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PART
10: Nazism and the German economic
miracle
From the Third Reich to
the current regime of Gerhard Schroeder, Germany
has shown remarkable ability to achieve economic
prominence in the face of overwhelming odds -
including those it imposed on itself through
ultra-nationalism, militarism and
racism.
PART 9: Sovereignty,
democracy and militarism
If the German
post-war model is applied to Iraq, there may never
be a formal end to the Iraq war. And because there
is no formal peace treaty between Germany and the
the US-led Allies, German sovereignty is
compromised. The legitimacy of the Berlin
government is an open question and can be
exploited in a future national crisis. (May 6,
'05)
PART 8: Militarism and failed
states
Militarism
is the doctrine that military might is the basic
source of all security. The doctrine leads
inevitably to the militarization of peace as a
form of permanent preparation for war. Militarism
is not exclusive to dictatorships or authoritarian
states - liberal democracies are frequently
proponents and willing victims of militarism.
(Apr 27, '05)
PART
7: History lesson for the 'war on
terror'
The Thirty Years' War was
one of the most complex and brutal in European
history, killing millions in battle or by
malnutrition and disease, and putting into motion
unpredictable forces whose effects would be felt
for centuries. Many parallels can be found between
that 17th-century conflict and the 21st-century
"war on terror". (Apr 13, '05)
PART
6: Outsourcing public security
Public security is the prime
function of government. Yet in the United States
and elsewhere, this function is being privatized,
so the safety of the homeland is in the hands of
private corporations and underpaid security
guards. (Apr 8,
'05)
PART 5:
Militarism and the war on
drugs
The
introduction of the military into police work
invariably escalates the degree of violence in the
maintenance of order. Henry C K Liu examines two
related elements of US law enforcement, the "war
on drugs" and patrolling the borders, and reveals
how the US Army has become over-extended. (Mar 17, '05)
PART 4: Militarism and
mercenaries
A sovereign
state is responsible for the military security of
the nation, whether the threat comes from home or
abroad. Misuse of this responsibility - militarism
- as occurred in the US at Little Rock
Central High School in 1957 and at Wounded Knee in
1973 can lead to failed statehood. (Mar 10,
'05)
PART 3: The business of private
security
Social order is the main component
of domestic security. Social security is
the foundation of social order. Privatization
of social security is a road to
government abdication, the cause of failed statehood.
(Mar
2, '05)
PART 2: The privatization wave
Is nothing
sacred? Apparently not in the world of
privatization, which has over the past decade
turned over to profiteers not only essential
services such as mail, energy and even national
security, but the very stuff of life: water. In
this race to the bottom, life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness are increasingly sold off to
the highest bidder. (Feb 11, '05)
PART
1: The failed-state cancer
The Washington
Consensus, the synchronized ideology of US-based
establishment economists, has for a quarter of a
century wrought havoc in the developing world,
leaving in its wake "failed states" vulnerable to
economic, if not military, takeover. Yet the great
failure of our age is not the concept of the
sovereign state, but market fundamentalism itself.
(Feb 3,
'05)
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