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2001 Visiting Ground Zero - by Kennedy Graham, The Otago Daily Times, 28 December 2001; The Christchurch Press, 28 December 2001; The Jordan Times, 30 December 2001 For Global Leadership: Search for the Positive - by Kennedy Graham, The Jordan Times, October 19, 2001 Call for balance in response to terrorist attacks - by Hans van Ginkel and Ramesh Thakur, The UN Chronicle, Vol. XXXVIII, Number 3, 2001 The West has nothing to gain by impatiently trying to impose its standards - by Albrecht Schnabel, Le Monde, September 25, 2001 A buffer zone for Afghan refugees - by Dr. Geneviève Souillac and Dr. Daniel A. Bell, The Asian Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2001 United Nations in crisis: We need dialogue, not dysfunction - by Ramesh Thakur and David Malone, The Globe and Mail, August 24, 2001 We Need More Clean Water for Health and Peace - by Ramesh Thakur, The International Herald Tribune, August 14, 2001 Vandalism in Afghanistan and No One to Stop It - by Amin Saikal and Ramesh Thakur, The International Herald Tribune, Tuesday, March 6, 2001 A tactical retreat - by David Malone and Ramesh Thakur, The Globe and Mail, Thursday, February 8, 2001 Partnerships for humanitarian crises - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Monday, January 22, 2001 Overseas Indians: Use Them or Lose Them - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Monday, January 15, 2001 CLICK HERE FOR EARLIER ARTICLES... 2000 The sanctions boomerang - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, The Hindustan Times, Monday, December 4, 2000 Dusting off Russo-Indian ties - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Monday, November 20, 2000 The special mandate of peace research - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Saturday, November 11, 2000 Rich and Afraid of Peacekeeping - by Ramesh Thakur and David Malone, The International Herald Tribune, Paris, Wednesday, October 25, 2000 India shooting itself in the foot - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Sunday, October 15, 2000 Asian security order introduces unique changes - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to Asahi Shimbun (Japanese), Tokyo, Tuesday, October 10, 2000 and Asahi Evening News (English), Tokyo, Wednesday, October 11, 2000 U.N. deaths are no surprise - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Sunday, September 24, 2000 Multiculturalism and meritocracy are key - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Sunday, September 10, 2000 Australia's festering wound: Suffer the stolen children - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Sunday, August 20, 2000 It's Delhi's move in Kashmir - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Sunday, August 6, 2000 Japan, India should work together on world stage - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to Asahi Shimbun (Japanese) and Asahi Evening News (English), Tokyo, Monday, July 31, 2000 Beat swords into plowshares - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Wednesday, July 19, 2000 Corruption undermines India - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Saturday, July 1, 2000 Back to what they do best - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Wednesday, June 21, 2000 Japan, Australia define regional responsibility - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to Asahi Shimbun (Japanese) and Asahi Evening News (English), Tokyo, Monday, May 29, 2000 The U.N.'s impossible task - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Sunday, May 28, 2000 How New Zealand Overshadows Australia, Its Larger Neighbor - By Ramesh Thakur and William Maley, The International Herald Tribune, Paris, Saturday, April 29, 2000 The Best Solution to Nuclear Proliferation Is Nuclear Disarmament - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, The International Herald Tribune, Paris, Saturday, April 22, 2000 Nuclear lessons the world can learn from South Asia - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to Asahi Shimbun (Japanese) and Asahi Evening News (English), Tokyo, 17 April 2000 Peace's high price in Kosovo - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Sunday, April 9, 2000 Affirmative Action for Indians Is Multiplying Out of Control - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, The International Herald Tribune, Paris, Thursday, February 17, 2000 Defining New Goals for Diplomacy of the 21st Century - By Ramesh Thakur and Steve Lee The International Herald Tribune, Paris, Wednesday, January 19, 2000 High stakes in the war on terrorism - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Monday January 10, 2000 A Safer World and a Better Life for All - by Ramesh Thakur and Hans van Ginkel, special to The United Nations Chronicle 37:2 (2000) 1999 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaks at UNU - 11 November 1999 India Should Take Kashmir Off the International Agenda - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The International Herald Tribune, Neuilly-Sur-Seine, Monday, July 5, 1999 UN Must Balance Its Idealism With Global Reality - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The International Herald Tribune, Neuilly-Sur-Seine, Friday, June 25, 1999 Kosovo teaches might is right - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Monday, 19 April 1999 The Kosovo Mess: Without a Strategy, We Need Luck - or an Opportunistic Russia and China - by Albrecht Schnabel, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Sunday, 28 March 1999 India's politics of destruction - The Japan Times, Tokyo, Sunday, 7 February 1999 Restructuring Asia the Asian Way - The Japan Times, Tokyo, Friday, 1 January 1999 1998 Teaming Up to Make Human Rights a Universal Fact - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The International Herald Tribune, Paris, Thursday, December 10, 1998 Protect children from brutalities of war - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Saturday, 28 November 1998 Strengthening African state institutions - Africa Recovery, Vol. 12 No. 2 - November 1998 The Challenges of Agricultural Development in Africa in the 21st Century - by Prof. H.K.R. Amani,, University of Dar es Salaam, special to The Daily Yomiuri Tokyo, Friday, 16 October 1998 Globalization and Africa - by Julius Court, special to The Daily Yomiuri Tokyo, Friday, 16 October 1998 Social Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa - by Ruth Kagia, The World Bank, special to The Daily Yomiuri Tokyo, Friday, 16 October 1998 Have Africa's Economies Turned the Corner? - by Tony Killick, special to The Daily Yomiuri Tokyo, Friday, 16 October 1998 Encouraging Developmental States in Africa - by Thandika Mkandawire, special to The Daily Yomiuri Tokyo, Friday, 16 October 1998 How East Asians Are Finding Fault With the IMF - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The International Herald Tribune, Paris, Thursday, 13 August 1998 Forum makes case for rainwater use in big cities - The Japan Times, Tokyo, Saturday, 8 August 1998 Six lessons from South Asia - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The Japan Times, Tokyo, Monday, 27 July 1998 Next to Subcontinent Face-Off, the Cold War Looks Safe - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The International Herald Tribune, Paris, Monday, 20 July 1998 Britain, India and Pakistan Could Start a Disarmament Club - by Professors Ramesh Thakur and Ralph A. Cossa, special to The International Herald Tribune, Paris, Saturday, 11 July 1998 India Was Wrong to Test, but What Can the World Do? - by Professor Ramesh Thakur, special to The International Herald Tribune, Tuesday, 19 May 1998 Basic ways to make a real difference in Africa - by Professor Tony Addison, to The International Herald Tribune, 2 March 1998 Forum takes up regional pollutant, dioxin threat - The Japan Times, Tokyo, Saturday, 14 February 1998 Poverty and poor government main causes of humanitarian disasters - By Professor E. Wayne Nafziger, The Straits Times, 26 January 1998 Root of human suffering - By Professor E. Wayne Nafziger, The Financial Times, 21 January 1998 (This article was also published in the Straight Times of 26 January 1998 under the title: "Poverty and poor government main causes of humanitarian disasters.") Stiglitz sees no US deflation - By Adam Jasser, Reuters, 7-8 January 1998 Click here for other press articles