Toda Peace Institute Holds Seminar on New Agenda for Peace

On February 21, the Toda Peace Institute held a public seminar titled “A New Agenda for Peace: Turning the World Away from War” in Tokyo, which was also livestreamed. The newly appointed director of the institute, Stein Tønnesson, a Norwegian scholar in peace research and history, delivered opening remarks. At the first session, which was on peace and security, Senior Research Fellows Kai He and Keith Krause discussed the problematics of polarization by large nations and emphasized that collective action through coordination and cooperation among small and medium-sized states plays a major role in peace and stability. The Toda Peace Institute was founded by President Daisaku Ikeda in 1996.