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Peacebuilding in a Fractious World: On Hoping Against All Hope

Peacebuilding in a Fractious World: On Hoping Against All Hope

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General Christianity

Publisher Price: $49.00

ISBN10: 1498240305
ISBN13: 9781498240307
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: Oct 23 2017
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In January 2017 Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, said that it looks as if the world is preparing for war. And Pope Francis noted that war is already being fought piecemeal around the world. In this book we argue that since violence begets violence, we must privilege soft power over military might, if we are to have peace on earth. Gandhi used soft power in India overcame British military might, and King used it to bring about integration in the 1960s. Soft power brought about the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, the Kyoto climate agreement, and Iran's agreement to refrain from making nuclear weapons. Soft power involves both dialogue between world leaders and conflict resolution, and privileges diplomacy over war. As General James Mattis said in 2013, If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition.

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