Global Failure of Peace Education from International Relations Perspective

Authors : Muhammed Karakuş

Pages : 191-214

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Publication Date : 2025-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This article examines the systemic weaknesses of peace education from an international relations perspective, focusing on critiques from realist, liberal/constructivist, and critical frameworks. The Realists dismiss peace education as utopian and foreign to their world of power politics, state-centered security, and imperatives. The Liberals and Constructivists, on the other hand, agree with the normative potential of peace education but cite the political will interface, underfunding, and misalignment between the curricula and local conflict trends as some of the critical implementation challenges. Critical theorists situate their critiques within organic virulence by capitalist inequality and histories of colonialism, which are often side-stepped by mainstream programs. Political obstructions, crime, nationalism, militarism, and authoritarian censorship can thereby be identified as major roadblocks, with pedagogical obstacles in the form of trauma-insensitive methodologies and a lack of training for peace educators. The regional analysis shows discrepancies between the opportunities and resources granted to peace education across various regions: post-conflict countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America do suffer from a lack of resources, whereas, in developed countries, such educational matters are often placed on the back burner in favor of security considerations.
Keywords : Barış Eğitimi, Uluslararası İlişkiler Kuramları, Silahsızlanma, Terhis ve Topluma Yeniden Entegrasyon (DDR)

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