Countries can be not overtly aggressive against each other {peace}. Peace involves no war threats.
conditions
Countries have no need to covet each other's resources, because they are wealthy countries, resources trade freely at fair prices, and/or workers can work in both countries freely. Peoples share language, religion, or democratic values. Aggression has certain and overwhelming punishment or is certainly harmful to country. Negotiations are fair and making progress. Rhetoric, calculated political gain, or inflammatory events do not arouse aggressive feelings. The parties tire of war and cannot fight longer. Peace increases with independence, ethical sense, justice, opportunity, trade, cooperation, conflict resolution, non-violence, law, order, and power.
conditions: brotherhood
Good war alternatives include having relations among nations, groups, and individuals that are like brothers in good families. Some brothers are older, smarter, and/or stronger. Brothers cooperate and compete but use their qualities and skills to make sure other brothers are good and successful. Even a bad brother is still a brother, whom others try to reform. Humans need brotherhood, not warring clans or tribes.
emotion
War follows emotion, typically increasing hatred and anger. Jesus' philosophy shows a strategy to lessen current and future conflicts, because it depends on truth about humans and societies and because it follows reason.
comparison to war
Countries cannot always choose peace. War is justifiable when it can reduce polarization, reduce human suffering, conserve resources, and reduce costs. War is justifiable when it serves same aims as peace. War is only justifiable by defense commensurate with offense.
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