Giving peace a chance: organizational leadership, empowerment, and peace

Swiss-ification: Syria’s Best Chance for Peace∗

The humanitarian situation in Syria is dire, and government forces have now violated global norms and conventions prohibiting the use of chemical weapons against civilian populations. There is a controversy about whether the responsibility to protect can be met in a context where there is not a well-articulated or plausible path from humanitarian intervention to resolution of the conflict or ev...

Violence , Peace , and Peace Research

Chance and design: reminiscences of science in peace and war

ALAN HODGKIN, Chance and design: reminiscences of science in peace and war, Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp. xi, 412, illus., £40.00, $59.95 (hardback 0-521-40099-6). Just over forty years ago a revolution in biology was heralded by a series of papers in the Journal of PhYsiology in which Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley described the membrane currents across the squid giant axon, analysed t...

Chance and Design. Reminiscences of Science in Peace and War

Advisory Group, led by Dr. Terence Keane at the Behavioral Sciences Division of the VA National Center for PTSD. The book is well written and clearly organized. Each chapter provides sufficient introduction and explanatory materials for the reader to comprehend the key points within it. The format allows those outside the field of PTSD to understand this critical study. The volume also attempts...

Giving Waste a Second Chance: Public Awareness and Youth Empowerment

Overpopulation is no doubt worldwide concern as it brings different problems to urbanization process as well as environment. Waste is number one side product of overpopulation. Waste generation is ever increasing in both urban and suburban area and has led to many environmental issues. Many of the waste generated have potential to be transformed into value added products. By recycling, reusing ...