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Israel’s Declaration of Independence ensures civil equality for all non-Jews, but the way the country is run today says something different. The author argues that Israel is actually a multiethnic state in which (especially secular) Jews are privileged to more rights than any other group. He argues that, especially in view of the demographics of the country, it is imperative that Arabs and other non-Jewish minorities not be treated as second-class citizens, especially if Israel is to be thought of as a democratic state.

• How might we learn to live together?
  por Dan Bavly
• Is a Comprehensive Middle Eastern Peace Possible?
  por Walid Salem

A particular political, diplomatic and legal phenomenon can be observed in relation to the drama of the kidnappings in Colombia: the matter has gone international. The question is whether this fact complicates or simplifies the liberation of those kidnapped, including those in the present as well as the future, those in Colombia and those that are held captive throughout the entire world.

Finding a solution to the future of Kosovo that satisfies the Serbs and the Albanian-Kosovars is proving to be a difficult task; perhaps the alternative could at one stage be the creation of a Confederation between Serbia and Kosovo, which is still its province; it would not be an optimal situation for either of the parties, but it could be an intermediate route towards the final, peaceful solution to the conflict.

The refusal of the United States to halt the installation of the anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, and the mounting aggression between Washington and Moscow, gave the impression that a new Cold War atmosphere has come over International Relations.

• Kosovo´s final status: another chapter of turmoil in the Balkans?
  por Borja Lasheras
• Poland Wagers for Change
  por Mercedes Herrero de la Fuente
• Spain, before and after funding from the European Union
  por Ferran Requejo
• Anemia in the European Union
  por Luis Méndez Asensio
• Changes in the Russian Security Agenda
  por Rafael Calduch Cervera

The author discusses the international community’s responsibility to protect those experiencing genocide, specifically in Darfur. He describes the United Nations´s call for humanitarian intervention, now newly and more specifically defined as the responsibility to protect.

• The dispute for African Oil
  por Eloísa Vaello Marco
• The Impact of Climate change in Africa
  por Jesús Rivillo Torres

The author argues that the recent summit in Annapolis marks the beginning of a period of serious negotiations in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Still, there are many obstacles to be overcome in the future: while Hamas’ influence is diminishing and the Palestinian government is having success in its efforts to provide the region with stability and security, the crisis in Gaza still remains, and Israel has not been as successful in holding up its end of the deal as set forth in the first stage of the Road Map. The author presents nine points that should be implemented to make the environment more conducive to negotiations in the upcoming year.

• How might we learn to live together?
  por Dan Bavly
• The Summit in Annapolis, different from Camp David?
  por George Chaya
• The Importace of Dialogue between Jerusalem and Damascus
  por Mario Sznajder
• Gaza Coup D'état (Part I)
  por Walid Salem
• Forty Years Without a Lasting Peace
  por Dan Bavly

Understand why the United States and his allies are unable to win in Iraq in spite of their overwhelming military force. Understand which is the role that plays the merger of the Wahhabi neo-fundamentalism, the Arab ultra-nationalism and the Shia revolutionism.

• Turkey´s diplomatic coercion with Iraq
  por Ildefonso González Blasco
• Protecting Americans by Spying at Home
  por Eric Napoli
• The Cold War with Iran
  por Ricardo Israel Zipper
• Uprising Against the 'War on Terror'
  por Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

Thousands of Burmese citizens, lead by Buddhist monks, have forced a beastial dictatorship into check. Images of the protests and of their consequent repression have exposed before the international public a detestable regime, and citizens whose struggle for liberty and democracy should be a reference for the modern world.

• From Gen. Pervez Musharraf to Mr. Pervez Musharraf
  por Sohail Mahmood
• Pakistan: General Musharraf’s Election Bid, the Supreme Court Verdict and Public Protests
  por Sohail Mahmood
• Contemporary Political Developments in South Asia
  por Sohail Mahmood

While international support for a Two-State solution seems to be promising following the recent summit in Annapolis, a partition of the land west of the river Jordan is not very practical when one takes into account the Israeli settlement policy of the past 30 years, argues the author; he suggests that the solution might lie down a different path: Jews and Arabs alike should learn to renounce their militant ways and, with an internationally backed effort, create an integrated country in which minorities are granted full rights, complete with an educational system that embraces all of the ethnic groups in the area.