World Peace Is Failing. A New Book Says to Start Here.

The year 2025 marked a continued decline in global peace, extending a troubling decade-long trend of increasing conflict. This assessment comes from the author of a new book explicitly titled "World Peace and How We Can Achieve It." The work argues that international stability is deteriorating worldwide. The central proposal is that achieving peace requires a fundamental shift in perspective. The book suggests moving focus away from national security and toward "planetary security." This concept means treating shared global threats—like climate change, pandemics, and financial crises—as the primary dangers. The author argues that when these common challenges become the main priority, cooperation between rival nations becomes essential. The idea presents a direct challenge to traditional foreign policy. It asks a core question: can countries reinvent diplomacy to confront universal risks before addressing their disputes?