Amitai Etzioni
- : http://blog.amitaietzioni.org/
- : Amitai Etzioni is a Professor at George Washington University. He has written several books including My Brother’s Keeper and Security First. He was an adviser to the Carter White House, and president of the American Sociological Association.
The Promise of Moderation
Anyone who still holds that 9/11 validated the Lewis/Huntington clash of civilization thesis should read the book by the former Jordanian foreign minister, Marwan Muasher. True, The Arab Center is not a call for regime change, nor a simplistic celebration...more »
Posted on July 17, 2008 3:13 PM
Onward with the Mediterranean Union
On July 13 the new EU president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will re-launch his idea of forming a community of nations on the southern side of the Mediterranean. Instead of joining the EU, nations such as Turkey, Jordan, and Israel will be...more »
Posted on July 9, 2008 10:53 AM
The Lessons of Basra
Anybody interested in helping people across the world better their lives should read Bad Days in Basra (I.B. Tauris & Co, 2008). It matters little if you seek to help establish basic security, shore up the economy, curb corruption or...more »
Posted on July 2, 2008 9:22 AM
The Case For Domestic Disarmament
In 1991, we at the Communitarian Network issued a paper titled "The Case For Domestic Disarmament," a high-profile position paper which stated that what is needed to significantly enhance public safety is domestic disarmament of the kind that exists in...more »
Posted on June 30, 2008 12:48 PM
Hillary Belongs in the Cabinet
Offering Senator Clinton the position of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to lead the reform of the American health care system, is a much better answer to the question "What to do about Hillary?" than making her the...more »
Posted on June 26, 2008 1:23 PM
The EU bombers
I live in a building owned jointly by a hundred families, a cooperative. The other day the board asked the members to vote on a plan to spend four million dollars on renovating the building. When the members voted "nay,"...more »
Posted on June 18, 2008 1:43 PM
The Irish, the last democrats in the EU?
Today the Irish will be given an opportunity to vote on whether or not they are willing to give up a major chunk of their national sovereignty. It is an opportunity that was denied to all the other citizens of...more »
Posted on June 12, 2008 11:32 AM
Lessons from Myanmar
The weeks of delay in delivering humanitarian aid to the suffering millions in Myanmar highlighted one more time a new transnational norm, that governments have a duty to protect their people, and--that if they do not discharge it, they forfeit...more »
Posted on June 2, 2008 11:13 AM
Obama is back!
For a while, on the long and torturous campaign trail, Obama seemed to focus excessively on the easier side of communitarianism: that we are all one; the hope and joy of togetherness. However, during his recent Wesleyan speech he revived...more »
Posted on May 28, 2008 2:07 PM
Supreme Court tilts election, big time
This week's Supreme Court decision allowing election laws that greatly favor the GOP to stand received little attention, considering the considerable and partisan effect it will have on the upcoming election. Because the court dealt only with the law of...more »
Posted on May 2, 2008 2:24 PM
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Well taken points. I am told that the Bush Adminstration turned down such a deal because it holds that only democracies can be trusted to be reliable partners in constructing a peacefull world. Hence their insistance on a regime change.
Any how little harm in exploring this avenue. If ALL fails, the US and allies will need to use force, but as a former commando I note that bombing is not the only or best option.
Amitai EtzioniPosted at May 5, 2006 9:19 AM in response to Iran: a New Deal
