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		<title>Peace in an Imbalanced World</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction to IJWP, December 2011 This issue of IJWP contains three articles that reveal some of the toughest challenges to peace that relate to imbalances in power, imbalances in wealth, and imbalances in the treatment of individuals and groups. Our &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.ijwp.org/2011/12/peace-in-an-imbalanced-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Balancing Rule of Law and Self-determination</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction to IJWP, September 2011 Rule of law is necessary for the order, stability, and peace of any nation.Without rule of law there is anarchy in which gangs, warlords, and conquerors compete for control to establish their own rule of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.ijwp.org/2011/09/balancing-rule-of-law-and-self-determination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nation-States, CSOs, and Second-Track Diplomacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction to IJWP, June 2011 As the Soviet empire collapsed around 1990, there was great hope that the many peoples whose national identities had been suppressed would get their own nation-states. The ideal of a nation-state as the normal form &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.ijwp.org/2011/06/nation-states-csos-and-second-track-diplomacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Research on Democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download .pdf from Paragon House, $5.95 Introduction to IJWP, December 2010 This issue of IJWP focuses on democracy: how to establish it and its relation to violence. We continue from the September issue’s last article “Internal vs. External Requisites of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.ijwp.org/2010/11/research-on-democracy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Systems Theory in Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download .pdf from Paragon House, $5.95 Introduction to IJWP, September 2010 Twenty-five years ago, from August 16-20, 1985, the Professors World Peace Academy sponsored a conference on “The Fall of the Soviet Empire: Prospects for Transition to a Post-Soviet World,” &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.ijwp.org/2010/09/the-importance-of-systems-theory-in-politics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Resolving Ethnic Conflicts in Nation States</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download .pdf from Paragon House, $5.95 Introduction to IJWP, June 2010 With the rise of the sovereign nation-state, after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, came a period of great scientific and technical advancement as well as the rise of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.ijwp.org/2010/06/resolving-conflicts-in-nation-states/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Power Politics in Southwest Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intro­duc­tion to March 2010 IJWP We can better understand the War on Terror and the role of Western military forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan by learning the history of the politics in the region. Southwest Asia is marked by &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.ijwp.org/2010/03/power-politics-in-southwest-asia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Realpolitik and World Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction to December 2009 IJWP Realpolitik is a term derived from German. It refers to a politics based on practical and material factors rather than on theoretical or ethical objectives (Merriam-Webster dictionary). Historically, many political platforms have been based on &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.ijwp.org/2009/12/realpolitik-and-world-peace/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anarchy in Unsecured Territories</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction to September 2009 IJWP The modern desire for democracy and self-rule is largely a reaction against a history of oppression and exploitation following military conquest and imposed rule. World history is predominantly shaped by conquerors, yet most people desire &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.ijwp.org/2009/09/anarchy-in-unsecured-territories/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A More Perfect Union</title>
		<link>http://www.ijwp.org/2009/06/157/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction to June 2009 IJWP Our lead article by James Yunker suggests ways in which global governance could be improved, ways that could create a “more perfect union” than the League of Nations, or the United Nations, which he compares &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.ijwp.org/2009/06/157/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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