Vol.28, No.1: January-March 2012

Gene Sharp’s Spring

All his life, Gene Sharp has studied ways of fighting effectively without violence. Now the media are paying attention to his message, thanks to the Arab Spring. Metta Spencer caught up with him recently by phone; read (and comment on) their discussion in Gene Sharp’s Ideas are Breaking Through.

Nonviolence is not enough, Gene Sharp has argued, most recently in this paper (pdf), where he challenges pacifists to engage effectively with conflict, not just avoid it. Metta Spencer comments further in her article Principled and Pragmatic Peace.

Also in this issue

Iran Through the Looking Glass
Despite a nearly decade-long atomic scare that has come to define relations between the Western powers and Iran, there is still no firm evidence of an Iranian nuclear bomb, writes Michael Veiluva.

NEW: Spring 2012 lecture series

Vital Discussions on Human Security. A lecture series at the University of Toronto, starting September 29, 2011.
Co-sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace, and Voice of Women for Peace.

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