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"Redefining Three Moments of 'Necessary Trouble' in the Philippines" Join the Harvard University Asia Center for a series of lectures from Ed Garcia, Filipino Peace Practitioner and Framer of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, on peacebuilding and resistance in the Philippines April 15th -19th. Learn more and register below!

⚡ Who is Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi? - Aung San Suu Kyi is Myanmar's freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician. Detailed information about his life, struggle and political career is here!

I’m exited to announce after about a year of writing, my thesis finally complete. This thesis dives into the history of the Israel/Palestine Conflict. In order to get a better understanding, I conduct a survey to understand different perspectives of the conflict depending on educational status, as well as religious and political affiliations. I also discuss the varieties of failures and successes of The Camp David Accords, Oslo Accords, and the Annapolis Peace Conference. And also provide the steps necessary to obtain peace since the events of October 2023. As well as the necessary strategies for the next peace negotiation, if that were to ever happen in the future.

Is Peace really the absence of war or conflict? Find out what Peace and Conflict studies students in the University of Calabar have to say. By observing World Peace Day, we can come together to promote peace, tolerance, and understanding among nations and peoples. #Peace2humanity

Good to see that protest against China now also seems to come from Chinese abroad on moments that really matter to the Chinese Government. And ... protests voiced at the Harvard University is not easy to classify as "Crazy people who don't know what they are talking about"! China also breaks a lot of rules and agreements of which the UN Security Council is supposed to uphold across the world. China is also one of the five permanent members of the UNSC. Besides the fact that China is not upholding these rules and agreements in China it now also plans to go abroad and take Taiwan by force similar to what Russia is doing to Ukraine. China also secretly supports Russia in their War in Ukraine. So, if "we (the Free Democratic World)" want Russia (illegally holding the membership seat of the former USSR) to be kicked out or at least get their Voting rights stripped as well as their permanent membership of the UNSC, this easily could be applied to China as well.   China is in fact a Dictatorship as well, certainly when it comes down to leadership structure.   If "we (as citizens of planet Earth)" truly want to get rid of the violence and everything related to that we need to get rid of all the Dictatorships, Mafia, Terrorist and other scaled Criminal forms of leadership since they "rule" over a large area locally or entire countries thus as an example to the youth and automatically affecting other countries especially the small weak countries in which it is more likely to have some form of Criminal and/or Violent leadership.   Humanity is not a creature that thrives in captivity; it needs freedom to reach/meet its full potential.

important to understand and to speak about this.

So I've had an achievement to share!!! I've argued on the legalist thought of Lord Shang, how his instituted reforms led to the unification of statelets under the leadership of the Qin emperor, ending the Warring States period & the establishment of the Qin Dynasty in ancient China. In contemporary China, the relevance, reverence, & practice of legalism are conspicuous as President Xi & his acolytes - the Xi'iists - are resurrecting this ancient philosophy of rule, authority & power to augment & strengthen their own & CCP's reach & power in society & the state by fusing authoritarian legalism with state power. Some examples of these are Chinese social control, political control, legality, & information management approaches in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, & business & civil society within the mainland. You can read the essay here: https://lnkd.in/dhu6Z6rH And can engage with the essay here: https://lnkd.in/dVNhNtpc

“But here’s the question for us today, the one that we intend to explore in this book. How do we build for the kingdom of God amid Afghan and Ukrainian refugees in France? How do we build for the kingdom while seeing the injustices that afflict people of colour and indigenous peoples in the West? How do we build for the kingdom in a seminary in Taiwan under the shadow of Chinese aggression? How do we build for the kingdom while reckoning with the past and present evils of our own democratic institutions? How do we build for the kingdom with our own divided politics over abortion and climate change? Are we more shaped by social media than Scripture? And, most challenging of all, how do we build for the kingdom in the face of menacing empires while resisting the inevitable seduction to create an empire of our own? Such things call for wisdom and discernment.” What does Christian political witness look like in such a messy and diverse world? The answers aren’t easy. If you care to dive deep into the questions of this journey, this is an excellent book and resource.

"𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡." Bareerah Goher, an International Relations graduate passionate about research and policy analysis, has written a thought-provoking article on "Ethnic Assimilation of Uyghurs in Xinjiang and its Societal Impacts." She critically examines the political motivations behind this policy and the far-reaching consequences it has on the Uyghur community. #TGP #TheGlobalParadox #UyghurIssue #Xinjiang #EthnicAssimilation #HumanRights #AsiaPacific #PolicyAnalysis