War in Our Time

This book brings together a collection of Dr Ramesh Thakur's opinion articles from newspapers around the world: The Australian, Canberra Times, Daily Yomiuri, Globe and Mail, International Herald Tribune, Japan Times, and The Hindu, plus one article from the UN Chronicle. The book's three topics --the Iraq war, the war on terror, and weapons of mass destruction --are among the most critical issues of our times."I am a regular reader of Dr. Ramesh Thakur's writings. I have been impressed by his clear thinking and analysis of world politics. [He] has challenged me many times to review my own thinking on important issues." --Martti Ahtisaari, former President of the Republic of Finland and Chairman of the Crisis Management Initiative"Ramesh Thakur has established a solid reputation for himself as an international public intellectual. The articles assembled in this book have contributed in no small measure to that achievement.... Academics, diplomats, journalists as well as the wider public will all welcome the fact that these enduring essays have been brought together in one book." --Lakhdar Brahimi, former Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General"To have this wisdom and insight gathered in a single volume provides an invaluable resource that should be made required reading for leaders and citizens alike." --Richard Falk, Emeritus Professor, Princeton University

Ramesh Thakur is Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo in Canada.

Vandalism in Afghanistan and no one to stop it	p. 4
Why peace exceeds our grasp	p. 7
An international perspective on global terrorism	p. 10
Faults of the most benign world power	p. 17
Multilateralism is in America's interest	p. 20
Blaming others is no solution	p. 23
Brinkmanship, but not war	p. 26
Tackling global terrorism	p. 29
Working for a safer world	p. 32
Unilateralism is not the way	p. 35
Let's get together against terrorism	p. 38
Peacekeeping - diplomacy's odd couple, the US and the UN	p. 40
Politics vs. justice at The Hague : the International Criminal Court	p. 43
Peril of preemptive thinking	p. 45
India and Israel : united in trauma of terror	p. 49
US test of UN relevance	p. 52
US bears costs as UN is challenged	p. 56
The United Nations : more relevant now than ever	p. 60
War vindicates UN stance	p. 64
End of the old world disorder?	p. 67
Humour's role in war survives	p. 70
Contradictory US triumph	p. 73
Why India said "no" to US	p. 76
Chretien was right : it's time to redefine a "just war"	p. 79
Anti-nuke regime crumbling	p. 82
UNSC : reforming the United Nations	p. 86
Reforming the United Nations	p. 89
2003 : worst and best of times for UN	p. 92
Neighbours don diplomatic pads	p. 95
India's nukes pose paradox for nonproliferation regime	p. 98
The Iraq war in retrospect	p. 101
New jailers, same prison?	p. 104
Iraq needs better security, legitimacy, economy	p. 107
On balance, charges do have some merit	p. 110
Why we shouldn't rush to war over Darfur	p. 113
Not so brave new world : three years after 9/11, and the world still lives in fear of terrorism	p. 116
Choosing how to intervene	p. 120
Did Kosovo illuminate Iraq?	p. 123
Cheerleaders for war round on the UN	p. 127
Rhetoric vs. the record : freedom, when it suits US	p. 130
Intervention based on rules	p. 133
The anomalies killing nonproliferation	p. 136
Absolute security neither possible nor desirable	p. 139
NPT regime in crisis after failed NY confab	p. 142
UN's "Einstein" moment	p. 145
National security? : it's time to think about human security	p. 149
The reduction of impunity	p. 152
US-India nuclear accord a win-win outcome for all	p. 156
Why America needs the UN	p. 159
UN, US should not work at cross-purposes	p. 162
Crying wolf diminished the West's credibility	p. 165
It's time, now, to end the travesty that is Guantanamo Bay	p. 168
Don't be too easily appeased	p. 171
Containing chemical weapons	p. 173
What passing bells for those who die as UN peacekeepers?	p. 176
Intelligence works better than bullets	p. 179
Lebanon war : an exercise in futility	p. 182
Both sides must learn compromise if Lebanon is to survive intact	p. 185
North Korea & envisioning alternative nuclear futures	p. 188
To feel conviction is not enough : know the goals of military intervention	p. 192
What Annan has contributed to world	p. 195
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