Thucydides is an important author for any discussion of the possibilities for an ancient Greek democratic peace. Though democratic peace did not, in fact, seem to function in classical Greece, a number of passages in Thucydides show that an affinity did exist among democratic factions and city-states in the context of hostile competition between democratic and oligarchic regimes. Thucydides rem...

What is it famous for? Awarding the Nobel prizes, which include the most prestigious prizes in science (and the only ones that seem to attract significant public attention and respect). The prizes are announced in October. How did it start? It was established in 1900 along lines set down by Alfred Nobel in his will, which lays down both the institutes responsible for making the awards and the a...

elements include: “no war”, “peace”, “no conflict”, “harmony”, “living happily”, etc. AE1 = “no war”, AE2 = “peace”, AE3 = “no conflict”, AE4 = “harmony”, AE5 = “living happily”, etc. Partial meaning mapping based on the symbol of peace. Peace = “dove” and “symbol by Gerald Holtom”, “the broken riffle”, Harmony = “many” and, etc. M11 = (“peace”, “dove”), M12 = (“peace”, “symbol by Gerald Holtom...

What is it famous for? Awarding the Nobel prizes, which include the most prestigious prizes in science (and the only ones that seem to attract significant public attention and respect). The prizes are announced in October. How did it start? It was established in 1900 along lines set down by Alfred Nobel in his will, which lays down both the institutes responsible for making the awards and the a...

The recent history of Guatemala is interpreted here using an interdisciplinary approach inspired by recent development and conflict studies. The author reflects on his experience in peace-building activities and uses a combination of primary and secondary sources to present the Guatemalan war as a complex political emergency. The first part (a methodological introduction) proposes an analytical...