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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
An aid to democracy
Is it acceptable for an Internet organisation called Wikileaks which lacks any kind of legitimation to post hundreds of thousands of confidential documents from the Pentagon on the web, asks the left-liberal daily Berliner Zeitung, and reaches an unequivocal conclusion: "Wikileaks has not committed high treason but has done democracy a service. Democracy's strength lies not least in its ability to confront its dark side critically. The Iraq war is among the darkest hours in [US] democracy. In China reports circulated yesterday that they are alarmed at the idea that a Wikileaks organisation could be founded there. This worry is unfounded because the authority of the authoritarian government depends on its power to decide for itself what is confidential and what is public, what the people can learn and what only government functionaries must know. And this is why the answer to the question is: Yes, it is acceptable."
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Taking stock of the G8 summit
Was the G8 summit in Heiligendamm really a success ? asks Uwe Vorkötter: "In terms of international diplomacy there's no doubt it was. In this respect it's notable that George W. Bush is no longer brushing off the Europeans' goal of a long-term reduction in greenhouse gases, as he has done over the past six years. From this perspective it's a success that the United Nations was even mentioned in the closing statement and that the respective ministers will have some kind of briefing for negotiations for their next conference in the autumn in Bali. This is the way international diplomacy works - slowly, painstakingly, one tiny step at a time."
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