Many Americans today do not realize how forward thinking John F. Kennedy's American University speech was. Other voices, such as that of right-wing politician ___ opined that 'our objective must be the destruction of the enemy as an ideological force.' In other words, communism must be rooted out and destroyed.

Peace studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on political science, sociology, history, anthropology, theology, psychology, philosophy, and other fields to:

understand the causes of armed conflict;
develop ways to prevent and resolve war, genocide, terrorism, gross violations of human rights; and
build peaceful and just systems and societies.