Roadmap to global peace

Writing for the Counterpunch magazine Karl Meyers, a distinguished professor of International Relations at the University of Washington says the essential key to addressing real threats to international security and peace, as well as to resolving smaller wars and regional conflicts, is for the United States of America (USA) to reverse the present trend toward Cold Wars with Russia and China.

He advises that the world needs active cooperation among the US, Russia, China and other influential countries, through agreement and cooperation within the United Nations (UN) framework.  “ We need to return actively to the vision set forth in the UN Charter, and abandon the fantasy of unipolar world domination,”  Prof  Meyers intellectually asserts.

 The possibility of war between nuclear armed powers is returning as a real threat to the security of people all over the world. Climate change, waste of limited resources, and the economic pressures of excess population growth on the carrying capacity of Earth are fueled by military spending.

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Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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