, less prosperous, and less peaceful, for Americans and others alike.
To get there requires, above all, replacing war (including the CIA’s secret wars) with commerce and other forms of peaceful exchange.
Recall how the Ukrainian conflict began: Tens of thousands of Ukrainian citizens from all parts of society demanded, in overwhelmingly peaceful demonstrations, an association agreement with the European Union.
The alternative to a world shaped by a strong, confident, and engaged US is not likely to be a world that is peaceful, prosperous, and free.
By investing in more inclusive and peaceful societies and in minimizing the risk of disasters, we will be able to reduce the need for spending on humanitarian interventions.
And a commitment to building lasting stability based on peaceful and inclusive societies will be essential.
To do that, it must find peaceful yet effective ways to mitigate what is now a regional humanitarian crisis.
China’s Burma TestBurma’s peaceful protests are nearing their tipping point, with the military junta weighing the potential costs of a full military crackdown.
So, while the current crisis in Burma is not of China’s making, any peaceful settlement may be possible only if China acts to support it.
As an inducement to peaceful change, China can also guarantee the personal safety and wealth of the military junta should its members have to leave Burma suddenly.
But China should make it clear that such protection requires the Burmese generals to cooperate in finding a peaceful solution.
The junta can do worse than releasing and working with Aung San Suu Kyi, who still has sufficient status and appeal to rally public support for a peaceful transfer of power to civilian rule and, in due course, to a democratic government.
But, by playing a positive role in bringing about a successful and peaceful transfer of power, China can secure a friendly neighbor in Burma more effectively than with its current policy, which merely incurs the hatred of the Burmese people.
It should encourage and support China in taking the lead over Burma, so long as China commits itself to finding a peaceful solution.
The international community’s objective should be restricted to a peaceful outcome that allows Burma’s people to work out their own solution.
And they had developed a strategy of their own that aimed to make the most of this relatively peaceful operating environment to pursue their main objective: rapid economic development.
Indeed, the dispersal of a peaceful protest march organized by Tibetan monks, which led to a wave of unrest that was brutally suppressed by the Chinese military and police, has caused indignation all over the democratic world.
The international community, beginning with the United Nations and followed by the European Union, ASEAN, and other international organizations, as well as individual countries, should use every means possible to step up pressure on the Chinese government toUnless these conditions are fulfilled, the International Olympic Committee should seriously reconsider whether holding this summer’s Olympic Games in a country that includes a peaceful graveyard remains a good idea.
Under the responsibility to protect (R2P) principles that the UN General Assembly unanimously endorsed in 2005, coercive military action to stop atrocities should be contemplated only when peaceful means – from diplomatic persuasion to sanctions and threats of criminal prosecution – prove inadequate.
But the peaceful, carnival spirit that prevailed, the flying of Turkish and German flags side by side in German streets, when the two nations met in the semi-finals, the joint Spanish-German celebrations after the final, all this suggests something fresh.
How violent or peaceful this may be remains to be seen.
In November 2004, a peaceful solution was within reach, when the government and rebels signed a ceasefire and humanitarian agreement.
Finally, while this election was expected to usher in a new generation of politicians, few were prepared to anticipate the peaceful political tsunami that a Bayrou victory would bring.
Too many political leaders, including President George W. Bush, Prime Minister Tony Blair, and the leaders of radical groups in the Middle East, prefer military solutions to peaceful compromise.
But the ultimate solution, according to Bush, is the creation of fair and open political and economic systems that can eliminate anger and frustration through peaceful means.
For many years Bangladesh was an exception in the Islamic world, pursuing an independent course in a peaceful, secular, and democratic fashion.
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