SGI Quarterly

Issue 81 | July 2015

From War to Peace

  • Peace

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings and the end of World War II, this issue of the SGI Quarterly brought together peacebuilders including Betty Reardon and Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Setsuko Thurlow and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, to ask how humanity could move toward a new era of global peace.

In this Issue

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From War to Peace | Introduction

The misery of war and conflict has been deeply etched into the history of humanity, perhaps never more so than in the past century. Is war an… Read more
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Learning the Lessons of War | Peter van den Dungen

Peter van den Dungen has been at the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, UK, since 1976. A peace historian, he is founder and… Read more
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From Humanitarian Awareness to Banning Nuclear Weapons | Rebecca Johnson

Rebecca Johnson, internationally recognized expert on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, is director of the London-based Acronym Institute for… Read more
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Hope for the Future | Kevin P. Clements

Kevin P. Clements is the foundation chair of peace and conflict studies and director of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the… Read more
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Making Peace Real | Interview with Betty Reardon

Betty Reardon, widely acknowledged as a founder of contemporary peace education, is the founding director of the International Institute on Peace… Read more
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Cultivating a New Era of Peace | Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel is an Argentine human rights activist, community organizer, pacifist, painter, writer and sculptor. He was the recipient of the… Read more
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A Long Journey | Setsuko Thurlow

Atomic bomb survivor Setsuko Thurlow delivered the following testimony at the Truman Legacy Symposium, held in Florida on May 16, 2014 to assess… Read more
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Building a Force for Peace | Robert Mtonga

Robert Mtonga is a medical doctor from Zambia, a former copresident of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and leads Zambian… Read more
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Peace and Human Security | Daisaku Ikeda

In the following excerpts from a lecture delivered at the East–West Center, Hawai’i, on January 26, 1995, SGI President Daisaku Ikeda outlines three… Read more
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Preserving Humanity in Conflict | Knut Dörmann

Knut Dörmann is chief legal officer and head of the Legal Division at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland. He… Read more
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Laying the Foundations for Peace | Nick Taylor

Nick Taylor is chief executive of the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace, UK. He is a marketing communications professional specializing… Read more
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Poetry of Peace | Rira Abbasi

Rira Abbasi is an Iranian poet, fiction writer and peace activist. Acclaimed as Iran’s Lady Poet Laureate, she is the winner of the 2005 Parvin… Read more
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