Iraq/Iran/Gulf Project Overview Reports Index "Humanity did not justify this war" Comment by Gareth Evans in the Financial Times 15 May 2003 Don't worry if Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction never turn up. Don't worry if he had neither the capacity nor the intent to threaten the US or his neighbours. Don't worry if Iraq was not in breach of United Nations resolutions. The war, we are now told, can be wholly justified by the horrors Mr Hussein inflicted on his own people, the latest evidence of which was found this week in a mass grave south of Baghdad. But can it be?

Central Africa Project Overview Reports Index "Iraq's collateral damage hits Africa" Comment by John Prendergast and Princeton Lyman in the International Herald Tribune 14 May 2003 Already beset by poverty, AIDS and conflict, Africa is receiving further blows as the global repercussions of the Iraq war take their toll on security, politics, economies and the humanitarian sphere. Not a corner of the continent will be left untouched.

Arab-Israeli Conflict Project Overview Reports Index Road Map vs. Reality Comment by Gareth Evans and Robert Malley in The Washington Post 6 May 2003 Nothing is ever straightforward in the Middle East, and the "road map" finally presented last week is no exception. The plan has no hope of being implemented, and yet it is crucial that its implementation be pursued.

Indonesia Project Overview Reports Index "A peace plan for Aceh Indonesia" Comment by Sidney Jones in the International Herald Tribune 5 May 2003 Hopes for peace in Indonesia's Aceh Province hang by a thread.

Indonesia Project Overview Reports Index Avoid past mistakes if military option inevitable Comment by Sidney Jones in The Jakarta Post 30 April 2003 The government may have given Free Aceh Movement (GAM) an ultimatum on Monday to lay down its arms and accept autonomy or else, but in fact the "or else" has already begun. Both sides are mounting attacks, armed clashes are frequent, and there are no monitors in the field to document what's going on. The question is not whether military operations will begin in two weeks but whether those underway will be significantly increased.

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