How do we prevent war? How do we maintain peace? These questions have been posed by nations and people throughout history. Concessions often bring about peace in the short term, defusing tensions for a while, but the aggressor’s initial demands are not forgotten and, in fact, often bolstered with time. The lessons of appeasement versus deterrence are hard-learned time and time again. The Price of Peace: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg examines the use of deterrence of enemy aggression in the past, and the efforts to sustain it in the current era of rogue nations and nuclear proliferation. Stay up to …

How do we prevent war? How do we maintain peace? These questions have been posed by nations and people throughout history. Concessions often bring about peace in the short term, defusing tensions for a while, but the aggressor’s initial demands are not forgotten and, in fact, often bolstered with time. The lessons of appeasement versus deterrence are hard-learned time and time again. The Price of Peace: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg examines the use of deterrence of enemy aggression in the past, and the efforts to sustain it in the current era of rogue nations and nuclear proliferation. State  …

Not able to make it to the event? Don’t worry The Hoover Institution is Livestreaming it from YouTube and the Independent Women’s Forum is Livestreaming it on Facebook. Mary Kissel Editorial Board Member, The Wall Street Journal Kiron Skinner Hoover Institution Research Fellow Claudia Rosett Independent Women’s Forum Foreign Policy Fellow  Learn more about The Price of Peace here. Check out our new Explore section which has 3 informative timelines, discussion questions, suggested reading list and suggested viewing list here.

The Price of Peace Screening and Discussion by Independent Women’s Forum on March 22nd at starting at 5:30 with a reception and the screening and panel discussion will start at 6:00. How do we prevent war? How great a price is society willing to pay for peace? Can we use the lessons learned throughout history to extend peace into tomorrow? Please join us for a private screening of The Price of Peace: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg. Norberg investigates the use of deterrence and appeasement in an era of rogue nations and nuclear proliferation and the documentary examines turning-point historical events to reveal hardlearned lessons …