“What is... disturbing to me is that many of these pro-Israeli lawmakers sit on the House International Relations Committee despite the obvious conflict of interest that their emotional attachments to Israel cause... The Israeli occupation of all territories must end, including Congress.” EndsHouseCausesInterestEmotionalConflictRelationIncludingInternationalCongressObviousIsraelDespiteAttachmentOccupationTerritoryCommitteesDisturbingIsraeliInternational RelationsLawmakersConflict Of InterestIsraeli Occupation Author:Cynthia McKinney
“I’m trying to learn more about international law to understand why we don’t have better solutions for conflict - for dictators or aggressors that are hurting or raping children or using them as child soldiers. Why can’t we have an international community handle these things in a swift, efficient manner?” TryingChildrenLawCommunityHurtConflictSolutionsSoldierInternationalHandleEfficientDictatorInternational CommunityInternational LawAggressorsChild Soldier Author:Angelina Jolie
“Free trade holds much of the blame for continued international conflict. Markets are said to possess wisdom that is somehow superior to man. Those of us in business who travel in the developing world see the results of such western wisdom and have a rumbling disquiet about much of what our economic institutions have bought into.” MenWorldSaidResultsEconomicConflictInstitutionsBlameTradeWesternInternationalSuperiorsDevelopingGlobalizationFree Trade Author:Anita Roddick
“The Independent Expert is persuaded that recognition of peace as a human right will promote a democratic and equitable international order and that national and international democratization will reduce conflict, since peoples want peace. It is Governments that stumble into war.” WantHumansWarGovernmentOrderConflictIndependentDemocraticInternationalRecognitionExpertsEquitableDemocratization Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia authorities face the complicated task of stabilising and reviving a devastated economy after years of regional conflicts, international isolation and economic mismanagement.” YearsFacesEconomyEconomicConflictAuthorityTasksInternationalComplicatedIsolationRepublicDevastatedYugoslaviaMismanagement Author:Stanley Fischer
“Japan should not intervene in other countries' conflicts by using military power. And I don't think Japan is capable of doing such things. For starters, I don't believe our country has sufficient human resources to make that type of international contribution.” ThinkingShouldBelieveHumansCountryMilitaryTypeConflictCapableResourcesDon't BelieveInternationalOur CountrySufficientContributionJapanOther CountriesHuman ResourcesStartersMilitary Power Author:Sadako Ogata
“In the remaining months, we should focus on achieving more robust international involvement in training of Iraqi soldiers, police officers, judges, teachers, and doctors - all key elements needed to end the sectarian and civil conflict and build Iraq's future.” ShouldEndsFocusTeacherAchieveJudgingKeysMonthsNeededConflictElementsTrainingDoctorsPoliceSoldierInternationalIraqOfficersInvolvementPolice OfficerRobust Author:John Olver
“If the conflict in Lebanon continues, the risk of attacks will grow. This is why we must contribute to a joint (international) responsibility and help secure peace in Lebanon.” IfsHelpingGrowsResponsibilityRiskConflictInternationalSecureJointsLebanon Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“Some countries such as Iran and Syria are using the commotion to distract attention from their own problems with the international community. The Palestinians, who have been deeply divided since their election, have found a common enemy in Denmark that unites them. Extremists and fundamentalists are exploiting the conflict to promote their radical agenda and win new members.” Has BeensCountryProblemFoundWinningCommunityCommonAttentionEnemyConflictMembersElectionInternationalRadicalAgendasIranDividedPalestinianSyriaExtremistInternational CommunityDenmarkCommon Enemy Author:Anders Fogh Rasmussen
“Climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism. And if we do not get our act together and listen to what the scientists say, you're going to see countries all over the world struggling over limited amounts of water, limited amounts of land to grow their crops ask you're going to see all kinds of international conflict.” IfsWorldKindCountryTogetherAsksGrowsGrowthWaterStruggleLandAmountConflictScientistClimateClimate ChangeInternationalTerrorismAll KindsRelatedCrops Author:Hillary Clinton
“It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace. To do that, of course, we Americans will have to yield up some of our sovereignty. That would be a bitter pill. It would take a lot of courage, a lot of faith in the new order.” IfsWorldFirstsSeemsGovernmentWould BeLawOrderCoursesNationsUnitedStepsConflictPoliceInternationalBitterExecutivesYieldFirst StepsSovereigntyUnited NationsPillsLegislatureJudiciaryInternational LawWorld Government Author:Walter Cronkite
“What we're also looking at, if we do not transform our energy system, is more international war and conflict as countries fight over limited natural resources, including water and land to grow their crops.” IfsWarCountryFightingEnergyGrowsWaterNaturalLandConflictResourcesIncludingInternationalCropsNatural Resources Author:Bernie Sanders
