E-peace: cutting the costs of conflict

This paper is at an early stage of writing.

Executive summary / contents

• background thinking
• Western society is faced with the twin problems of internal conflict and external terrorism.
• E-business thinking can be applied to each problem.
• disintermediate security forces
• This means letting the people do many of the functions that have been performed by armies and police forces.
• respect the people
• Public order has only been kept in the long-term by public consent.
• This approach cannot be used for tyranny.
• It ensures a truer democracy than any other system.
• pick the best places to start the campaign
• Places can be physical, organisational or virtual.
• work through steadily and openly
• It will help people to know when they will be changing.
• be open to continual improvement
• This is essential to keep everyone together.
• People's values will grow and change.
• deal with conflicts that arise
• This is central to the whole idea.
• the technology to deliver
• A brief outline.