A map of peace and conflict studies in U.S. Undergraduate colleges and universities

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the connections between the principles of a culture of peace and leadership education. It argues that leadership should be informed by the values of a culture of peace. This, in turn, compels leadership education to teach mindsets, values and competencies aligned with a culture of peace. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores the evolution of leadership theory within the context of an increasingly complex world. It then uses United Nations materials to identify principles for a culture of peace as it is now widely acknowledged by the world community. Identifying correspondence between both theoretical realms the paper identifies peace leadership education goals that are supported by established peace organizations and by philosophical and psychological scholarship. Findings The paper establishes a direct link between the values of a culture of peace and leadership that is adequate as well as successful to address the complexity of today’s world. It also identifies key principles that need to be adopted by leadership education to prepare students to become effective leaders. The paper also explores essential educational tools for leadership educators. Practical implications The theoretical framework presented in this paper can be used to adjust leadership education to give practical guidance for aspiring leaders. It is also useful for peace and conflict studies programmes interested in developing peace leaders. Originality/value The interrelationship between leadership studies and peace and conflict studies constitutes a new field of academic inquiry. The present paper is one of the first in the field and is intended to further establish this new disciplinary orientation.

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Bridging the gap between cyberwar and cyberpeace

International Affairs ◽

10.1093/ia/iiab172 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 97 (6) ◽

pp. 1727-1747

Author(s):

Joe Burton ◽

George Christou

Keyword(s):

National Security ◽

Information And Communications Technology ◽

Security Studies ◽

Cyber Warfare ◽

Communications Technology ◽

Conflict Studies ◽

Critical Security Studies ◽

Peace And Conflict Studies ◽

Peace And Conflict ◽

Conceptual Debate

Abstract The conceptual debate around the term cyber warfare has dominated the cybersecurity discipline over the last two decades. Much less attention has been given during this period to an equally important question: what constitutes cyber peace? This article draws on the literatures in peace and conflict studies and on desecuritization in critical security studies, to suggest how we might begin to rearticulate the cybersecurity narrative and shift the debate away from securitization and cyberwar to a more academically grounded focus on desecuritization and cyber peace. It is argued that such a move away from a vicious circle where states frame cybersecurity predominantly within a national security narrative and where they seek to perpetually prepare for cyberwar, to a virtual cycle of positive cyber peace, is not only a desirable, but a necessary outcome going forward. We assert that this is particularly important if we are to avoid (continuing) to construct the very vulnerabilities and insecurities that lead to the prioritization of offence and destruction in cyberspace, rather than transformative, human-centred development in information and communications technology innovation.

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Peace and conflict studies: perspectives from South Asia

International Affairs ◽

10.1093/ia/iiab131 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 97 (6) ◽

pp. 2015-2017

Author(s):

Theò Bajon

Keyword(s):

South Asia ◽

Conflict Studies ◽

Peace And Conflict Studies ◽

Peace And Conflict

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Collective Memory After Violent Conflict

Memory, Identity, and Nationalism in European Regions - Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8392-9.ch001 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-29

Author(s):

Markus Breitweg

Keyword(s):

Collective Memory ◽

Conflict Studies ◽

Ideal Types ◽

Post Conflict ◽

Effective Interventions ◽

Peace And Conflict Studies ◽

Peace And Conflict ◽

Heuristic Device ◽

The One ◽

Violent Conflicts

This chapter develops a framework for the analysis of collective memory in post-conflict settings. It is argued that so far collective memory is not sufficiently theorized within peace and conflict studies, even though in the aftermath of violent conflicts competing memories easily become subject to salient struggles that may even result in yet another outburst of violence. It is these competing representations of the past that researchers should more thoroughly concern themselves with and that they lack an appropriate heuristic device for. Focusing on processual and multidimensional concepts from the fashionable field of memory studies, the author proposes a new framework for analysis that offers categories and ideal-types for practice-oriented research. Based on poststructuralist discourse analysis, the framework allows to link discursive structures and patterns of identity, on the one hand, to actual agency on the other hand, thus facilitating effective interventions.

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