If that is happening now, imagine what a free flow of creativity could produce in the near future. Pandemics have happened before, but never were we as connected as we are today. Good, bad, but not indifferent, our social media structure should be used not just for sharing what you ate for breakfast this morning, but as a potent vehicle to drive world peace.
Yes, it could happen in one hour; if we put the leaders of the G20 countries in one room or on Zoom, and don't give them cookies, it may take only 45 minutes. And yes, I am trying to be funny, but in reality, with the proper preparation, I believe it will happen fairly quickly. In the present state of war, we could dabble in attempts to solve the mysteries of life for the next thousand years, or we could proclaim peace and move forward on all fronts in the next hundred years.
You wonder how? And if you would allow me to dream just a minute longer, two days before, a ping pong tournament could be held in New York between all the presidents, prime ministers and other world leaders at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.
Ping pong has long been seen as a proven method of diplomacy. With our present life span, we cannot travel beyond our solar system, never mind explore the Milky Way. So giddy-up, humanity—there is plenty to be accomplished by the creative class.
First stop: the moon; next: Mars; and then the stars, to discover what we are all about and when, how and why it all began. Click here for a full audio recording of this article. It is privileged to host senior United Nations officials as well as distinguished contributors from outside the United Nations system whose views are not necessarily those of the United Nations.
Similarly, the boundaries and names shown, and the designations used, in maps or articles do not necessarily imply endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. The development of conflict-sensitive approaches highlights how sustainable development can be made more effective through a consideration of peace and security.
Image credit: Getty Images. We have witnessed fewer and fewer wars between countries since , and so there is no reason to doubt that they could disappear like other horrifying acts. Around the BBC. As the world continues to trend towards peace, more direct engagement with the norms and beliefs that legitimize violence will be an important contributor to peace.
The key conclusion from our discussion was that a world without war is possible. This is both a conclusion from the conversation, and the starting point for more discussion. The three pathways to peace we identified last year are broad, and point to general recommendations instead of specific ones.
The discussion will continue at the OEF Forum in Dedham Massachusetts next week, and perhaps will identify more specific recommendations for how peace can be achieved. What is more important, however, is the simple fact that there is a developing awareness that peace is possible, through a technical, social science approach. If the global community can continue to develop our understanding of the causes of peace, and continue the inexorable growth of development and systems that support peace, then a world without war may not only be possible but in fact inevitable.
The event brought together 12 women peace fellows and key allies in the women, peace, and security space. Bellamy provides examples ranging from the ancient Greek scientist Pythagoras who developed a theory of universal harmony to the Italian writer Dante who, in the early 14th century, argued that peace can best be achieved through law. More recently, individuals like the industrialists Alfred Nobel and Andrew Carnegie backed movements for world peace around , which Tsar Nicholas II of Russia helped to transform into a political program.
The Hague Peace Conference for example, which Nicholas hosted, was one of the first attempts to develop mechanisms to resolve conflicts peacefully. Although the initiatives failed, Bellamy shows they helped to give birth to the modern world order with institutions such as the United Nations and the International Criminal Court. Despite these mechanisms and centuries of peace activism, however, world peace has still not been achieved. In the chapters that follow, Bellamy explains the factors that contribute to the prevalence of war.
Biology, archeology, and anthropology suggest that humans learned to resolve conflicts and build societies, in parallel to using violence to achieve their goals.
He identifies three other reasons why war persists: first, the structure of our societies, which are divided into factions and built on group membership, from families to political parties and nation states.
These divisions create conflict between groups and lead to the paradoxical outcome that the bonds create harmony within, and at the same time conflict between societies p. Although war usually benefits the few and creates more losers than winners, a sufficient number of people assume it will help them to increase their material gains, protect their people, or spread their ideas.
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