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Am Beispiel des neuen tschechischen Außenministers Jan Kavan beleuchtet der Beitrag die Methoden der politischen Auseinandersetzung in der Tschechischen Republik, in der politische Rechnungen häufig mittels der Instrumentalisierung dubioser Listen von angeblichen früheren Mitarbeitern des Staatssicherheitsdienstes beglichen werden. Der Autor legt dar, inwieweit die - für die historische Entwicklung in der damaligen CSSR nicht untypische - Biographie Kavans Ansatzpunkte für eine Diffamierungskampagne seitens seiner politischen Gegner bietet, und untersucht den Wahrheitsgehalt der gegen Kavan erhobenen Vorwürfe. (BIOst-Mrk)

A growing international consensus supports the idea of holding individuals responsible for the most egregious violations of human rights such as genocide. This consensus lies behind the recent efforts to create an International Criminal Court (ICC). The United States, however, has refused to support the ICC, citing concerns that the Court may pose a threat to national security. This volume brings legal, historical, military, and political perspectives to an examination of U.S. concerns about the ICC. The contributors assess not only the potential national security risks that would be associate

This inspired collection offers a new paradigm for moving the world beyond violence as the first, and often only, response to violence. Through essays and poetry, prayers and meditations, Transforming Terror powerfully demonstrates that terrorist violence—defined here as any attack on unarmed civilians—can never be stopped by a return to the thinking that created it. A diverse array of contributors—writers, healers, spiritual and political leaders, scientists, and activists, including Desmond Tutu, Huston Smith, Riane Eisler, Daniel Ellsberg, Amos Oz, Fatema Mernissi, Fritjof Capra, George Lakoff, Mahmoud Darwish, Terry Tempest Williams, and Jack Kornfield—considers how we might transform the conditions that produce terrorist acts and bring true healing to the victims of these acts. Broadly encompassing both the Islamic and Western worlds, the book explores the nature of consciousness and offers a blueprint for change that makes peace possible. From unforgettable firsthand accounts of terrorism, the book draws us into awareness of our ecological and economic interdependence, the need for connectedness, and the innate human capacity for compassion