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American Empire : Empire as Burden
- Empire's Burden: Endless, Bloody Wars
-- Out there on the dividing line between the empire's end and the dark and frightening lands where the barbarians live, there is no peace and there is no victory...
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Multilateralism vs Unilateralism : Multilateralism-Pro
- Multilateralism — The World’s Viewpoint
-- (April 8, 2004) This article gathers opinions of world leaders and journalists on multilateralism, unilateralism and the role of the US in the world.
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Peacekeeping Facts and Figures : General Facts and Definitions
- Data Tables on Peacekeeping
-- [Global Policy Forum] Tables showing size of national contingents in total UN peacekeeping forces, size of individual operations, and amount of money owed by the UN to member states for peacekeeping operations.
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Peacekeeping Failures and Successes : Peacekeeping Failures
- Why UN can't keep peace
-- A UN commission put out an honest report last week on how the UN can do a better job at peacekeeping. It would be comforting to think the report will prompt such changes. The reality is that probably won't happen because of the UN's organizational culture, the way its members use it, and the nature of today's conflicts.
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- 'Deterrence by Presence' is No Deterrence at All
-- [Global Policy Forum] ( April 17, 2002)The Dutch report on Srebrenica sends a warning that weak and inefficient peacekeeping missions will lose against the “peace-breakers who us[e] force freely and criminally.”
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- Beasts in Blue Berets
-- What happens when the planetary police run amok and become the agents of bloodshed?
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- Holbrooke criticises UN peacekeeping
-- (June 15, 2000) In this article from the BBC, former U.S. ambassador to the UN, Richard Holbrooke, calls for a major overhaul of its international peacekeeping operations.
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Peacekeeping Failures and Successes : Peacekeeping Successes
- UN peacekeeping record
-- This article from the BBC provides a succinct overview of the UN peacekeeping record, highlighting its successes and failures.
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Peacekeeping Operations : General Overviews
- UN Peacekeeping Missions
-- Provides 2 useful charts with stats on past and current peacekeeping operations.
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UN Costs and Financial Crisis : US Contribution Too High
- Paying the U.N.'s Bills
-- The U.S. pays the largest single share of the United Nations' regular and peacekeeping budgets -- 25 and 31.2 percent respectively. But the U.N. says the U.S. owes it $1.3 billion in back dues. The U.S. says the amount is more like $900 million.
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US Policies-Legislation-and Views on UN Peacekeeping : US Too Involved
- America Should Withdraw From The United Nations and Let It Collapse
-- The only thing that gives the United Nations any legitimacy is America's cooperation: our might, our money, and our moral sanction. America should not defy the United Nations on Iraq--we should do much more: we should withdraw from the United Nations altogether, letting that organization complete its collapse into a Third World debating society.
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