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From the primordial jelly that gave us our Welli.
To the eighth with five digits which sits and fidgets,
and the invention of fire that lit the path to the age of promise,
and The Grapes of Wrath we were prolific in the Neolithic.
Though Adam and…

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The 2030 sustainable development agenda makes clear that cannot be development without peace and security.  Disarmament is integral to achieving peace and security.  Weapons fuel the fires of conflict they are a major driver of violent deaths and an underlying cause of instability.  Weapons destroy lives and livelihoods, the number of conflict deaths more…

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For those of us who live in relatively safe Western democracies, the ability to be able to express ourselves online is taken for granted.  However there are a surprising number of countries where it’s extremely dangerous to speak your mind especially if your views don’t match the state or party line.

The dangers are not always obvious, especially when you see some of…

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There is a growing concern that along with all the problems that it seems to be creating, that Brexit will end up threatening the fragile peace in Northern Ireland. Some politicians including the Prime Minister Theresa May have insisted that the Good Friday Agreement should be protected at all costs. However others who see the agreement as an obstacle to a ‘hard Brexit’ have started…

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There are signs now that president Assad has indeed won his civil war, at least to some extent.  Most of the democratic nations have already declared that there can be no lasting peace with him in power.  However that looks unlikely so what is going to happen next.

The next moves will probably belong to President Assad and it helps to understand a…

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Since the end of World War 2, pacifism has been at the heart of the national identity of Japan.  Of course, this wasn’t all entirely voluntary, as the United States pushed the country to adopt an anti-war clause in it’s constitution.   It’s something that has generally been very popular with the Japanese people and it’s military are even described as the ‘Self Defence Force’.

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The US stance on foreign affairs became a little clearer this week as Donald Trump announced his new Defense Secretary – ‘Mad Dog Mattis’.  Many might be a little concerned about that sort of nickname for one of the most powerful positions in the world, yet Donald Trump reveled in the nickname and perhaps indicated the coming administration’s international positioning.

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There is hopefully good news for Columbia with the government expected to sign a new peace deal this week with the Farc rebels.

Many where wary that this wouldn’t happen, as a deal was previously rejected in a referendum last month. The Government took the approach of revising the deal instead of completely rejecting and the updated version will be submitted to Congress…

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Because liberty without responsibility isn’t true liberty. You don’t should talk as a way to teach. Have you ever done anything wherever your mind is solely with that specific activity. You may meditate on someone, and in case you have enough mindfulness and concentration, you can earn a breakthrough and understand the essence of that individual.

There’s an interruption. That is the reason…

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Some times it gets confusing distinguishing the genuine peace activists, especially when they start applauding violence. Yet there is a growing view that the Russians bombing the hell out of Syria is going to make things better.

The arguments are just as confusing, things like Western intervention makes things worse (ergo Russians will do better, ermm), we’re just letting ISIS win and stuff…

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Seventy years after World War II finished, should we be thinking about peace or about war?

World War I, in its day, was called “the war to end all wars.” It wasn’t. Two states, in its wake, went pacifist.

Brute power had had it’s day. Let power rule that is simply pacified. Military headquarters, Figueres declared, could be transformed into an…

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We have recently learned that North Korea, is planning to restart its main nuclear bomb fuel reactor after it have been shut down for almost halv a year. We may still speculate if this is mere to create more power for the cities nearby, or if they are planning on producing fuel for their nuclear bombs. With all the hatred we have…

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Once again, the U.S. military is increasing its military spending.  Sigh.

In the US military, different pay charts exist for different ranks. In the army for example, the highest paid officials are the 4 star generals, especially those at the top ranking level. The pay is more or less the same for officials of equal rank across the various branches of the US…

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Gawker recently published an article about how the US military is shrinking.  According to the military pay chart in 2014, pay is shrinking as well.

Taking the time to have a look at the military pay chart is something that everyone should do in order to have an accurate understanding of how much they would be able to make by…

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