Keep Hope Alive: Essays for a War-Free World
Doug Roche has released a new book, and it’s essential reading for anyone who is losing hope for the future.
As Doug writes in the forward for Keep Hope Alive: Essays for a war-free world: “This is a book about reasons for my hope that humanity can actually achieve a peaceful and just coexistence.”
Douglas Roche is a former Canadian Senator, Ambassador for Disarmament at the United Nations, and Member of Parliament. He has specialized throughout his 40-year public career in peace and human security issues.
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“Paradoxically, [Keep Hope Alive] is written at a time of scarring tragedy: The Ukraine war, in which hundreds of thousands have been killed or wounded, millions displaced, the use of nuclear weapons threatened, famines worsened, and the global political system thrown into turmoil. How can we get to a place of hope after that?” he asks.
“We can get there by realizing that a new agenda for peace and a blueprint for sustainable development are actually in our hands… All of the factors to build common security are in place: the political framework, the scientific and technological capacity to meet human needs, the communications between people everywhere who now understand that survival demands that we work together. This accomplishment is itself a prime reason for hope.”
Endorsing Keep Hope Alive, celebrated Lieutenant-General (ret) The Honourable Roméo Dallaire says, “As our world sits on the edge of great technological, social, and environmental change, humanity’s most valuable tools will not be weapons or AI, but wisdom and ethos. Enter Douglas Roche…. Senator Roche has provided us, yet again, with an inspirational call to action and a practical handbook for hope.”
Keep Hope Alive: Essays for a War-Free World
by Douglas Roche
Publication date: 09/03/2023
Pages: 182
I am pleased to recommend this volume, the latest in a series of efforts by the author to turn our gaze towards what is working (or could be working better) in what often seems to be an excessively gloomy world. It was my honor to assist a bit with this volume, but more to be in Doug’s hopeful and “heartful” presence over many years. We need much more of this from others in the policy domain, especially in peace and security.