Bizumic et al. (2013) have recently shown that attitudes towards peace and war reflect two distinct constructs rather than two poles of a single dimension. We present an attempt at validating the French version of their 16-item Attitudes toward Peace and War Scale (APWS) on five distinct (mainly Belgian) French-speaking samples (total N = 808). Confirmatory factor and criterion validity analyse...

the end of cold war created a unique opportunity for both the arabs and israelis to end their animosity and for the united states to play an important role to bring them to peace negotiations. therefore, during the 1990s, the u.s. facilitated several rounds of talks between syria and israel, but the negotiations complicated gradually. the talks were stalled over the fact that israel did not wan...

the notion of peace, regardless of theorizations accepted in th field and since the                  enlightenment period, and the era known as modernism, has, constantly, been one of the challenges of mankind, and also scientists in the field of political sciences and international relations.  contrary to the presentation of the idea of peace and respect to the human rights in some of the fore...

BACKGROUND Although theoretically peace affects health, few published evidence for such an association was empirically available. This study aimed to explore the association between peace and life expectancy (LE) among the world countries. METHODS In an ecological study and using random effects regression model, we examined the association between peace and LE among world countries between 20...

East Asia (including Southeast and Northeast Asia) has witnessed the most spectacular pacification in the world during the past 30 years. Certain dimensions related to human security have been perceived as weak points in the long peace of East Asia. Despite progress, authoritarian violence is still a reality in East Asia. At the same time, certain other dimensions of human security—most distinc...

This article examines some arguments in favor of taking peace as a political obligation that can be found in one of the most important founders of the pacifist movement, Jane Addams. The main focus is on her 1907 book Newer Ideals of Peace, which has often been read as idealistic and outdated, and above all, as more of an activist’s manifesto than a serious contribution to either political phil...

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