Archive for Peace Studies

Oct 22, 2010

Interview with UNAS Director Yap Kwong Weng on”Passion People” on 93.8 Live.

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Ancient travelers feared it, and called it a place of no return. But Singaporean Yap Kwong Weng decided to take on the Taklamakan desert , even though he says he is no adventurer.

Find out why as he talks to Devika Misra.

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Jul 17, 2010

Taking Pictures with Negative Contrast: Edward Schillebeeckx, Critical Remembrance and Policy Analysis As Practical Reason

by Dr. Jude Chua, FBCap
Editor, Working Paper Series of Peace Studies

Experiences of negative contrast result from the normative judgments of the natural law. Such cognition of the normative judgments of the natural law can be aided by the practice of “photography with caption”…

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Jul 17, 2010

Peace, a reflection.

by Dave Lee
Staff Editor, THINK!

What is peace to you? Is peace to be found in the absence of strife, in the absolution of torment, or even in the stability of one’s soul? Can peace, if it were a concept, a state, or an ideal awaiting realisation, be fulfilled in today’s world, in our world?

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Jul 16, 2010

UN and the Shaping of the Post-Crisis World: Opportunities for Change

by Professor Tham Seong Chee
President of UNAS

The term “Post-Crisis” does not imply that we are presently free of the problems and challenges facing the world nor does it mean that the world economy has recovered. Its use in this seminar is merely to set the stage for a new dispensation on what needs to be done in the aftermath of the recent severe world economic down-turn.

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