Turkey 2008 - The Rule of Law and the Military

http://www.weforum.org 01.11.2008

The Rule of Law and the Military in the Region
Rapid economic development, shifting religious and ethnic influences, as well as regional instability, have challenged the region's leaders in maintaining a stable rule of law, with the military often tipping the balance of political control.

1) Will the military continue to play such a deciding factor in politics in select regional societies?
2) How might the rule of law, and the institutions that support it, be strengthened?

Jacques Barrot, Vice-President and Commissioner, Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission, Brussels
Grenville Byford, Writer, France
Armen Sarkissian, President and Founder, Eurasia House International, United Kingdom
Robert Simmons, Deputy Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative, The Caucasus and Central Asia, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels

Chaired by
Hugh Pope, Author and Journalist, Turkey

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[LeedansParis]

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

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I really upset to hear, that from point of view of Mr.Simons, representative of NATO, that he is sure the military forces could establish any political stability in any country. May be from point of view of European or Americans, national guards or army are the one who help in critical situations, but most of the world consider a man with a gun as an danger and especially it the man is representative of army of third country and not the one where he think to establish the stability.