East-West Center’s mission changes from peace to nationalistic militarism

By Joel Fischer

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 13, 2012

~~<p>The recent death of former East-West Center President Everett Kleinjans, who spent his life working for peace and multicultural understanding, seems to be the appropriate time to review how his vision for the center has panned out. In a phrase: It has not. In fact, the center has become virtually the opposite of Kleinjan’s vision: A venue for right-wing and militaristic dictatorships around the world to get together to discuss military and defense objectives.</p>
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The recent death of former East-West Center President Everett Kleinjans, who spent his life working for peace and multicultural understanding, seems to be the appropriate time to review how his vision for the center has panned out. In a phrase: It has not. In fact, the center has become virtually the opposite of Kleinjan’s vision: A venue for right-wing and militaristic dictatorships around the world to get together to discuss military and defense objectives.

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