Citation

Solomon B. J. Peace Res. 1997; 34(3): 249-255.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0022343397034003001

PMID

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Abstract

The problem of peace remains a daunting one in a world that is still unruly and heavily armed. Scholarly studies of peace adn war regularly assume the anarchic character of the international system. But this academic assumption exists against a usually silent, unnoticed, and very different background condition: viz., the lack of a clear awareness of international anarchy among the actors who are involved in the matters under study. These actors -- including many leaders of the nation-states of the world and, more significantly, the citizenries of those states -- constitute a great sector of humanity.