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Peace in the Age of Chaos: The Only Solution For The Future: The Best Solution for a Sustainable Future Paperback – 7 Oct. 2020
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Peace in an Age of Chaos offers a new way of conceptualising how to create a peaceful world, from Steve Killelea, creator of the Global Peace Index and founder of world-renowned think tank, the Institute for Economics and Peace.
The major challenges facing humanity are global in nature: climate change, ever decreasing biodiversity, full use of the fresh water on the planet, to name a few. Unless the world is basically peaceful, we will never get the trust, cooperation and inclusiveness to solve these issues, yet what creates peace is poorly understood.
Working on an aid program in one of the most violent places in the world, North East Kivu in the DR Congo, philanthropist and business leader Steve Killelea asked himself, What are the most peaceful nations? Unable to find an answer, he created the world's leading measure of peace, the Global Peace Index, which receives over 16 billion media impressions annually and has become the definitive go to index for heads of state. Steve Killelea then went on to establish world-renowned think tank, the Institute for Economics and Peace. Today its work is used by organisations such as the World Bank, United Nations and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and taught in thousands of university courses around the world.
Peace in the Age of Chaos tells of Steve's personal journey to measure and understand peace. It explores the practical application of his work, which is gathering momentum at a rapid pace. In this time when we are faced with environmental, social and economic challenges, this book shows us a way forward where Positive Peace, described as creating the optimal environment for human potential to flourish, can lead to a paradigm shift in the ways societies can be managed, thereby transcending and reinvigorating western democracies.
- Print length272 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherQuadrille Publishing
- Publication date7 Oct. 2020
- Dimensions23.2 x 2.8 x 15.2 cm
- ISBN-101743796757
- ISBN-13978-1743796757
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- Publisher : Quadrille Publishing (7 Oct. 2020)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1743796757
- ISBN-13 : 978-1743796757
- Dimensions : 23.2 x 2.8 x 15.2 cm
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About the author
Steve Killelea is the multi-award-winning founder of the internationally renowned global think tank, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). He is regularly quoted in the media on subjects ranging from terrorism to conflict and is also a sought-after international speaker. His funding of the IEP was recognised as one of the 50 most impactful philanthropic gifts in Australia’s history by a coalition of Australian Foundations in 2013, and he has been recognised as one of the 100 most influential people in the world on reducing armed violence. In recognition of Steve’s deep commitment to peace, he has twice been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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- D ConnollyReviewed in Canada on 26 January 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Worthwhile Read
"Which are the most peaceful countries, and what can be learned from them to help those countries that are not?" This is the question that began Steve Killelea's journey to find ways to measure, study and better understand peace. The founder of both the Institute for Economics and Peace and the Global Peace Index, Killelea has been named one of the world's 100 most influential people on reducing the onset of armed violence.
Although not a light or easy read, Peace in the Age of Chaos is eye-opening, illuminating and highly thought-provoking. I am very glad to have read it.
- Gary ZarrReviewed in the United States on 15 January 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Constructive Peace -- the common demoninator to solving urgent global challenges facing humanity
“Peace in the Age of Chaos” is a visionary book driven by data and analysis as well as by life experience. Author Steve Killelea constructs a compelling case for what he calls Constructive Peace -- “the attitudes, institutions and structures that create and sustain peaceful societies” --as being the necessary fulcrum point around which the major challenges facing humanity, such as climate change, pandemics, food insecurity, declining biodiversity, need to be considered and tackled. The implications and applications of this book should be front and center for serious, urgent discussion and implementation worldwide by policy makers and thought leaders in government and the private sector.
- James BrannonReviewed in Australia on 17 November 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect book for teachers and students interested in Peace!
I first came to this book as a high school geography teacher in search of resources for a unit on global interconnections. However, Peace in the Age of Chaos transcends the status of mere reference material and becomes something truly sublime.
Steve Killelea’s prose is fluid and unencumbered by overly academic jargon. This is an impressive feat given that he manages to deftly unpack the complexities of systems theory in easy-to-understand English.
Furthermore, as well as being eminently informative, this book remains consistently engaging. Mr Killelea has deftly interwoven his personal journey as a peacebuilder with empirical research on how peace can be built and sustained in the world today.
The result is a profoundly moving work that not only spotlights one man’s humbling commitment to peace but also functions as a roadmap in these uncertain time — guiding individuals on the path to positive peace (A concept I was first exposed to by this very book!)
Ultimately, I would recommend this work to anyone, but perhaps mostly to my colleagues in the teaching profession who have so much to gain from the information and life lessons contained within these 272 pages.
- C.K.Reviewed in the United States on 28 October 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly insightful and engaging
This book is a treasure chest for anybody who tries to find answers to some of the most important questions in our life. The book is engaging and thought-provoking. Trying to understand the meaning of peace and finding pathways forward is today more important than ever. I wish that all those who exercise power were to read this book and reflect on it. The world would be a better place and we would be able to solve problems rather than create them.
- Georg Kell, Founding Director, UN Global Compact
- Pera WellsReviewed in Australia on 3 January 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Why an Australian businessman made it his business to measure peace in the world
This book by a brilliant Australian entrepreneur, Steve Killelea, who believes that when you are in business you must be able to measure what matters. Steve's book is his account of how he went about learning to measure peace in the world on a country-by-country basis with the the support of the Economist Intelligence Unit in Washington. They formed the Global Peace Index, which has been published every year since 2007. The launch of the Index was very successful with articles published in over 100 countries. It is a fascinating, true story and well worth reading.