Economics for Peace: Léon Walras and the Nobel Peace Prize

Violence , Peace , and Peace Research

The Urgent Need for More Applicability in Peace Economics

To start, I shall criticize my own work. Take the paper on page 9 following this article. It purports to be a succinct statement of the topics and concerns of peace economics. It states "Central to the field are analyses of conflicts among nations, regions and other communities of the world; measures to control (de-escalate) arms races and achieve reduction in military expenditures and weaponry...

Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) – a recognition of upholding ethical practices in medicine

A mere nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, the “world’s most prestigious prize,” already attracts significant attention to the nominee, acts as an acknowledgment by itself, and serves as a catalyst for addressing the issue at hand. Although major advances in medicine are annually rewarded with a Nobel Prize, equally important ethical and humanitarian aspects of medicine have received much les...

Peace Negotiations and Peace Talks: the Peace Process in the Public Sphere

The article develops an understanding of public deliberations during a peace process, focusing on the interaction between the elite level negotiations and the “public peace process.” It does so by examining the dialogical mechanisms that are set to work in the public sphere once the elite consider the possibility of identifying the former enemies as allies or friends. These dialogical mechanism...

The Peace

From the eminent point of view which the happy consummation of peace has led us to, we may survey at our leisure the condition of the European powers. Warned by the past, we look upon the present state of the world with a cautious, as well as a critical eye. According to our conception, the study of Mind, in its broad physiognomy of nations and dynasties, of religion and civilization, is the hi...