Special Issue of Peace Science Digest Released for International Day of Peace
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A special issue of Peace Science Digest, titled “The Future of Peace,” was released on Sept. 21 in recognition of the United Nations International Day of Peace. This publication is a collaboration between the Kroc Institute and the War Prevention Initiative of the Jubitz Family Foundation, along with the Alliance for Peacebuilding.
The issue explores how to navigate shifting global dynamics and challenges, including artificial intelligence, the climate crisis, and political fragmentation. Kroc Institute Director Asher Kaufman writes in the foreword:
“Amid these dynamics, all of us who study and work for peace have an urgent responsibility—and opportunity—to ask ourselves tough questions and reconsider our strategies.”
Featured essays in this issue come from faculty members at the Keough School with core affiliations to the Kroc Institute, including Lisa Schirch, Richard (Drew) Marcantanio, and Josefina Echavarría Álvarez. The issue was co-edited by Peter J. Quaranto, a Visiting Professor of the Practice at the Keough School.
You can access, download, and read the essays online here.
The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly. In 2001, it was unanimously voted to designate the day as a time for non-violence and cease-fire.
