Welcome to today’s episode where we dive deep into one of the most compelling questions in international relations: Why do some regions achieve lasting peace while others remain trapped in cycles of conflict?
Professor Arie M. Kacowicz, a leading expert on the Zone of Peace Concept, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, elaborates in detail.
Content
- The Genesis of Zone of Peace Theory: From Regional Puzzles to Global Concepts
- Why Study Peace Over Conflict? A Scholar’s Perspective
- Theoretical Foundations: Which IR Schools Shaped Zone of Peace Theory?
- Beyond Security Communities: Distinguishing Zones of Peace from Deutsch’s Framework
- Decolonizing Peace Theory: Addressing Global South Perspectives in IR
- South America vs West Africa: Why Some Regions Achieve Lasting Peace
- ASEAN’s Peaceful Paradox: Non-Interference Despite Internal Tensions
- From Conflict to Peace: Can the Middle East Transform Its Security Dynamics?
- Practical Applications: Using Zone of Peace Theory in Today’s World
- Authoritarian States and Peace: Navigating Democracy vs Stability
Arie M. Kacowicz
Professor Kacowicz holds the distinguished Chaim Weizmann Chair in International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he has been a valued member of faculty since 1993. He previously served as Chair of the Department of International Relations from 2005 to 2008, and more recently as President of the Israeli Association of International Studies between 2017 and 2021.
As a distinguished peace scholar, Professor Kacowicz’s scholarly interests encompass alternative pathways for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the relevance of international society, the international relations of Latin America, globalisation, and International Relations Theory more broadly.
His current research programme focuses particularly on International Relations Theory, the normative dimensions within international relations, peace research, the international relations of Latin America, and the complexities of globalisation in our contemporary world.
Selected Publications:
Kacowicz, A. M. (1994). Peaceful Territorial Change. University of South Carolina Press.
Kacowicz, A. M. (1995). Explaining Zones of Peace: Democracies as Satisfied Powers? Journal of Peace Research, 32(3), 265–276. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343395032003002
Kacowicz, A. M. (1998). Zones of Peace in the Third World: South America and West Africa in Comparative Perspective. State University of New York Press.
Kacowicz, A. M., Bar-Siman-Tov, Y., Elgström, O., Jerneck, M., Bengtsson, R., Ericson, M., Goodby, J., Hagan, J. D., Hyde-Price, A., Miller, B., Nordquist, K.-A., Owen, J. M., IV, Tovias, A., & Våyrynen, R. (2000). Stable Peace Among Nations. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Kacowicz, A. M. (with Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies). (2005). The Impact of Norms in International Society: The Latin American experience, 1881 – 2001. Univ. of Notre Dame Press.
