IF WAR IS WORLDWIDE, SO MUST BE DIALOGUE

This week on www.openDemocracy.net, our electronic roundtable about
terrorism, democracy and war after Madrid continues with contributions
from Mai Ghoussoub, Kirsty Hughes and John Lloyd.

John Hulsman in Washington seeks transatlantic unity against al-Qaida;
Sari Nusseibeh in Jerusalem measures Palestine’s future after Sheikh
Yassin; Sabine Freizer in Tbilisi uncovers the Uzbek market bombings and
Paul Rogers in Yorkshire places Iraqi fury in the context of a pattern of
violence across south Asia.

Plus: Antje Vollmer, vice-president of Germany’s Bundestag, resists the
conscription of Immanuel Kant into the “coalition of the willing”.

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THE WEEK'S TOP FIVE

PALESTINE’S PROSPECTS AFTER GAZA: AN INTERVIEW WITH SARI NUSSEIBEH
Israel’s killing of Hamas’s leader convulsed the region. But the leading
Palestinian scholar SARI NUSSEIBEH, talking to LINDA BENEDIKT, takes a
longer-term view
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3705/benedikt_010404.jsp

IMMANUEL KANT AND IRAQ: A REPLY TO ROGER SCRUTON
The German Green politician ANTJE VOLLMER disagrees with the English
philosopher ROGER SCRUTON: the philosopher of reason and law would have
opposed the war
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3705/vollmer_010404.jsp

MIDNIGHT IN TASHKENT
The reclusive Central Asian state of Uzbekistan is reeling from a surge
of anti-state violence. A lesson for the autocratic Tashkent regime and
its international sponsors alike, says SABINE FREIZER
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3705/freizer_010404.jsp

HIJAB HYSTERIA: FRANCE AND ITS MUSLIMS
France has banned the Islamic headscarf in schools. Undemocratic and
illiberal, argues SVEND WHITE – but Muslims too must examine their hijab
obsession
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3705/white_010404.jsp

ATOCHA: A VIEW FROM WASHINGTON
After the Madrid terrorist bombings, America and Europe need to unify
against a common enemy, says JOHN C. HULSMAN of the Heritage Foundation
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3705/hulsman_010404.jsp

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EDITOR’S NOTE: VOICING AMERICA
In this crucial election year, openDemocracy seeks an engagement with
America that opens minds and crosses frontiers, says ANTHONY BARNETT
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3705/barnett_010404.jsp

GLOBAL SECURITY: A WEEK OF VENGEANCE
In Iraq, ferocious violence; in Uzbekistan, market bombs; in southern
Thailand, turmoil; in Pakistan, humiliation; in London, fear. PAUL ROGERS
tracks a spreading arc of conflict
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3705/rogers_010404.jsp

OUR ELECTION YEAR: THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
TODD GITLIN, in the Greek home of democracy, is struck by how the evasive
wordplay even of “international” media exculpates the Bushites
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3705/gitlin_010404.jsp

WHAT DO WE HAVE FAITH IN? MODERATE DREAMS AND INSPIRATION
After utopia, pragmatism; after millennial dreams, negotiated
improvements. DAVE BELDEN asks if romance can be found in small change
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3705/belden_010404.jsp

WORLD DIARY: RECIPE FOR DISASTER
DOMINIC HILTON keeps his weekly engagement with reality
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3705/worlddiary_010404.jsp

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