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Power and Peace

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Power: Capability; Control; Dominance; Force; Influence; Strength

Peace: Balance of power; Concord; Development; Freedom; Goodness; Harmony; Human rights; Order; Social justice

Introduction

Throughout history, the concepts of “power” and “peace” have been dominating as well as widely talked topic in the academic and political arenas. Different nations in the long journey of history have showed consistent passion for seeking and exercising power. Human beings are equally peace loving and peace pursuers and, thus, have sacrificed a lot for the quest of peace. However, thousands of wars and an uncountable number of deaths have occurred in the different phases of history. For this scourge of wars and casualties, human beings have negotiated, compromised, and signed treaties between and among nations for establishing peace and security. This complex situation of wars and craving for peace have founded the concepts of “power” and “peace” across the disciplines, such as political...

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  1. Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Md. Rafiqul Islam

  2. School of History and International Relations, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

    Md. Rafiqul Islam

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Islam, M.R. (2016). Power and Peace. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1385-1

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