The U.S. had and used nuclear weapons in 1945. We believed that other countries would be unlikely to develop the technology for 25+ years. However, in 1949, ___ detonated a nuclear weapon. The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty has been unable to keep additional countries from acquiring nuclear weapons.

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.