Disarm! IPB World Congress 2016
April 27, 2016, published in International Peace Bureau “The world is over – armed and peace is under-funded.” -UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Bringing together a wide variety of experts, advocates and speakers from around the globe; Including talks, presentations, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, information booths, exhibitions, cultural activities; High point [...]
The Decline of War and Violence
By Joshua S. Goldstein and Steven Pinker, April 21, 2016, published in The Boston Globe DAVID BONAZZI FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE QUIETLY, AMID the carnage and chaos in the daily news, 2016 is shaping up as a good year for peace in the world. You read that right. A [...]
A PARADIGM SHIFT?
April 13, 2016, published in Nonviolent Peaceforce As violent chaos overwhelms all existing approaches to civilian protection, unarmed civilian protection is gaining attention. Over the past three months, NP has given high-level presentations in Europe, the Middle East and the US. On February 1, Rolf Carriere, NP board member and [...]
Vatican to Host First-Ever Conference to Reevaluate Just War Theory, Justifications for Violence
By Joshua J. McElwee, April 13, 2016, published in National Catholic Reporter The Vatican will be hosting a first of its kind conference next week [April 10-16] to reexamine the Catholic church’s long-held teachings on just war theory, bringing some 80 experts engaged in global nonviolent struggles to Rome with the [...]
Working on Creating a Culture of Peace in Ashland
By David Wick, March 27, 2016, published in CPNN “My experience and research have convinced me that the world is on the verge of the greatest change in human history: The transition from the culture of war that we have had for tens of thousands of years to a new [...]
John Kerry Makes ‘Gut-Wrenching’ Tour of Hiroshima Peace Park
By Richard Smart, April 11, 2016, published in The Guardian First US secretary of state to visit atomic bomb memorial says site is ‘harsh reminder of threat of nuclear weapons’ John Kerry has become the first US secretary of state to visit the Hiroshima peace park, more than 70 [...]