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The Kroc Institute wishes you peace during this holy season and in 2013. Here's how to stay in touch.

Sandra Gustafson's new project has been influenced by the fields of peace studies and conflict transformation.

The nature of armed conflict has changed dramatically. Gone is the paradigm of industrial war between states. Instead, conflicts have risen sharply within and beyond states. Today’s combatants use hit-and-run attack or violence against civilians rather than formal combat. Such tactics cannot be defeated by conventional military means.