Moving Upstream

December 1999 Principles for shifting from emergency response to conflict prevention. Written on behalf of my UNESCO colleagues and myself, this op-ed was used in an internal UNESCO publication. Its points remain on point. By Larry Seaquist with Prof. Federico Mayor...

Foundations of Accountability

December 1999 Written at the invitation of Navy Times, this op-ed was not, I believe, ever published. Its points remain valid. WASHINGTON – From time to time a sad headline in Navy Times announces an accident in the fleet. Last week it was the death of seven...

Constructing Long Term Peace in Kosovo

September 1999 Emerging out of a PeaceGame held in Amman, Jordan, this op-ed was written for in-house use at UNESCO. The ideas remain valid–and not just for Kosovo. Note, too, that the advice for Kosovo was never taken: Kosovo today is a wreck—a corrupt and...

Disappearing Saddam

1997 Not understanding at that time that op-ed page editors needed contributions limited to 750 words or so, I failed to find a publisher for this one. But as the wreckage in Iraq unfolds, I still believe this was good advice. Copyright Larry Seaquist, 1997 It looks...

The Botched Iowa Probe

Published in the prestigious Sunday Outlook section of The Washington Post, this op-ed explores the failures of accountability in the aftermath of the tragic 1989 explosion in Turret Two of Battleship Iowa. Accountability throughout our society remains one of my...