Declaration: Ecoforum For Peace

A preliminary declaration of sustainability ethics: making peace with the ultimate bioexecutioner

Sustainability is a utopian vision that requires living harmoniously with nature, which will exact harsh penalties on species that exceed Earth’s carrying capacity and violate nature’s laws. To make this vision a reality, humankind needs a global ethical consensus on sustainable use of the planet—sustainability ethics. Sustainability ethics has the goal of developing a sustainable, mutualistic ...

Violence , Peace , and Peace Research

Atoms for Peace

Industry has to comply with non-proliferation regulations by all means. Our corporate responsibility however, goes far beyond pure legal compliance: The essence of our endeavours is selftriggered caution and restraint towards questionable business while maintaining a trusting partnership with governmental authorities and international institutions. The only pragmatic solution to prevent WMD and...

Democratizing for Peace †

The argument that democratization can bring about war is a powerful critique suggesting limits to the linkage between democracy and peace. This research examines this claim. Our findings demonstrate that democratizing polities are substantially less war prone than previously argued. By focusing on the characteristics of the transition process, we show that as contemporary polities become more d...

Istanbul Declaration

2. However, it is with deep disappointment that, at the conclusion of this process, it is clear our voices have not been heard and reflected in the conference outcomes. The negotiations started with analyses of the failings of the Brussels Programme of Action, also reflected in UNCTAD’s LDC report 2010. These showed that development partners failed to deliver their commitments to provide adequa...