JPIT (JOINT PUBLIC ISSUES TEAM - The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church working together for peace and justice) has produced a new briefing and resources to help individuals, small groups and churches to reflect, discuss and act.
The conflict in Ukraine prompts deep questions. Avoiding shallow answers and without imposing one particular viewpoint, we examine tricky and sometimes contentious issues such as sanctions, nuclear weapons and relationships between churches (particularly our own denominations and the Orthodox churches of Russia and Ukraine), together with an overview of the causes and costs of war.
https://jpit.uk/issues/peacemaking/ukraine
‘This is a world desperate for a new story yet running out of time to write it.”
Global military spending is now over $2 trillion and continues to rise at an alarming rate. Despite loose commitments to disarmament, the nine nuclear-armed states continue to fortify and increase their nuclear arsenals and show no signs of stopping. The Doomsday Clock puts the world at 90 seconds to midnight – closer to nuclear catastrophe than ever before.
After the failure of the UN Security Council to prevent the ongoing warfare in Ukraine and elsewhere, Hannah gives a summary of how the United Nations is proposing a new strategy for peace in the wake of a changing geopolitical climate.
https://jpit.uk/conflict-prevention-and-a-new-agenda-for-peace