Peace Stud., Volume 1, Issue 1 (December 2025) – 3 articles

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Exploring Social Identity Theory: A Case Study of the Taliban in Afghanistan
by Danny Singh
Peace Stud. 2025, 1(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/peacestud1010003 - 16 Oct 2025
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The motivations behind terrorism have emerged from debates on armed conflict. This article seeks to explore the membership status of the Taliban that maintained a positive social identity as an in-group to fight vigorously against the international community and seize Afghanistan in August [...] Read more.
The motivations behind terrorism have emerged from debates on armed conflict. This article seeks to explore the membership status of the Taliban that maintained a positive social identity as an in-group to fight vigorously against the international community and seize Afghanistan in August 2021. With a range of semi-structured interviews with key security and justice stakeholders and civil society groups in Kabul from 2010 to 2016, opinions are based on efforts that engaged with Security Sector Reform (SSR) and fighting the resilience of the Taliban. It was found that the Taliban continued its fight and growth in membership and partial civic support due to its strong social identity (as an in-group) fighting an undesired, illegitimate, and corrupt state, judiciary, and police force supported by the international community. As part of social identity theory, poverty, unemployment, corruption and immorality are seen to serve a strategic and tactical purpose in aiding the socioeconomic, political and religious motives for recruitment towards the Taliban. However, after reseizing power, sanctions, a reduction in international aid, poverty and civic discontent with strict governance have resulted in other rival terrorist and resistance groups posing a threat to the Taliban, losing its positive social identity. Full article
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Peace Ethics in Islam: The Contribution of Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021)
by Abdessamad Belhaj
Peace Stud. 2025, 1(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/peacestud1010002 - 29 Sep 2025
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Muslim theologian and well-known Indian peace activist Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021) had a significant impact on the development of peace ethics in Islam. In addition to writing several books and essays on peace and non-violence, he also took part in Indian political debates and [...] Read more.
Muslim theologian and well-known Indian peace activist Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021) had a significant impact on the development of peace ethics in Islam. In addition to writing several books and essays on peace and non-violence, he also took part in Indian political debates and engaged in global issues related to Islam and the Middle East. He is one of the most prolific Muslim thinkers on peace and non-violence, having crafted a systematic approach to peace in his eleven books on the subject. This article discusses his contributions to Islamic peace ethics along with an applied case of his non-violence principles to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Furthermore, this article critically examines the consistency, applicability, and effects of his theory of peace. Full article
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Editorial
Peace Studies: A New Open Access Journal Dedicated to Multidisciplinary Research and Evidence-Driven Policy and Practice
by Stacey L. Connaughton
Peace Stud. 2025, 1(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/peacestud1010001 - 28 Sep 2025
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The times we live in call for robust discussions for and about peace [...] Full article
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