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The psychology of revolutions
By guest author Dr. Majed Ashey
Following the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions, the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups won the first elections, due to their long history of organizing and their experience in politics compared with other groups. They were also aided by the fact that people wanted to stay away from the previous system.
These Islamist governments immediately started to apply their vision of an Islamist state to their whole nations without taking into account or understanding the power of the other partners in the revolution and without understanding that the supporters... Read more...
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Established as a colonial state
By guest author Dr. Dahlia Wasfi
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Palestinian refugees, 1948. Photo by Fred Csasznik, in public domain
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In 1917, as the Allies (with the help of the Arabs) were rallying to win World War I, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration.
This decree regarding a Jewish home in Palestine was named for Arthur James Balfour, Britain's foreign secretary. Balfour had been strongly influenced by British Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann since their initial meeting in 1906. Though most leaders of British Jewry at the time were opposed to a Jewish homeland in Palestine, Weizmann... Read more...
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Iceland: Unlikely haven for whistle-blower Snowden
By guest author Dr. Michael Corgan
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Hong Kong protest in support of Snowden. Photo by Voice of America, in public domain
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National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance whistle-blower Edward Snowden is in limbo, unable to return to the U.S. Will Iceland offer asylum as payback for the way the U.S. treated Iceland in 2006? The Bush administration in 2006 arbitrarily and unilaterally pulled all U.S. forces out of Iceland even while the State Department had a negotiator at the prime minister's office supposedly talking about how many U.S. forces we would keep there. Of course, a good number of Icelanders never wanted the U.S. there in the first place and were opposed to NATO membership altogether. The majority, however, did favor a... Read more...
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 Featured comment on Engaging PeaceBy Alice LoCicero
We can at least keep the idea of inter-dependence alive, even when virtually all the power and money on earth are temporarily held by those who prefer competition and hegemony.
(Commenting on "Revolutionize society with revolutionary peace.")
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Children and youth peace corner
People to People
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6th grader Anna Samkavitz with People to People
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By Anna Samkavitz
People to People is a student ambassador program for children in grades 5-12 that aims to promote international peace. The program was founded over 50 years ago based on President Eisenhower's vision for "a peaceful solution to a war-ravaged world."
Through People to People, students can travel to all seven continents and experience a variety of cultures. Student ambassadors have met world leaders such as Mikhail Gorbachev and Queen Elizabeth II, and have witnessed events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
As a sixth grader, I traveled to western Canada with People to People, forming new friendships and perspectives on world peace.
For more information, watch a video about People to People.
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