Peace and Conflict Studies

David P. Barash (PhD, University of Wisconsin) is a professor of psychology emeritus at the University of Washington. His studies span animal behavior, evolution, and social psychology, with concentrations in sociobiology, psychological aspects of the arms race and nuclear war, and peace studies. A prolific author and researcher, he has written more than 270 technical articles and 40 books ranging from monographs to college textbooks to popular trade titles. His book Introduction to Peace Studies (1991) was the first comprehensive undergraduate textbook in the field of Peace Studies. His book Threats: Intimidation and its Discontents (2020, Oxford University Press), is especially concerned with debunking nuclear deterrence.

Charles P. Webel (PhD, University of California, Berkeley) is presently a professor of international relations and philosophy at the University of New York in Prague. He previously held the Delp- Wilkinson Chair in Peace Studies at Chapman University. A five-time Fulbright Scholar and graduate of the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, he has conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard University, the Max Planck Institute, and the Universities of Paris, Frankfurt, and Heidelberg. He has also taught in the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at Berkeley, the Honors College of University of South Florida, and at Harvard College. He is the author or editor of many articles and nine books, including the forthcoming The Fate of this World and the Future of Humanity.

PART I: The Promise of Peace, the Problems of War CHAPTER 1: The Meanings of Peace CHAPTER 2: Peace Studies, Peace Education, and Peace Research CHAPTER 3: The Meaning of War CHAPTER 4: Terrorism and Counterterrorism CHAPTER 5: Nuclear Weapons PART II: The Causes of Wars CHAPTER 6: The Individual Level CHAPTER 7: The Group Level CHAPTER 8: The State Level CHAPTER 9: The Decision-Making Level CHAPTER 10: The Ideological, Social, and Economic Levels PART III: Building "Negative Peace" CHAPTER 11: Peace Movements CHAPTER 12: Diplomacy, Negotiations, and Conflict Resolution CHAPTER 13: Disarmament and Arms Control CHAPTER 14: International Cooperation CHAPTER 15: Peace Through Strength? CHAPTER 16: International Law CHAPTER 17: Ethical and Religious Perspectives PART IV: Building Positive Peace CHAPTER 18: Human Rights CHAPTER 19: Environmental Well-Being CHAPTER 20: THE CLIMATE CRISIS CHAPTER 21: Economic Well-Being CHAPTER 22: Democracy CHAPTER 23: National Reconciliation CHAPTER 24: Nonviolence CHAPTER 25: The Coronavirus Pandemic CHAPTER 26: The Personal and the Political