The Regina Seminar on the Elimination
of Weapons of Mass Destruction
0-932863-53-1 * 94 pages * 2007

The Regina Seminar on the Elimination of Weapons of Mass Destruction is envisioned as the first in a series of cross-civilizational dialogues, with a view to facilitating dialogue on issues of global significance whose import may be hampered by diverse and conflicting civilizational norms, axioms, and conceptualizations. The purpose of such a series of dialogues is not so much to arrive at conclusions or agreements as to explore and exchange different points of view.  The Regina Seminar sought to encourage the exposure of new cross-civilizational norms which may serve to foster a sense of collegiality and mutuality of interest among scholars representing these diverse civilizations.

In the months preceding the Regina Seminar, the issue of weapons of mass destruction was of paramount concern.  The United States, a nuclear power, had launched a pre-emptive attack on the sovereign nation of Iraq, a non-nuclear power, on the basis of its contention that Iraq was in the process of developing nuclear weapons, and that if it succeeded, the world would be threatened with their imminent use.  The world was also  witnessing the steady expansion of the list of nations which have nuclear weapons capacity, and the possibility of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists.  This was widely bruited throughout the West as being an issue of paramount concern and danger.  It was in this context that the Regina Seminar sought to bring together scholars who might address the various orientations of the civilizations particularly concerned at this conjuncture of world events.

ONLY AVAILABLE FROM:

In Pursuit of an
International Civil Tribunal
on the Right to Self-Determination
Price: $21.95 * ISBN: 978-0932863522 * 2006

ONLY AVAILABLE FROM:

In the wake of September 11th, the trend among states has been to move away from recognition of the right of peoples to self-determination as enshrined in the International Bill of Rights, and increasingly to view individuals and groups seeking that right within the new context of the "war on terrorism". This second international conference on the right to self-determination sought to respond to deepening UN acquiescence to the erosion of this basic right, by seeking to re-enforce its earlier understandings related to right to self-determination, and the institutional options for conflict resolution and management between groups within states. It addresses the question of whether the establishment of an International Civil Tribunal on the Right to Self-determination might be the most effective tool whereby international civil society might facilitate UN instruments and mechanisms as it concerns the right to self-determination.