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Peace by Design: How Humanity Can Prevent War, Resolve Conflict, and Build a World That Lasts

Peace by Design: How Humanity Can Prevent War, Resolve Conflict, and Build a World That Lasts

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Criminology

ISBN13: 9798191226330
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 6 2026
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Peace is not a dream that arrives on its own. It is a system humanity can design. Peace by Design is a comprehensive and practical guide to preventing violence, resolving conflict, rebuilding after war, and creating institutions capable of sustaining peace across generations. It connects the psychology of fear and identity with justice, governance, economics, education, technology, diplomacy, international law, disarmament, and reconciliation. Written for leaders, educators, diplomats, peacebuilders, organizations, students, and citizens, the book explains why conflicts become violent and how peaceful systems can interrupt escalation before lives are lost. Inside this book, readers will learn how to: - Map conflicts, power, interests, triggers, and hidden risks - Build early-warning systems connected to real preventive action - Design inclusive institutions that strengthen legitimacy and trust - Use deep listening, negotiation, mediation, and de-escalation - Structure ceasefires and implementable peace agreements - Support justice, accountability, trauma recovery, and reconciliation - Include women, youth, Indigenous communities, religious groups, and local leaders - Reduce polarization, propaganda, online manipulation, and technology-driven escalation - Strengthen international law, humanitarian protection, diplomacy, and disarmament - Develop national, organizational, local, and century-scale peace strategies The book includes fifty-six chapters, practical scenarios, reflection exercises, a rapid conflict assessment, a mediation script, a negotiation worksheet, an early-warning indicator library, a peace-agreement scorecard, a glossary, and a thirty-day peace practice. Conflict is inevitable. Organized violence is not.

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