Interesting Notes From Asian Civil Society Forum 2004

From November 21 to 25,2004,nearly 400 partic-ipants for the 2nd Asian Civil Society Forum(ACSF), representing over 100 NGOs from more than 30 countries and regions of Asia gathered in Bangkok,Thailand.As a member of Chinese Asso-ciation for International Understanding, I had the chance to participate in the forum , and it was a most rewarding visit. The Scene of the Forum The ACSF 2004 was sponsored by CONGO (the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN ).Th…     

Comments on UN Reform

OnOctober9-132004,UnitedNationsSecretary-GeneralKofiAnnanpaidanofficialvisittoChina.Duringhisstay,hehaddiscussionswithChineseleadersonUNreformandchangesintheinterna-tionalsituationandetc.Inrecent59thUNGeneralAssemblySession,UNreformwasalsooneofthehottopics.ThenecessityofUNreform.UNisnowfacingarigorousrealityofinternationalpolitics.Althoughpeaceanddevelopmentstillremainthemainthemesofourtime,theworldisfarfromtranquility.Thegeneralinternationalsituationhaskeptitsba-sicfeaturesasoverall…     

Hot Spots, Difficult Spots and Bright Spots——Comments on the 2004 world situation

Whiletheyearof2004haswitnessedastablesitua-tionintheworldasawhole,theinterlockedunilat-eralism,hegemonism,terrorismandregionalhotspotshaveneverceasedmakingtroublesthathavecontinuedtostartletheworld.AroundtheU.S.presidentialelection,theU.S.foreignstrategyandthedevelopmentoftheMiddleEastsituation,theworldhasundergonearapidchange,withtheinter-nationalrelationsmakingdrasticrestructuringandtheworldsecuritybeingseriouslyimpaired.Incon-trastwiththeturbulenceinsomepartsoftheworld,politicalpartiesinv…     

Waterloo or Milestone of the Bush Administration

In the coming fouryears,the Middle Eastwillcon-tinue to be the strategic focus of the United States.It can be seen in an analysis of the recent years'situation that the Bush administration rather chose a war in the Middle East to achieve its strategicgoals than used non-military measures to do thesam ething.In the future the Bush administration might find it difficult to draw back from its policyon the Middle East,which will mean more losses than gains.This will probably continue to caused…