Now more than ever it is important to make the *positive* case for peace.

It is not enough--although it is vitally important--that we prevent and preclude war. The mere absence of kinetic violence is not peace. In fact, such "absence" often conceals all kinds of violence which threatens to erupt into armed conflict.

We must have a positive definition of what peace looks like. To develop such an understanding, we need a theory of human flourishing. This is the project I look forward to undertaking with my colleagues at the ISSP.