peace advocacy
Promoting nonviolent resolution
Peace advocacy is active support for nonviolent conflict resolution and opposition to war.
Peace advocates may protest military action, lobby governments, or promote diplomacy and disarmament: Her peace advocacy began during the Vietnam era.
The term encompasses both organized movements and individual efforts to prevent or end armed conflict.
- peacebuildingEstablishing lasting harmony post-conflict
- war resistanceOpposition to armed conflict
- anti-war movementOrganized opposition to warfare
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- protest movementsOrganized campaigns for change
reconciliation · diplomacy · negotiation · human rights · nonviolence · conscientious objection · international treaties · restorative justice · civil disobedience · pacifism · draft resistance · grassroots organizing · ceasefire agreements · arms control · nuclear disarmament · banners · marches · arbitration
peace advocacymilitarism
Pro-force national policy
warmongering · hawkishness · jingoism · saber-rattling · bellicosity
peace advocacyaggression
Hostile or attacking behavior
belligerence · combativeness · pugnacity · violent extremism · terrorism
peace advocacywar propaganda
Biased information promoting military efforts
fear-mongering · brinkmanship · inflammatory rhetoric · battle cries · calls to arms