By Priyanka Borpujari, December 13, 2014 for Waging Nonviolence With parents who were Gandhian vegetarians and a grandfather who was sent to military prison during World War II for helping Jews enter Sweden, Stellan Vinthagen has nonviolent resistance in his blood. In 1980, at the age of 16, Vinthagen was part of [...]

A great resource for doing this is The Culture of Peace News Network (CPNN), a space where readers exchange information about events, experiences, books, music, and web news that promote a culture of peace. It is a self-sustaining network in which You, the reader, are invited to write a news report [...]

By Patrick T. Hiller, Published by PeaceVoice The cycle of violence. When will it be interrupted? The attack on Charlie Hebdo was another incident of “Terror in [fill in the blank]… attackers part of [fill in name of terror network]”. It was an incident of home-grown terror, since the attackers [...]

According to new research, empathy is a habit we can cultivate to improve the quality of our own lives. But what is empathy? And how can you expand your own empathetic potential? If you think you’re hearing the word “empathy” everywhere, you’re right. It’s now on the lips of scientists [...]

Global Peace Index The world's leading measure of national peacefulness, the GPI measures peace according to 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators. The Global Peace Index measures peace in 162 countries according to 22 indicators that gauge the absence of violence or the fear of violence. This is the 8th year [...]

By David Cortright, Associate Director of Programs and Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Published by Peace Policy The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a clear and present danger to international security that must be stopped. The question is how. President Obama said there [...]