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infactispax-1142	Mische, Patricia M.	Review of A global security system: an alternative to war. 	2017	4	.pdf	application/pdf	1221	40	39	The major components of common security outlined in this work include: ▪ Focus on common rather than only national security (win-win solutions) ▪ Shift to non-provocative defense posture; ▪ Create a nonviolent, civilian-based defense force; ▪ Phase out military bases; ▪ Disarm nuclear and conventional weapons in phased reductions, and end the arms trade; ▪ End use of militarized drones; ▪ Ban weapons in outer space; ▪ End invasions and occupations; ▪ Convert military spending to civilian needs; ▪ Reconfigure the response to terrorism; use nonviolent responses instead, such as arms embargoes, civil society support, meaningful diplomacy, inclusive good governance, conciliation, arbitration, judicial solutions, education and accurate information-sharing, cultural exchanges, refugee repatriation, sustainable and just economic development, etc; ▪ Include women in war prevention and peace-building; ▪ Reform and strengthen the United Nations and other international institutions; ▪ Strengthen the International Court of Justice (World Court) and the International Criminal Court; ▪ Strengthen international law; ▪ Foster compliance with existing international treaties and create new ones where needed; ▪ Establish Truth and Reconciliation Commissions; ▪ Create a fair and stable global economy In Factis Pax Volume 11 Number 2 (2017): 248-251 http://www.infactispax.org/journal 250 ▪ Democratize international economic institutions (World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund, World Bank); ▪ Create a Global Parliament; ▪ Develop a Culture of Peace; ▪ Encourage the work of peaceful religious initiatives; ▪ Promote peace journalism (distinct form war/violence journalism); ▪ Spread and fund peace education and peace research; ▪ Tell a “New Story” rooted in a deepened consciousness and understanding of Earth as our common home and shared future. World Beyond War, 2016, 88 pp., US $16.97 (paperback), free digital download, ISBN 978-0-9980859-1-3 Reviewed by Patricia M. Mische geapatmische@aol.com Co-Author, Toward A Human World Order: Beyond the National Security Straitjacket, and Toward a Global Civilization, The Contribution of Religions Co-founder, Global Education Associates Lloyd Professor of Peace Studies and World Law at Antioch College (retired) A Global Security System summarizes some key proposals for ending war and developing alternative approaches to global security that have been advanced over the past half century.	cache/infactispax-1142.pdf	txt/infactispax-1142.txt