Shortly after New Year Judo for fred was contacted by Raphaela Kübler, who was a student at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Raphaela worked on a Master’s thesis in International Affairs, where she examined three core questions:

• How can peace education, sports for peace and development, and traditional martial arts become uniformly conceptualized?
• Why are martial arts especially suitable as a tool for non-formal peace education?
• Are there any differences between martial arts styles? If yes, which school or style fits best with the purpose of long-term peace education?

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