The Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI) was a

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established in 1985 by the

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. Its aim was to support and strengthen multidisciplinary research on

peace Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

and

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. Established as an independent institute, in 1996 it became a government research institute under the Ministry of Research and Information Technology. In January 2003, COPRI was merged into the

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. Many members of the Copenhagen School of

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were associated with COPRI, including

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and Barry Buzan.Williams, P. (2008) ''Security Studies: An Introduction'', Abingdon: Routledge, p 68

References

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