A Global Security System: An Alternative to War

GSS by World Beyond War outlines an alternative security system focused on peace through peaceful means, replacing the current war system. It covers creating a peace system's "hardware" and the "software" - values and concepts necessary for its operation, plus spreading these ideas globally. This report, enriched by expert insight and activist experience, proposes methods for demilitarizing security, managing conflicts, the role of NGOs, and fostering a culture of peace. The 3rd edition updates include Trump's policy, peace economics, and new peacebuilding approaches.

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About the Author: Kent Shifferd
Kent Shifferd is a member of World Beyond War’s Coordinating Committee and an author of A Global Security System: An Alternative to War. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Northern Illinois University and taught for thirty years at Northland College where he directed the Peace Studies program. He has held visiting appointments at Ripon College, the University of Wisconsin, and United Theological Seminary. He was one of the founders of the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, a twenty-one campus consortium, and served several terms as its Executive Director. He was part of the team of scholars who created the award-winning Annenberg-CPB, distance learning course, Dilemmas Of War And Peace, broadcast on Wisconsin Public Radio. Kent Shifferd lives with his wife, Dr. Patricia Shifferd, and their Sheltie, “Sweetheart,” on Middle Twin Lake in northern Wisconsin. He likes old airplanes, bluegill fishing, and traveling in Europe. He is currently working on a new book on the unprecedented global crisis of hypercivilization and the ways humananity and the planet might yet survive it.
GSS is World Beyond War’s effort to describe an alternative security system – one in which peace is pursued by peaceful means – to replace the present war system. It describes the “hardware” of creating a peace system, and the “software” — the values and concepts — necessary to operate a peace system and the means to spread these globally. Key sections include:

* Why is an Alternative Global Security System both Desirable and Necessary?
* Why we Think a Peace System is Possible
* Common Security
* Demilitarizing Security
* Managing International and Civil Conflicts
* International Non-government Organizations: The Role of Global Civil Society
* Creating a Culture of Peace
* Accelerating The Transition To An Alternative Security System

This report is based on the work of many experts in international relations, peacebuilding and peace studies and on the experience of many activists.

This 3rd edition reflects new thinking and insights as well as the feedback from readers and partners. This is not just another report, but a living document that we will continually seek to improve. New in this edition is an analysis of Trump’s foreign policy agenda; updated and new data on peace economics and military spending; and new or updated sections including the business of peacebuilding, demilitarizing security, multi-track diplomacy framework to peacemaking, and many other additions.

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