Matthew Ehret: The 1648 Peace of Westphalia: A Phase Shift in Universal History

The 1648 Peace of Westphalia: A Phase Shift in Universal History Today’s world is shaped by a tension caused by two opposing paradigms pulling humanity into two directions. Where one is unipolar and premised around an organizing principle of “Might makes Right”, the other is multi-polar and shaped by a principle of “win-win cooperation”. Where …

Matt Ehret: Atoms for Peace vs. Atoms for War: A Constructive Outlook for US-Iran Relations

As tensions rose in the Middle East over recent weeks, many people have falsely been led to believe that Iran really intends to build an “Islamic bomb”, and has no other need for nuclear power since oil is so abundant in the region. Hogwash. As we will see, Iranian leaders were already calling for the …

Tom Atlee: Generating Peace on Earth and Goodwill Towards Everyone

Generating Peace on Earth and Goodwill Towards Everyone I share with you three seemingly unrelated things that actually have everything to do with each other and all of which I ran across in the last few days: An innovative Citizens Assembly, an interview with the creator of Dynamic Facilitation, and the most articulate description of …