World Peace Initiative (4/7) — True Meanings of World Peace: Developing a Long-Term Peace Mechanism, Not Short-Term

– World Leadership Education Foundation (WLEF)
There are generally two approaches to peace: passive peace and active peace. Both can attain peace, but they have completely different nature.
Passive Peace
Passive peace manages to maintain a no-war situation in the lack-of-order international jungle. It adopts basically three means:
1. Self-Restraint. In this approach, the responsibility is left to each [...]

World Peace Initiative (3/7) — Path to World Peace: Reforming the Global Political and Economic Structure

– World Leadership Education Foundation (WLEF)
The current global political and economic structure is comprised of several major international organizations. This includes the UN, and many economic organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). There are also other organizations that help manage the world.
The UN, due to [...]

Do Crabs Feel Pain?

For Buddhists, they don’t need scientists to tell them crabs feel pain. Of course they do — they are sentient beings. They are beings in the animal realm out of the Ten Realms in the universe. They are beings no more or less than us human beings. While an understanding based on “belief” may easily [...]

G-20 Meeting: An Opportunity to Collaborate Globally and Think Globally

A new article backs up our view: we all need to think more globally in this new era, including politicians.
The next G-20 meeting will take place in London on April 2, 2009.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090323/cm_csm/yzelleke23
Wanted: elected leaders with international experience
By Robert Dujarric and Andy Zelleke — Mon Mar 23, 4:00 am ET
Tokyo; and Cambridge, Mass — As the [...]

World Peace Initiative (2/7) — Obstacles to World Peace: International Jungle and Self-Interested Nations

– World Leadership Education Foundation (WLEF)
There are two obstacles to world peace. The first comes from the nature of global community; that is, the global community is in a state of anarchy. The second comes from the acts of global community members; that is, nations often act selfishly and place its own interest before anything [...]

World Peace Initiative (1/7) — Threats to World Peace: Wars, Poverty, and Global Warming

– World Leadership Education Foundation (WLEF)
For a long time, war is considered the antonym of peace. Wherever there is war, there is no peace, and wherever there is no war, there is peace. However, no-war can no longer be equated with peace now, as poverty and global warming are growingly threatening the humanity, too.
Wars
A lot [...]

How to Become a Globally Savvy Citizen?

– World Leadership Education Foundation (WLEF)
You can begin by cultivating your awareness of global issues. Contemplate on these issues, and find the root of the problem, so that you will understand better the pros and cons of a one-country world. The following lists some global issues for your reference.
1. Anti-War
Sudan Darfur
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Situations in Iraq
Terrorism
North Korea’s [...]

Key Elements of the World Government

– World Leadership Education Foundation (WLEF)
The world government we need is a necessary public authority that must be established upon human rights and individual freedom. The organization must be in line with modern trend of societal advancement, and be able to defend the basic human ethical values and resolve disputes around the world.
The fundamental purpose [...]

Embracing a Global Country, a Global Family

– World Leadership Education Foundation (WLEF)
When the vast majority of human beings no longer identify themselves as citizens of a country but rather members of this planet, human consciousness has enhanced which will push the revolution on world system. When the world has recognized that relying on the humanitarian aid from civil and non-governmental organizations [...]

Global Citizenship

– World Leadership Education Foundation (WLEF)
Global citizenship refers to people who self-identify as a global citizen, instead of a citizen of any particular country. U Thant, the former UN Secretary-General, urged modern people to have double loyalty — both to their country and local community and to all human beings. He made the statement in [...]

Achieving World Peace through Cosmopolitanism

– World Leadership Education Foundation (WLEF)
Cosmopolitanism is a social idea that all human beings are one community. A cosmopolitan is a global citizen — a term used to describe an individual who travels around the globe and/or cares about world issues. Particularly, besides their own culture, these individuals care about and respect other cultures.
Cosmopolitans believe [...]

True Meanings of World Peace

– World Leadership Education Foundation (WLEF)

World Peace entails the achievement of five essential goals: anti-war, eliminating poverty, preventing diseases, protecting environments, and preserving species. These five goals all have profound implications and jointly mold a vision of World Peace for all the individuals on this globe. From this perspective, World Peace has a concrete and [...]