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...whole experience of the court indicates how important it is to have justice if you are going to have peace. It has confirmed that. There were those amnesties, granted just days after those leaders had committed some unspeakable atrocities. They did not work. The militias refused to disarm and demobilize. They attacked peacekeepers who were sent to disarm them. It just didn't work. Some may have viewed that as peace - with these militias still armed, still committing any crimes they liked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guilty: Justice in Sierra Leone at Last | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...security. To avoid doing in Latin America what he deems sensible in the Middle East and Asia would repeat Washington's careless habit of treating the continent in ways that helped give rise to the Castros and Chávezes in the first place. The best way to disarm Chávez is to give him fewer "imperialist" targets to rail at. As the anti-Bush, Obama has an advantage in that game, and he should use it. He'll find that thawing relations with Chávez before he goes to Trinidad will do a lot to break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Obama Should Talk to Chávez | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

...establishes relations, it will be able to use its diplomatic and economic clout to garner enforceable agreements on arms control between Iraq and Iran. Coming to an accord will certainly help secure the safety of American troops. Other problems with the Islamic Republic notwithstanding, the potential to disarm the enemies of American soldiers should take first priority...

Author: By Matthew H. Ghazarian | Title: It’s Diplomacy, Stupid! | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...ultimate we're-all-in-it-together planetary threat. It might move from there to international financial regulation, so countries can better work together to keep world capitalism from running off the rails. Next might be a new nuclear compact, in which the current nuclear powers begin to disarm while wannabes agree to tighter inspections in return for better access to civilian nuclear power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Solvency Doctrine | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

...that his government had invited the Rwandans onto Congolese soil as "observers" for an offensive against Rwandan Hutu rebels, which was expected to last about two weeks. "The operations are beginning. We have invited Rwandan officers with their security contingents for their safety. They are observers ... The operations to disarm the FDLR [Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda] are planned to last 10 to 15 days," said Mende...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rwandan Troops Enter Congo | 1/20/2009 | See Source »

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