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Stanley Kober-Building Peace from the Bottom Up
Rumi ForumThe big divide in the world today is between those who don't want education (Taliban) and those who do. What is also important is how the education is focused: whether it fosters critical thinking or memorization, and whether it encourages openness to different ideas (e.g., encouraging international study to learn from others). This affects what I call the emotional level of war and peace, to supplement the considerations of interests that dominate international relations. Bio: Stanley Kober is a Research Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies. He is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of FRead moreShow less
The big divide in the world today is between those who don't want education (Taliban) and those who do. What is also important is how the education is focused: whether it fosters critical thinking or memorization, and whether it encourages openness to different ideas (e.g., encouraging international study to learn from others). This affects what I call the emotional level of war and peace, to supplement the considerations of interests that dominate international relations.
Bio: Stanley Kober is a Research Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies. He is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and received his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. His areas of expertise include the relationship between democracy and peace, with a focus on control over the war power, and American grand strategy. He has lectured in the United States and abroad, and his work has appeared in Foreign Policy, International Affairs (London), the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. Kober previously worked on Soviet and defense issues at SRI International (where he was managing editor of the journal, Comparative Strategy), the Center for Naval Analyses, and the Hudson Institute.
Bio: Stanley Kober is a Research Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies. He is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and received his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. His areas of expertise include the relationship between democracy and peace, with a focus on control over the war power, and American grand strategy. He has lectured in the United States and abroad, and his work has appeared in Foreign Policy, International Affairs (London), the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. Kober previously worked on Soviet and defense issues at SRI International (where he was managing editor of the journal, Comparative Strategy), the Center for Naval Analyses, and the Hudson Institute.
