The author suggests that war occurs because we think in terms of ___, so we let fear rule. Our thinking needs to be guided by human rights, fairness, the well-being of all, community development, peace education, and so on.

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.