Mission

The Journal promotes discussion about various issues in peace research, including but not limited to, alternative security systems, justice and basic human needs, indigenization of social knowledge, cultural survival for indigenous people, discourse on peace and war, human security, nonviolent social change, peace movements, sustainable development, grassroots movements in the Third World and the emergence of an informal political process, ecofeminism, global environmental policies, human rights, self-determination, economic equity, conflict resolution, disarmament, critical pedagogy, peace education, participatory research, feminist critique of the world order, and poststructuralist theories. This journal is dedicated to enhancing alternative discourse on a wide range of theoretical issues in peace research and improving our knowledge in the quest for peace. In addition, it wishes to address strategies to deal with local, regional, or global problems. For this purpose, we attempt to link researchers and peace workers in various countries. It also promotes the dialogue between peace research and policy making communities. International Journal of Peace Studies is published twice a year by Formosa College in association with Commissions of the International Peace Research Association.