NATO should be dissolved: Scholar
NATO should be reconsidered, says Co-Chair of the International Peace Bureau Ingeborg Breines.
ISLAMABAD:
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) should be dissolved or reconsidered, Ingeborg Breines said in a public lecture organised by the Pakistan-Norway Association (PANA) and Council of Social Sciences (COSS) in Islamabad on Friday, said a press release.
She said this was particularly important after the end of the cold war and since Nato was now also operating outside its own territories in areas such as Afghanistan and Libya. Thus, Nato has gone beyond its mandate as a defence organisation for America, Canada and Europe.
Norwegian native Breines is the Co-Chair of the International Peace Bureau, the world’s oldest peace organisation, and was recently a visiting scholar at the University of Gujrat and Unesco director in Pakistan prior to that.
Responding to a question, Breines said that since Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah did not live long after Pakistan’s birth, he did not have time to refine his ideas on peace and development.
She also justified the reverence Mahatma Gandhi receives, noting that his achievements include leading the India’s struggle for independence and developing concepts and practices on peaceful resistance to force that we still learn from today.
Breines underlined that peace and development go hand in hand, without one the other cannot grow roots, she said. She also said that we should study experiences from other countries and draw lessons.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 29th, 2012.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) should be dissolved or reconsidered, Ingeborg Breines said in a public lecture organised by the Pakistan-Norway Association (PANA) and Council of Social Sciences (COSS) in Islamabad on Friday, said a press release.
She said this was particularly important after the end of the cold war and since Nato was now also operating outside its own territories in areas such as Afghanistan and Libya. Thus, Nato has gone beyond its mandate as a defence organisation for America, Canada and Europe.
Norwegian native Breines is the Co-Chair of the International Peace Bureau, the world’s oldest peace organisation, and was recently a visiting scholar at the University of Gujrat and Unesco director in Pakistan prior to that.
Responding to a question, Breines said that since Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah did not live long after Pakistan’s birth, he did not have time to refine his ideas on peace and development.
She also justified the reverence Mahatma Gandhi receives, noting that his achievements include leading the India’s struggle for independence and developing concepts and practices on peaceful resistance to force that we still learn from today.
Breines underlined that peace and development go hand in hand, without one the other cannot grow roots, she said. She also said that we should study experiences from other countries and draw lessons.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 29th, 2012.