"I can't imagine that the trials/convictions have any deterrence effect at all, but that doesn't make them any less important.
I wish they were deterrents, but maybe they at least give pause for thought as a regime is winding down?
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a good week in the fight against crimes against humanity!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Olya Kenney on Tuesday. 2 Replies 3 Likes
Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: The unstoppable pursuit of crimes against humanity.Date: May 21st. 2013.Good riddance! I wonder what their Maker will conclude? Last week saw the death of one of the…Continue
pakistan's election
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Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: Pakistan's democracy versus militant Islam.Date: May 14th. 2013.One small step forward for Nawaz Sharif, the new election winner, but one big step forward for Pakistan. The…Continue
open china!
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Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: China's under-reported positive behaviour.Date: May 6th. 2013.China is a sitting duck. Not that long ago, as far as most of the rest of the world was concerned, it was…Continue
more immigrants?
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Ex: Jonathan Power.Subject: Is it immigration versus the working class?Date: April 30th 2013Every developed country is importing cheap labour, although much less so during this time of the Great…Continue
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Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: The unstoppable pursuit of crimes against humanity.Date: May 21st. 2013.Good riddance! I wonder what their Maker will conclude? Last week saw the death of one of the world's worst practitioners of crimes against humanity- Jorge Rafael Videla, aged 87, the former military dictator of Argentina. He died while serving a life sentence.Last week also saw the conviction of Guatemala's former head of state, Efrain Rios Montt, aged 86, for genocide- the mass murder of the…See More
jonathan power posted a discussionpakistan's election
Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: Pakistan's democracy versus militant Islam.Date: May 14th. 2013.One small step forward for Nawaz Sharif, the new election winner, but one big step forward for Pakistan. The Islamist parties and their militant, sometimes violent, followers have won so few votes they will play no significant role in parliament. The overwhelming majority of Pakistan's ethnically disparate population has made it clear that they identify with secular politics.Hussein Haqqani writes in his…See More
jonathan power posted a discussionopen china!
Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: China's under-reported positive behaviour.Date: May 6th. 2013.China is a sitting duck. Not that long ago, as far as most of the rest of the world was concerned, it was almost a closed, mysterious, society. Now it is wide open. The bad is there for all to see. Last year the New York Times published an in-depth investigative series of long articles on the secret wealth of the family of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. It proved that it is possible to peel off the layers and…See More
jonathan power posted a discussionmore immigrants?
Ex: Jonathan Power.Subject: Is it immigration versus the working class?Date: April 30th 2013Every developed country is importing cheap labour, although much less so during this time of the Great Recession, yet all too rarely are the pro and con arguments discussed with real profundity.A new, incisive, book “The British Dream” by David Goodhart, the founder of the magazine, “Prospect”, dares to deal with the shibboleths. There are many commonalities in Britain that apply to countries as varied…See More
jonathan power posted a discussionnorth korea's nuke
Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: There is no alternative but to negotiate with North Korea.Date: April 16th. 2013. The diplomats and pundits were right: transition after the death of Kim Jong-il in North Korea, they said, might well produce an unstable and frightening situation. Kim Jong-un, his son, indeed is a cut off the old block. But they forget too easily America's stance in the negotiations that began during the presidency of Bill Clinton. It led to major progress and the unprecedented visit…See More
jonathan power posted a discussionarms sales
Ex: Jonathan Power.Subject: Last week's UN Arms Trade Treaty is not perfect.Date: April 9th 2013.US presidential candidate Jimmy Carter described arms sales as a "cancer" But once in office Carter achieved little in controlling them.In President Bill Clinton's first term Amnesty International questioned the US government about the use of American military helicopters and armoured vehicles involved in human rights abuses in Turkey. Under pressure from Congress the State Department compiled a…See More
Yves M. Musoni replied to jonathan power's discussion are u left or are u right?!"I strongly believe I am both left and right because I agree with current scientific research[1] which shows us that a healthy brain functions as a whole[2].
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[1] The principal reason is: '' Later…"
jonathan power posted a discussionare u left or are u right?!
Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: Who is left? Who is right?Date: April 2nd, 2013It goes back to the French revolution of 1789. At the Revolutionary Convention the most radical of the insurgents decided to seat themselves on the left side. “Why not on the other side, the right side, the place of rectitude, where law and the higher right resided, when man’s best hand could be raised in righteous honour?” wrote Melvin Lasky in Britain's intellectual monthly, Encounter. “Anyway they went left, and man’s…See More
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- Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)
- syndicated free lance journalist appearing in many papers including the international herald tribune, boston globe, the statesman of india. south china morning post, arab news of saudi arabia, jordan times, oman news, khaleej times of dubai, the nation of kenya, the citizen of tanzania, daily times of pakistan etc. ALL MY COLUMNS FOR the last 10 years can be read read on www.transnational.org
i am also a contributing editor of Prospect magazine, London (see links below)
- Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise
- the world
- What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?
- sweden
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- journalism
- What is your personal or organizational website?
- http://www.transnational.org/Columns_Index_Power.htm
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?
- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Conflict Resolution, Conflict Mainstreaming, Democratization, Development, Peacebuilding
- Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?
- Research, Training
- What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?
- if you want to read any of my columns over the last 11 years go to the website of the transnational foundation for peace and future research based in Lund, Sweden- www.transnational.org
- If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications
- • conundrums of humanity. the quest for global justice - brill, 2007
and
• like water on stone. the story of amnesty international, penguin, 2001
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prime minister cameron of the uk! get a life!
Posted on August 21, 2012 at 4:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
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Subject: Get a life! Terrorists are no big threat.
Date: August 21st 2012.
Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered the continuation during the Paralympics that begin next week of the deployment of anti-aircraft guns surrounding the Olympic Park. In a move that caused much outrage in Britain Cameron argued that the country must always be vigilant in case of a terrorist attack. Yet there was not one bit of evidence that international terrorists and certainly…
Continue Arrest war criminal Assad!
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 11:02am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Ex: Jonathan Power
Subject: Hunting down the war criminals.
Date: August 14th 2012.
There can be no question that if President Bashar al-Assad of Syria falls the International Criminal Court will want to put him on trial for war crimes. The long arm of international law will reach him wherever he flees to. The ICC has an unblemished record in bringing to The Hague, the Court’s headquarters, the people they want. As the great heavyweight boxer, Joe Louis, once said, “You can…
Continue US Soft Power overwhelming us?
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 3:43am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Ex: Jonathan Power
Subject: We should question US “Soft Power”.
Date: July 10th 2012.
Is the world being captured by what Harvard academic, Joseph Nye, has termed American “Soft Power”? This debate about American influence on the world at large is not a new thing. Charles Dickens, the great British nineteenth century novelist, on a visit to the US had no compunction in thinking America’s culture had little to offer the world. He said it was “a clamorous gang of fakes, fools…
Continue if it bleeds it leads
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 11:18am 2 Comments 3 Likes
Comments to me: jonathanpower95@gmail.com
Ex: Jonathan Power.
Subject: If it bleeds it leads!
Date: 12th March 2012.
If it bleeds it leads! The mantra of many a newsroom. In their new book, “Pax Ethnica” two great journalists, Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac, argue that day in and day out ethnic conflict and tension along religious and cultural lines makes for reliable, if…
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