Peace is studied in many different disciplines. This resource enables users to compare approaches in Classics, Comparative Literature, English, Film Studies, History, IR, Psychology, Social Anthropology, Sustainable Development…
Mission StatementThis text views peace operations through the lens of governance where the distribution of aid and resources is employed to both reinforce the values of the liberal peace and portray them as being universally applicable…
Echoing Immanuel Wallerstein’s World Systems Theory, this source conceptualises imperialism as being separated into cores and peripheries, where there is tension between the core and the periphery as well as between…
This article advocates the study of relationality where interactions and relations between both internal and external actors are not “already established” but are, instead, co-constitutive. It asserts the need to move…
This field study utilises explores the use of para-social contact, the use of communications media to build seemingly-intimate personal connections between users and performers, to bring together communities in…
This text by John Mearsheimer is a foundational theoretical work in the field of International Relations and outlines the inherently conflictual nature of great power politics. The piece explores the enduring nature of…
This text is a strategy paper from the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence and offers a defence-centered perspective on how states situate their national priorities within the broader concepts of peace and conflict.…
This short journal piece introduces the “Liberal Peace Theory”, the concept of how peace is formed and maintained between liberal states in the international system, and critically examines its foundational pillars.…
This article examines the failings of the Dayton Agreement and how the formalized peace accord has perpuated conflict in an increasingly fragile region. The text goes further by seeking to apply the lessons learned…
This article, composed of written narratives as well as professional photographs, attempts to capture post-Apartheid South Africa. It examines the positive and negative aspects of “peace” that has followed the end of…
This text is the official “Post-Conflict Reconstruction” page of the Government of the Netherlands and offers an example of state action and rhetoric towards peace. It emphasizes the need to fund local level…