The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace

The preface contains a foreword by the Dalai Lama and an extensive introduction by Editor in Chief Nigel Young, as well as an essay on the recent history of global peace and conflict by Nils Petter Gleditsch, President of the International Studies Association. Coverage of some regions of the world including Russia, China and Africa and to some extent Latin America is limited in number and scope due in part to slow internal development of peace studies in those regions. Full‐text versions of major peace agreements are not contained in the online encyclopedia; rather, entries provide background information and highlight the key elements of the agreement.