This is the weekly electronic information service of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility

Editor: Tobias Damjanov, e-mail:   
INES homepage: http://inesglobal.org
INES International Office   
INES Chair: Prof. Armin Tenner   

CONTENTS of WNII No. 41/2000

• Membership and Projects' News:
  • USA: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF), "Waging Peace Worldwide"
  • Web reference suggested by Prof. Spitzer: "Better World Links"
• Briefings:
  • Foreign and military policy under the Bush presidency II
• INES Web- and Email Service
  • CHANGE: Email address Ulrike Otto (EC Member)

MEMBERSHIP AND PROJECTS' NEWS

USA: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF), "Waging Peace Worldwide" http://www.wagingpeace.org 

The Winter 2000 issue (Vol. 10, No. 3) of NAPF's print magazine "Waging Peace Worldwide" carries the following:

• A Message of Peace: Hiroshima/Nagasaki Exhibition. Voices from Japanese Visitors
• Swackhamer Peace Essay Contest Winners
• David Krieger: An Open Letter to the Next U.S. President: Abolish Nuclear Weapons
• Program Updates:
  • Abolition 2000 Update
  • Web Site Update
  • Appeal to End the Nuclear Weapons Threat to Humanity
  • Youth Outreach Update
• Foundation Activities:
  • Sadako Peace Day
  • Legacy Circle

Web reference suggested by Prof. Spitzer: "Better World Links" http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/bookmark.htm  

"Better World Links" - also known as "Norbert's Bookmarks for a Better World" is a huge but well-organised link collection, including a search engine, which aims at offering [I did not count them; the ed.] 30,000 links in English (and German) on the following global topics:

• Conflict Regions: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/konflikte.htm
• Economy: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/wirtschaft.htm  
• Education: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/bildung.htm  
• Environment: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/umwelt.htm  
• General Info: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/allgemeines.htm  
• Human Rights: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/menschenrechte.htm  
• Military: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/militaer.htm  
• News: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/nachrichten.htm  
• One World: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/welt.htm  
• Peace: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/frieden.htm  
• Politics: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/politik.htm  
• Religions: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/religionen.htm  
• Social Justice: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/soziales.htm  
• Urgent Actions: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/aktionen.htm  
• Women: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/frauen.htm  

(Don't get confused about the German terms used in the URLs: it's all in English).   Further information can be found at: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/mission.htm  

As indicated above, the English language entrance page is at: http://www.dfg-vk.de/english/bookmark.htm  

Some additional information: The main page is run by the "German Peace Society United War Resisters (DFG-VK)", a peace organisation which is over hundred years old. The DFG-VK is linked to INES via its membership to the International Peace Bureau. Let me add that I am proud to be a member of the DFG-VK since more than 25 years.

"Norbert's Bookmarks for a Better World" is operated by Norbert: < >

The Editor

BRIEFINGS

Foreign and military policy under the Bush presidency II

In the last WNII issue, I offered a compilation of articles dealing with the foreign and military policy under the Bush presidency. Meanwhile, I have added to this file which is available as an rtf-formatted email attachment the following new articles:

• "Toronto Globe & Mail": So, Really, Where's the Need for Missile Defence?
• Finnish Institute for Foreign Affairs: The State of U.S.-Russian Relations and the New Bush Administration
• STRATFOR Global Intelligence Update: The Next President And the Lure of Foreign Policy
• "The Weekly Defense Monitor": President George W. Bush and the "Other" Europe
• Transition Brief from the Center for Security Policy: Deploy Missile Defenses Now
• "Disarmament Diplomacy": Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in South Asia: What Next?
• Karl Grossman: Aerospace Executives on Bush Star Wars Team
• Reuters: Bush's Pentagon Choice Moves 'Star Wars' Closer
• David Krieger: An Open Letter to the Next U.S. President: Abolish Nuclear Weapons (this is a revised version of the Open Letter announced in WNII 27/2000)
• Daryl Kimball:
  • NMD/START Update
  • Rumsfeld named to be DoD Secretary
• "The New York Times": Choice Of Rumsfeld Creates Solid Team For Missile Shield
• Alice Slater: Rumsfeld's corrupt record

T. Damjanov Editor, WNII

INES WEB AND E-MAIL SERVICE

CHANGE: Email address Ulrike Otto (EC Member)

Please note the following change of email address of Ulrike Otto, member of the INES Executive Committee (as of 1 January 2001:  < >

All INES e-mail addresses and homepages are available upon request from:  

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