David Last is a Canadian who served in Cyprus and the former Yugoslavia as a UN peacekeeper, then trained peacekeepers from several countries. He argues that a key to reducing violence in the world is to educate military professionals to address the political problems that lead to violence. As a professor he's doing that now.

https://youtu.be/rwAiWP5fiJA

Video version 1 July 2019.

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