War and Peace
All articles in War and Peace
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Humanity First: A Vision for Global Unity, Peace, and Progress
Young World Federalists · January 2025
War spending should be redirected to human needs, the UN federalized with fair representation, and privacy, the internet and the climate protected by stronger rules. Ranking humanity above nation and profit is presented as attainable, not utopian.
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Creating a Culture of Peace in Canadian Governance with a Department of Peace
World Federalist Movement – Canada · September 2024
A government department devoted to peace, not war readiness, could prevent violence through mediation, peace education, post-conflict aid and cooperation with the UN. Canadian Peace Initiatives argues Canada should create one, and the 2024 Day of Peace is the moment.
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Armageddon by Accident or Design?
World Federalist Movement · August 2024
The Israel-Gaza conflict risks escalating into a wider war. A strike on an Iranian consulate in Syria sparks retaliatory attacks.
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Our International System of Justice is Broken: How Can we Fix It?
World Federalist Movement · July 2024
Optional jurisdiction and unenforced rulings leave the World Court unable to settle disputes between countries, as cases on Gaza and Ukraine show. Amending the UN Charter to give it compulsory jurisdiction and a police force would fix both flaws.
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Reaching Across the Generations to Oppose War
Citizens for Global Solutions · July 2024
Opposing war is not anti-American, and students protesting the Gaza war face the same smears the Vietnam generation did. Safety can come from law rather than force, through a campaign to make every country accept the International Court of Justice’s jurisdiction by 2045.
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Are We Sleepwalking Our Way Into a Nuclear War?
World Federalist Movement · June 2024
Iran’s nuclear ambitions and regional tensions heighten risks of accidental or intentional nuclear conflict. The article warns of a sleepwalking crisis as proliferation and geopolitical rivalries escalate.
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It’s Getting Late
Citizens for Global Solutions · February 2024
Modern warfare and environmental collapse threaten human survival. Nuclear war and climate catastrophe pose existential risks.
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Mondial Featured Poem: What I Do In The War
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2023
A poem reflects on loss and resilience amid conflict. The author offers solace through small acts of kindness and collective remembrance.
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Imagine
December 2023
Religious leaders who travelled to Gaza, Israel and Ukraine, and stayed until each side accepted binding arbitration before a neutral international court, could break the cycle of attack and retaliation. What keeps the world from peace may be, in part, a failure of imagination.
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Global South Perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine War and Consequent Tensions
World Federalist Movement · November 2023
Keith Best TD MA warns of escalating global tensions amid the Russia-Ukraine war. He highlights risks of nuclear conflict and regional instability in the Middle East and South China Seas.
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YWF Malaysia – On the Israel/Palestine War
Young World Federalists · October 2023
Collective punishment of Palestinian civilians is legally and morally wrong, and a conflict running since the 1917 Balfour Declaration will not yield to power politics. Young World Federalists in Malaysia call for peace and a world government built on justice and democracy.
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NRI Welfare Society of India: Global Peace Summit
World Federalist Movement · October 2023
Keith Best speaks at the Global Peace Summit on peace’s nature and global achievement. He highlights reconciliation and diplomacy as key to lasting peace.
