WG: September 2000

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> Von:  Le Monde diplomatique[SMTP:dispatch@Monde-diplomatique.fr]
> Gesendet:     Mittwoch, 13. September 2000 18:04
> An:   dispatch@london.monde-diplomatique.fr
> Betreff:      September 2000
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>    Le Monde diplomatique 
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>                                September 2000
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> LEADER
> 
> Democracy, alive and well?
> 
> by ALAIN GRESH
> 
>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/09/01democracy>
>      
>                                                   Translated by Ed Emery
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>      
> A NEW BALANCE OF POWER
> 
> Moving targets *
> 
> by PAUL-MARIE DE LA GORCE
> 
>      Stung by criticism of his handling of the Kursk nuclear submarine
>      disaster, Russian President Vladimir Putin will no doubt be keen to
>      speed up reform of the army, giving priority to conventional rather
>      than nuclear weapons. But the future of global strategic relations
>      will mainly depend on whether the US decides to deploy an
>      anti-missile shield. Despite opposition from its allies, Washington
>      sees NMD as an excellent means of confirming its supremacy.
>      
>                                              Translated by Harry Forster
>      
> Russian army reform *
> 
> by VICKEN CHETERIAN
> 
>                                          Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
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>      
> THE CATHOLIC PEACEBROKERS OF ROME
> 
> God's own UN *
> 
> by our special correspondent, PHILIPPE LEYMARIE
> 
>      They drew up the Rome platform for the end of civil war in Algeria.
>      They got negotiations going between the guerrillas and the
>      government in Guatemala. They pulled off peace in Mozambique and
>      hope to do it again in Burundi. The members of the Sant'Egidio
>      Community, which grew up in Rome's working-class suburbs, practice
>      an astonishingly effective form of "parallel diplomacy", based on a
>      unique mixture of religious, social and international commitment.
>      From 24 to 26 September, they will be organising an International
>      Prayer for Peace in Lisbon, where leading members of all religions
>      are expected to join them.
>      
>                                               Translated by Barry Smerin
>      
> Practical work in the Congo
> 
> Ph. L.
> 
>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/09/05congo>
>      
> The Trastevere United Nations
> 
>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/09/06trastevere>
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> HOW TO LET ORDINARY PEOPLE IN ON THE FUTURE
> 
> Be careful, take precautions *
> 
> by JACQUES TESTART
> 
>      Expert opinion on the new biotechnologies doesn't have the
>      qualities we associate with a scientific approach, because,
>      whatever the level of research, nobody can predict the future with
>      certainty. We should ask 'unexpert' people to judge whether we even
>      need the proposed changes.
>      
>                                         Translated by Derry Cook-Radmore
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>      
> ISRAEL AND PALESTINE FAIL TO COMMUNICATE
> 
> Camp David dialogues *
> 
> by AMNON KAPELIOUK
> 
>      Camp David was the most important meeting between the Israelis and
>      Palestinians since the 1993 Oslo accords. The crucial questions of
>      refugees and Jerusalem, as well as settlements and land, were
>      debated. But the meeting was always doomed to failure.
>      
>                                         Translated by Wendy Kristianasen
>      
>      
> AFTER THE FALL OF BOLOGNA
> 
> The decline of Italy's red city *
> 
> by RUDI GHEDINI
> 
>      In June last year a centre-right mayor, Giorgio Guazzaloca, was
>      elected in Bologna, capital of red Emilia-Romagna where the left
>      had held sway for 54 years. This seismic change heralded the
>      comprehensive collapse of the left in Italy's rich industrial
>      heartland, a disastrous country-wide lurch to the right and the
>      triumph of Silvio Berlusconi, Gianfranco Fini and Umberto Bossi in
>      an unholy alliance of Forza Italia, the post-fascist National
>      Alliance and the separatist Northern League.
>      
>                                             Translated by Barbara Wilson
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>      
> MILITARY WITH POLITICAL POWER
> 
> Turkey's modern pashas *
> 
> by ÉRIC ROULEAU
> 
>      In August Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, former head of the
>      constitutional court, refused to ratify the government decree
>      authorising the immediate dismissal of civil servants suspected of
>      sympathising with Kurdish 'separatists' or Muslim
>      'fundamentalists'. His veto was seen as a challenge to the military
>      high command, who bear down on the country's political system and
>      are not used to this sort of resistance.
>      
>                                              Translated by Harry Forster
>      
> Democrats versus republicans
> 
> E.R
> 
>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/09/11republic>
>      
>                                              Translated by Harry Forster
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>      
> INVENTING THE MULTINATION
> 
> Would a United States of Africa work? *
> 
> by MWAYILA TSHIYEMBE
> 
>      In July, in Lomé (Togo), the Organisation of African Unity summit
>      approved the act establishing an African Union which should
>      eventually replace the OAU. But the dream of a United States of
>      Africa can only become a reality if a new model of multinational
>      state is adopted, based on a social and democratic pact and rooted
>      in Africa's own traditions.
>      
>                                               Translated by Julie Stoker
>      
> A new democratic pact
> 
> M. T.
> 
>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/09/13pact>
>      
>                                               Translated by Julie Stoker
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>      
> GEORGE W. BUSH DOWN HOME
> 
> The backward state of Texas
> 
> by DANIEL LAZARE
> 
>      Texas breaks all the records. It rates first for capital
>      punishment, second for size and population, last for public
>      spending, and it is nearly always behind in health care, racial
>      equality and protection of the environment. Two former presidents,
>      Lyndon Johnson and George H. Bush, come from Texas. Now it is
>      George W. Bush's turn to run for the White House.
>      
>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/09/14texas>
>      
>                                                 Original text in English
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> BACK PAGE
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> Brazil's free elections
> 
> by CHICO WHITAKER
> 
>      Brazil could be in for a surprise at the municipal elections on 1
>      October. Armed with law no. 9840/99, published in the official
>      journal on 29 September 1999, the electoral courts will be able
>      immediately to disqualify candidates guilty of buying votes. The
>      new law, which attacks electoral corruption in the country, could
>      have devastating effects.
>      
>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/09/15brazil>
>      
>                                         Translated by Derry Cook-Radmore
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