Abolishing War: Cultures and Institutions
Dialogue with Peace Scholars Elise Boulding and Randall Forsberg

Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, 1998
With post-9/11 update posted online, August 2002

Table of Contents

Preface
Virginia Straus

Foreword
Saul Mendlovitz

Seminar #1
Toward the Abolition of War: Trends and Prospects, Randall Forsberg
Response, Elise Boulding
Roundtable Discussion

Seminar #2
Peace Culture and War Culture: Changing the Balance, Elise Boulding
Response, Randall Forsberg
Roundtable Discussion

Seminar #3
Process of Demilitarization: Unilateral and Multilateral Steps, Randall Forsberg
Response, Elise Boulding
Roundtable Discussion

Seminar #4
Cultural Strategies for Structural Transformation: IGOs and NGOs, Elise Boulding
Response, Randall Forsberg
Roundtable Discussion

Commentary
Assessing the Peace Plans before Us, Winston E. Langley
The Principles of Fairness and Accountability, Seyom Brown
The United Nations, Servant Leadership, and the Peacebuilding Institute, Virginia Mary Swain
Asking Tough Questions, Elmer N. Engstrom
Making War a Thing of the Past, Barbara Hildt
Two World Orders, Robert A. Irwin
Notes Toward the Abolition of War, George Sommaripa

Reflections
Laying the Foundation for a Stable World Peace, Randall Forsberg
Toward a More Peaceful Twenty-First Century, Elise Boulding

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