“I am the president of 146 million Russians. I have to represent their interests. We are willing to settle this without any conflicts and to search for compromises on the basis of international law.” LawPresidentInterestMillionsWillingConflictBasesInternationalCompromiseSettlingInternational Law Author:Vladimir Putin
“However, there is a fundamental difference between the issue related to Japan's history and our negotiations with China. What is it all about? The Japanese issue resulted from World War II and is stipulated in the international instruments on the outcomes of World War II, while our discussions on border issues with our Chinese counterparts have nothing to do with World War II or any other military conflicts. This is the first, or rather, I should say, the second point.” WorldShouldFirstsWarDifferencesIssuesMilitaryConflictFundamentalsInstrumentsInternationalChinaChineseDiscussionBordersWar Of The WorldsOutcomesRelatedJapanWorld War IiWorld War INegotiationCounterparts Author:Vladimir Putin
“[Donald] Trump must divest because of his web of domestic and international business relationships that create a conflict of interest for him.” InterestTrumpConflictInternationalConflict Of InterestInternational BusinessBusiness Relationship Author:Norman L. Eisen
“You cannot cause disproportionate damage to the environment; you cannot harm neutral states. The court said that the threat or use of nuclear weapons is generally contrary to the international law of armed conflict.” SaidStatesUseLawCausesEnvironmentConflictWeaponsCourtThreatInternationalHarmContraryNuclearDamageNuclear WeaponsInternational LawArmed Conflict Author:John Burroughs
“Karzai is Afghanistan's first democratically elected president. He brought the international community into partnership on an unprecedented level, and he championed a new constitution that is liberal, democratic and still very Afghan. All of that does reflect a vision. But he's presided over a country that is still in conflict, and he hasn't taken some of the difficult decisions his own government wanted him to take. On corruption, he hasn't been as decisive as he should've been. There are legitimate questions about him.” ShouldFirstsDoeStillsCountryGovernmentWantedDifficultPresidentCommunityDecisionLevelsVisionTakenConflictConstitutionDemocraticInternationalCorruptionAfghanistanPartnershipUnprecedentedInternational CommunityAfghanDifficult Decisions Author:Chris Alexander
“Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with profound consequences for inter-communal relations, political rhetoric and policies at the local, regional, national and international level.” PoliticalLevelsPolicyConflictConsequenceRelationProfoundInternationalLocalsTensionPhenomenonRhetoricMistrustPolitical Rhetoric Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.” IfsCommunityAcceptingConflictInternationalInevitableSaddamDefaultDisarmamentInternational Community Author:Tony Blair
“Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.” WarCausesPeaceConflictInternationalAnti WarAntiwarWheatPetroleum Author:Simone Weil
“As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qaida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in response to the 9/11 attacks, and we may also use force consistent with our inherent right of national self-defense.” MaySelfMatterStatesUseLawForceUnitedUnited StatesConflictResponseInternationalDefenseConsistentAlsInherentSelf DefenseTalibanInternational LawArmed Conflict Author:John O. Brennan
“I think that we had a different view of what the 21st century could be like, with much more of a sense, from our perspective, of trying to have an interdependent world: looking at solving regional conflicts, having strength in alliances, operating within some kind of a sense that we were part of the international community and not outside of it.” ThinkingWorldTryingKindDifferentCommunityViewsCenturyPerspectiveConflictInternational21st CenturyAlliancesInternational CommunityDifferent ViewsHaving Strength Author:Madeleine Albright
“Instead of building the peace by attacking injustices like starvation, disease, illiteracy, political and economic servitude, we spend a trillion dollars on war since 1946, until hatred and conflict have become the international preoccupation.” WarPoliticalJusticeEconomicBuildingConflictDiseaseHatredDollarsInjusticeInternationalAttackingDisobedienceStarvationServitudePreoccupationIlliteracyWorld Hunger Author:Daniel Berrigan
“What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.” WarCountryCausesPeaceInterestEconomyEconomicCitizensConflictInternationalWheatPetrol Author:Simone Weil
“Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus that no child should take part in hostilities or be involuntarily recruited and that former child soldiers should be assisted by their governments after a life of violence and distress.” ShouldChildrenGovernmentMoralViolenceYouthConflictUniversalSoldierInternationalFormerDistressConsensusHostilityInvolvementOptionalProtocolArmed ConflictChild Soldier Author:Ban Ki-moon