I’ve been reading the yearbook of peace and security 2004 for the last few days
and it’s all quite depressing.
Israel is building a wall which causes great poverty in
Palestine and doesn’t really help to stop the violence on both sides. While the
International Court of Justice confirmed that Israel is breaking international law, The US
support Israel in building that wall.
Genocidal actions in Sudan have been nearly ignored by the
international community and the situation showed once again that noone is willing to help you,
unless it’s in the country’s direct national interest.
Central Asian states are becoming
increasingly unstable because of lack of water, corruption and religious extremism. At least there
seems to be a lot of oil beneath their ground so the US are already there, discussing with Russia
and China who’s going to have which part of the pie.
Not too surprising, in the
Netherlands, the experienced threat of terrorism is as high as never before, while
the real level of threat is relatively low. Still, it’s the impact of terrorism that counts and the
dutch people seem to be very vulnerable in that light. Probably this is one of the countries where
terroristic incidents are the most efficient. :-(
On a positive sidenote, looking out of my window, the trees are fully green again and
the sun is shining on a more and more regular basis. Guess I shouldn’t forget that I must be pretty
damn lucky as long as I live in a secure and stable political environment …