International Law as a Basis for Conducting American Foreign Policy: 1979-1982

In a lecture delivered in May, 1978, Hans Morgenthau, one of the founders of a modem theory of power in international relations, declared that power politics must be replaced as the intellectual basis for the conduct of American foreign policy. With nuclear weapons that make possible the destruction of mankind, power politics has become fatally dangerous as a basis for foreign policymaking. Ultimately it will lead to a suicidal Third World War. According to Morgenthau, the only alternative to this scenario is the formation of a world government. For the immediate future, however, and as part of the process leading to the foundation of a world government, states must actively participate in the creation of functionally oriented international organizations able to cope with primary concerns in international relations. Through a process of gradual integration, the development of a larger number of specialized international organizations could eventually lead to the formation of a world government. International law must play an important role during this transition. Here Morgenthau joined the camp of the functional-integrationist school of international political science

Observations of QSO J2233-606 in the Southern Hubble Deep Field

The Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) HST observations are expected to begin in October 1998. We present a composite spectrum of the QSO in the HDF-S field covering UV/optical/near IR wavelengths, obtained by combining data from the ANU 2.3m Telescope with STIS on the HST. This intermediate resolution spectrum covers the range 1600-10000A and allows us to derive some basic information on the intervening absorption systems which will be important in planning future higher resolution studies of this QSO.Comment: 9 pages and 2 figures, submitted to ApJ

The hypocrisy and racism behind the formulation of U.S. human rights foreign policy

Arms Control & Domestic and International Security (ACDIS

The law of power politics

Arms Control & Domestic and International Security (ACDIS

The relevance of international law to the so-called "paradox" of nuclear deterrence

Arms Control & Domestic and International Security (ACDIS

The Entebbe Hostage Crisis

Arms Control & Domestic and International Security (ACDIS

The present and future role of industrial forest land of Oregon in outdoor recreation

About 16 percent of Oregon's forest land is owned by the various components of the forest industry. Most of this area lies within the relatively heavily populated western portion of the state. These factors, plus the fact that the public seems to have a peculiar attitude about property rights when forest land is concerned, produce a situation whereby pressures for recreational use of private forest lands are being felt by the forest industry. According to an AFPI questionnaire survey conducted in 1960, many recreational activities are permitted, subject to various restrictions, on a high percentage of forest industry lands in Oregon. But the figures presented in the summation of the survey must be used with caution, for they may present too optimistic a picture of the forest industry's contribution to the recreation resources of the state. The private forest industry is primarily devoted to producing forest products at a profit; multiple use of these lands must necessarily be geared to this primary purpose. But there is also a role which the forest industry could play in the development of recreation areas and facilities which should not be detrimental to their profit-making potentialities. The companies which are most likely to be able to meet the increasing demand for recreational use of their lands are those that are planning for them now. Unfortunately very little planning has taken place in the past, nor is enough taking place at the present. In attempting to plan realistically for the future, or what now seems likely to occur in the future, many things must be considered. A few of the more important considerations are: 1. Location of park sites in relation to urban centers and accessibility should receive serious consideration. 2. Parks and their facilities should be planned and developed in a manner that would least interfere with timber production, would provide for future expansion, and eventually profitable operation. 3. Each large company should consider obtaining the services of a competent recreation planner. An attempt has been made to convey the idea that there is a greater role which may be expected of the private forest industry in providing public recreation areas and facilities. As well as being a welcome addition to the recreational resources of the state, it would seem to be to the forest industry's advantage, in the long run, to assume this role