Douglas Becker - Fear and Insecurity as a Cause of Conflict - 4/6

Dr. Douglas Becker is a lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. His expertise covers a wide range of topics, including the prosecution of war crimes, the United Nations and conflict resolution, international law, U.S. foreign policy and U.S. diplomatic history. Dr. Becker is the acting director of the Peace and Conflict Studies program and advisor for the Peace and Conflict Scholars, as well as numerous other student groups. His most recent publication is The Bush Administration's Campaign Against the International Criminal Court (2004, as part of a collected volume). Dr. Becker is an active member of the International Studies Association and was president of the Model United Nations Educators Association, which is committed to aiding university and high school instructors in Model United Nations and United Nations research. He also served on the Board of Directors for the National Collegiate Conference Association.
The Soka Gakkai International (SGI-USA) Culture of Peace Resource Centers in New York, Santa Monica, Chicago Washington D.C., and Honolulu have launched the Culture of Peace Distinguished Speaker Series to engage people in a dialogue on the values, attitudes and behaviors that reject violence and inspire creative energy toward the peaceful resolution of conflicts. Lecturers in this series focus on one or more of the 8 action areas defined by the 1999 United Nations Declaration and Program of Action on a Culture of Peace: (1) Fostering a culture of peace through education, (2) Promoting sustainable economic and social development, (3) Promoting respect for all human rights, (4) Ensuring equality between women and men, (5) Fostering democratic participation, (6) Advancing understanding, tolerance and solidarity, (7) Supporting participatory communication and the free flow of information and knowledge and (8) Promoting international peace and security.

We hope that this eclectic and thought-provoking series of dialogues will empower community participants with a heightened awareness of the subtle shifts in our attitudes and behaviors that can help attain and sustain a culture of peace and to apply what they have learned in meaningful ways to their families, schools, workplaces and local communities. This annual lecture series begins on January 26 of each year to commemorate the founding of the Soka Gakkai International and the yearly publication of a peace proposal by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda. All lectures are free and open to the public.

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