Volume 1, issue 2 engages the ideas and arguments in three books—Kenneth Boulding’s Stable Peace (1978), Elise Boulding’s Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History (2000), and Christopher J. Coyne’s In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace (2022). The common theme across these books is the desire to understand various aspects of peace between and among people. Understanding peace, with all of its nuances and complexities, is central to understanding human well-being and flourishing. The contributions to this symposium shed light on the many aspects of peace across interdisciplinary divides and explore the implications of policies that promote or interfere with stable peace.