7 Best Articles on Peace
The most useful articles on peace from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Peace Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on peace by Refind users in 2024 so far.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on peace—all under 10 minutes.
One of the Most Famous Ideas in Economics Is Wrong
History shows that free trade can’t buy world peace.
«Ultimately, a military based pax or deeper common interest might be necessary to keep commerce and the world on gentle terms.»
Now, Let Us Talk Peace
When a war is going on, though, it is absolutely the time to talk about peace. How else can we prevent even further loss of life or yet more millions forced into refuge somewhere else in the world? It…
«The UN has been too slow to act, and too much of the interstate system has pushed for escalation, not negotiation.»
The Many Wars Within the Last Great War
Once it was enough to explain the Second World War as a military reaction by peace-loving nations to the imperial ambitions of Hitler and Mussolini in Europe and the Japanese military in East Asia.…
The Fallen of World War II - Data-driven documentary about war & peace
Fallen.io, a short animated data-driven documentary about war and peace, explores the harrowing statistics of World War II and sizes up its numbers to other wars in history, including recent conflicts.
The Path to Peace Is Truth
The search for peace is really the search for truth. Try to see the advantage of understanding things by discovering the truth rather than by practice. Let’s say I’m trying to quit smoking. There are…
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on peace.
It’s not your imagination. There has been more war lately.
Why the "long peace" may be ending.
Chartbook 258 War, peace and the return of history in 2023
In 2023 the escalation of violence around the world was horrifying. As the FT remarked: The anecdotal evidence that war is surging round the world is confirmed by the numbers. A recent report by the…
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