This paper rejects the determinism of the realist position. Domestic politics or the nature of the regime does influence the foreign behavior of the states, and in turn, the probability of war, peace, and international security. In supporting the liberal argument, it will be argued that the spread of democracy will contribute to the promotion of international security. The argument is based on ...

While peace education all over the world faces numerous challenges, such as conflicting collective narrative, historical memories, contradictory beliefs, sever inequalities, and more, there are at least four additional major challenges that transcend challenges of content and method. Four such major challenges that pertain to the very core of peace education are discussed. They are: (a) The cre...

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...

Media coverage of third party peace initiatives [1] a case of peace journalism? Inhalt 1. Media and conflict escalation 1 2. Media coverage of alternative ways to settle the Gulf War 2 2.1 Method 2 2.2 Empirical results 5 3. Limitations of quantitative analysis 7 4. Media coverage of third party peace initiatives 8 4.1 Method 8 Though the coverage of alternatives to violence can be regarded as ...

Guided by Ericson’s counter-law analytic, the focus of this thesis is how peace bonds erode traditional principles of criminal law to govern risk and provide applicants with a “freedom from fear” (Ericson, 2007a). Peace Bonds, proscribed under s. 810 of the Criminal Code of Canada, permit the courts to impose a recognizance on anyone likely to cause harm or “personal injury” to a complainant. D...

We build a model for predicting civil wars where the government bargains with an opposition group using concessions and repression. The equilibrium is either a state of perpetual peace where there are only concessions and no repression, or the equilibrium leads to civil wars, where the concessions are lower and repression higher as compared to the peace equilibrium. An initial movement towards ...

The contributions of American psychologists to war have been substantial and responsive to changes in U.S. national security threats and interests for nearly 100 years. These contributions are identified and discussed for four periods of armed conflict: World Wars I and II, the Cold War, and the Global War on Terror. In contrast, about 50 years ago, largely in reaction to the threat of nuclear ...

Th e rapid economic rise of China, India, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) could have several eff ects on regional peace and global security. Th e power transition perspective overstates the risk of confl ict that results from convergence between dominant and challenger states. Rapid changes in economic and military capabilities can, however, have negative consequences for...