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“A Global Security System: An Alternative to War” – 2016 Edition Now Available
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CONTENTS: A Global Security System: An Alternative to War
Executive Summary Vision Introduction : A Blueprint for Ending War Why is an Alternative Global Security System both Desirable and Necessary? The Iron Cage of War:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A Global Security System: An Alternative to War
Resting on a convincing body of evidence that violence is not a necessary component of conflict among states and between states and non-state actors, World
A Vision of Peace
(This is the vision statement for the World Beyond War white paper A Global Security System: An Alternative to War. Continue to preceding | following
Why is an Alternative Global Security System both Desirable and Necessary?
For a range of reasons, the work of ending war can’t wait.
The Iron Cage of War: The Present War System Described
The War System rests on a set of interlocked beliefs and values that have been around so long that their veracity and utility are taken for granted and they go mostly unquestioned although they are demonstrably false.
The Benefits of an Alternative System
The benefits of ending war are numerous and wide-ranging.
The Necessity of an Alternative System – War fails to bring peace
In living memory we have seen the way war brings not peace but, at best, a temporary truce, a desire for revenge, and a new arms race until the next war
Why we Think a Peace System is Possible
Achieving an actual peace system will require constructive work.
There is already more Peace in the World than War
The truth is that most of the world lives without war most of the time.
We Have Changed Major Systems in the Past
Some changes have been wholly unanticipated and have come so suddenly as to be a surprise even to the experts.
We Live in a Rapidly Changing World
Conventional assumptions about the future will no longer hold.
Compassion and Cooperation are Part of the Human Condition
The belief that human competition and violence are the result of evolutionary adaptations is a false one.
The Importance of Structures of War and Peace
The War System is made up of interlocked structures which make war normative.
How Systems Work
Systems are made up of interlocked beliefs, values, technologies, and above all, institutions that reinforce each other.
An Alternative System is Already Developing
Beginning in 1816 with the creation of the first citizen-based organizations working to end war, a string of revolutionary developments has occurred.
