NEW PARADIGMS OF PEACE RESEARCH : The Asia-Pacific Context

We are now observing a shift of the centre of gravity, or the “engines” of human activities, from the Atlantic to the Asia-Pacific. Industrial productions, political conflicts, and militarization in the Asia-Pacific draw global attentions. So are intellectual, academic activities. In the field of peace research theories and practices in this region have their own contributions. Gandhi’s legacies and inspirations in the fields of economic globalization, peace education, and constitution are as relevant and important as ever. The lessons of the disasters of 3/11 in Japan echo Gandhian concerns. Conflict transformations and reconciliations in the region such as ones between China and Japan pose a big challenge for us. Chapters of the present volume, authored by seasoned or spirited peace scholars in the Asia-Pacific, present new paradigms in peace research that nobody in the field can ignore.

Contents
1 Introduction: New Paradigms of Peace Research / Akihiko Kimijima

2 Teaching Peace Studies: Implications from Critical Security Studies / Francis Daehoon Lee

3 The Meaning of Fukushima for Humanity / Ikuro Anzai

4 The Criminality of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy: From Hiroshima to Fukushima / Kenji Urata

5 Swadeshi: Creative Alternative of Globalisation / Vidya Jain

6 Gandhi and the Idea of a Non-violent Constitution / Thomas Weber

7 The Educational Legacies of Mahatma Gandhi for Peace Education / John P. Synott

8 Dealing with Disasters: Natural and Man-made / Ravi P. Bhatia

9 Humour, Witnessing and Cyber Non-violent Action: Current Research on Innovative Tactical Non-violent Actions Against Tyranny, Ethnic Violence and Hatred / Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Jularat Damrongwithitham and Chanchai Chaisukkosol

10 The Transitional Approach between Wars to Peace in Sri Lanka: A Qualitative Conceptual GNH Review / Senthan Selvarajah

11 Sino-Japanese Reconciliation from a Peace Studies Perspective / Liu Cheng

12 Strait Talk: Activating Peace Potential in Youth-led Civil Society Dialogues Across the Taiwan Strait / Tatsushi Arai