> Le Monde diplomatique > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > September 2000 > > >LEADER > >Democracy, alive and well? > >by ALAIN GRESH > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/09/01democracy> > > Translated by Ed Emery > > >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 > > >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> > > >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 > > >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 > > >MILITARY WITH POLITICAL POWER > >Turkey's modern pashas * > >by �RIC 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 > > >INVENTING THE MULTINATION > >Would a United States of Africa work? * > >by MWAYILA TSHIYEMBE > > In July, in Lom� (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 > > >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 > > >BACK PAGE > >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 > > > > > English language editorial director: Wendy Kristianasen > _________________________________________________________________ > > (*) Star-marked articles are available to paid subscribers only. > > Yearly subscription fee: 24 US $ (Institutions 48 US $). > > > > ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - Le Monde diplomatique > ______________________________________________________________ > > For more information on our English edition, please visit > > http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/ > > > To subscribe to our free "dispatch" mailing-list, send an > (empty) e-mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an (empty) e-mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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