Do you think war is inevitable? It is not.
Measuring Peace
Measuring Peace: Using metrics of peace to transform conflict, alleviate human suffering, and address global poverty
Revealing an increasingly divided world – Special Presentation on the 2015 Global Peace Index
Webcast “2015 Global Peace Index”
Thank you for joining our special presentation on the 2015 Global Peace Index featuring Aubrey Fox, Executive Director of the Institute for Economics and Peace.
Iran Deal Analysis – Diplomacy is the Alternative to war
Executive Summary
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – commonly referred to us the Iran Nuclear Deal – is a multilateral agreement between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China plus Germany), along with the European Union. Its primary objective is preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. The deal should be examined through the lens of this objective.
Webcast: Structurally Transforming Militarism for Peace
Thank you for joining the War Prevention Initiative for this online webinar with our guest John Lindsay-Poland. John has written about, researched and organized action for human rights and demilitarization of US policy in Latin America for more than 30 years.
Addressing ISIS – Research and Advocacy Briefing
Cost/benefit analysis of destructive and constructive responses
December, 2014
A War Prevention Initiative Research and Advocacy Briefing by Tom Hastings, Ed.D. (Professor at Portland State University); Patrick Hiller, Ph.D. (Director War Prevention Initiative); Dana Ghazi (Graduate Student Portland State University and Expert on Syrian Civil Society
Special Lecture – Narratives in Peacebuilding and Peace Obstruction
“You MUST Listen!” Israeli and Palestinian narratives in peacebuilding and peace obstruction
In this talk, Dr. Chaitin presented a conceptualization of four different kinds of personal narratives of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, two of which usually hinder peacebuilding efforts between former enemies, and two that have the potential to support peacebuilding and reconciliation if they are undertaken in a supportive, dialogical group space.
Welcoming new advisory board member Leah Bolger
We are very happy to announce that Leah Bolger accepted our invitation to serve on the Advisory Board of the War Prevention Initiative. For the last nine months we have been collaborating on a regular basis with Leah on building World Beyond War. Currently Leah serves as the Chair of the Coordinating Committee at this crucial stage of building the World Beyond War movement. Leah’s commitment to ending war through nonviolent means and her leadership skills make her an invaluable partner and adviser.
WPI at Fellowship of Reconciliation Conference
Dear Workshop Attendees,
It was a great pleasure to talk with you about the Global Peace System. On our website you can find several of the resources I discussed. Here are a few direct links:
War Prevention Initiative at World Beyond War retreat
From June 3-5 a group of dedicated individuals met at the Ben Lomond Quaker retreat center to discuss the future direction of World Beyond War – A global movement to end all wars. At the War Prevention Initiative we recognized that it is necessary to build a re-energized movement to end all wars. We recognize that the time is right and that we can counter all myths of war and that there is an evolving Global Peace System creating an alternative story of humanity. We encourage you to give your voice to World Beyond War by signing the Declaration of Peace at http://www.worldbeyondwar.org/individual/.
War Prevention Initiative at Peace and Security Funders Group Conference
War Prevention Initiative Executive Director and Core Team member Liz Thatcher attended the 2014 annual meeting of the Peace and Security Funders Group in Chicago, IL. The conference took place under the theme “Connecting Local to Global.