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Center for International Studies
Yamada International House
56 E. Union St.
Athens, Ohio 45701
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War and Peace Studies
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War and Peace Studies

The interdisciplinary War and Peace Studies program focuses on contemporary and comparative analyses of war, conflict, security, peace and justice. It offers a dynamic and context-driven approach that integrates academic rigor with practical training.

Students engage with diverse societal contexts, gaining insights from local and global cases. The program combines theoretical foundations and real-world relevance, providing students with critical thinking, analytical skills, and expertise.

Study War and Peace: Degrees and Certificates

Study War and Peace: Here or Abroad

OHIO's Renowned War and Peace Studies Program

The 21st century has witnessed a staggering scale of violence, war, terror and genocide on the one hand, yet heightened global interdependence and innovative approaches to intervention, peacebuilding and international justice on the other.

  • The wars in Palestine, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen; the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia; the genocide of the Rohingya in Myanmar; widespread human rights violations of Uyghur populations in China; the brutal civil war in Sudan; and the persistent violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo underscore the centrality of war and peace studies in the contemporary era.
  • The expansion of the Department of Homeland Security; ongoing enhancements in intelligence analysis, risk assessments, border control, and immigration; and increased attention to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence reflect domestic and international attention to evolving security challenges of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency.
  • Students require academic and professional training on the theories and instruments that promote development, humanitarianism, reconstruction, de-escalation, and transitional justice.

Since 2010, the Center for International Studies has advanced an innovative vision of War and Peace Studies that combines cutting-edge interdisciplinary training with deep knowledge of key areas and cultures around the world.

Research & Expertise about War and Peace

  • Faculty Research Areas: War and Peace

    Center for International Research faculty have expertise in many research areas about War and Peace.

    Faculty Research Areas: War and Peace

    War and Peace Faculty Directory

  • Baker Peace Conference

    The conference, a spring staple at Ohio University since the 1980s, is an annual event that brings together a diverse group of leading experts to discuss a significant national or international issue related to peace. The late Dr. John C. Baker, Ohio University's president from 1945-62, and his wife, Elizabeth, established the John and Elizabeth Baker Peace Studies Endowment to encourage the education of students and the general public in the means by which peace can be established and maintained throughout the world. 

    The Ohio University Press publishes collections of essays based on papers presented by conference participants, Baker Series in Peace and Conflict Studies, edited by Ingo Trauschweizer.

    Baker Peace Conference

  • Ohio University Press: War and Peace

    The Ohio University Press publishes several highly regarded book series focusing on war, peace and security in the contemporary world:

    Studies in Human Security | edited by Geoffrey Dabelko and Brandon Kendhammer

    Studies in Conflict, Justice, and Social Change | edited by Susan Hirsch and Agnieszka Paczyńska

    Ohio University Press

Contact Us

War and Peace Faculty Directory

Director: Dr. Jonathan Agensky

War and Peace Studies Program
Yamada International House
56 E. Union St.
Athens, Ohio 45701

Email: agensky@ohio.edu or international.studies@ohio.edu 

Telephone: 740-593-1684

Yamada International House is on Ohio University College Green, at the top of Jefferson Hill and near Templeton Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.

We invite you to stop into our office during normal business hours to learn more about the War and Peace Studies program, as well as our other international programs.