REALISM AS THE PATH TO PEACE

REALISM AS THE PATH TO PEACE

In my previous post, I explained that the emergence of cosmopolitanism is tied to the death of Socrates, who was condemned by Athenian democracy for “not believing in the gods of the polis and (therefore) corrupting the youth,” as recorded in The Apology, the first...
A HUMAN NATION BEYOND THE UNITED NATIONS

A HUMAN NATION BEYOND THE UNITED NATIONS

I have finished reading The Ends of the World. A History of Cosmopolitanism from Antiquity to the 18th Century by Luca Scuccimarra, and it seems to me a demonstration of disorientation or misinformation. As Scuccimarra points out, even before Socrates, there were...
Letter in Support and Demand of the Olympic Truce

Letter in Support and Demand of the Olympic Truce

To the attention of: His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the UNGA His Excellency Mr. Thomas Bach, IOC President Subject: Letter in Support and Demand of the Olympic Truce Dear Sirs, We humbly...
RECONCILIATION CALL

RECONCILIATION CALL

It is crucial to use our intelligence to understand and recognize what our humanity means, which does not allow for a ‘partial or limited peace,’ and that is why war is said to be ‘absolute.’ In the past, human groups were isolated and...
WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE COLD WAR

WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE COLD WAR

WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE IN BERLIN SINCE THE COLD WAR? I am in Berlin now after 35 years since I studied at the Freie Universität Berlin, FUB. I had been working for peace at the UAM in Madrid at the peak of the Cold War in the early eighties and when I came here for a...