High-level Chinese diplomat sees the United States developing into a rogue state. Washington seems to be developing a stubbornness against abiding by weapons' control pacts and a greater penchant to use armed force against its real or perceived enemies. This is not the era of peace it could have been, says the director-general of the Arms Control and Disarmament Department of the Chinese foreign ministry . And Losing Wars Russians who want to bomb Chechnya can cite NATO's behavior as a moral standard. What's the essential difference between Clinton and Putin - asks The Moscow Times in an editorial.
Provocative steps continue in the direction of a less peaceful world.
Reconciliation and foregiveness must be part of any serious post-war policy. And the Westmay have something to learn. As the international community strives to restore stability in Kosovo and East Timor, two African countries with their own traumatic histories have dug deeply into their cultural reservoirs. A route strikingly different from Western therapeutic approaches has been taken in communities across Mozambique, where 1 million people lost their lives in a 16-year civil war that devastated the country. The ruckus will make the Seattle Round, as it is known, the most controversial trade negotiations yet.