Sigurnosno-razvojni neksus: Održivi razvoj kao prevencija oružanog konflikta i putokaz ka pozitivnom miru

The focus of this paper will be on researching the nexus between peace, security and sustainable development, but also the impact that sustainable development can have on armed conflicts. It is important to point out that in this paper, we will look at sustainable development as a prevention of armed conflict, but also as a signpost to positive peace. In the modern age, we no longer see peace only as the absence of war or as the absence of violence. We now observe and define peace through a broader approach, which connects peace with: justice, freedom, human rights, democracy, security and, sustainable development. Peace, when thought of as comprising these concepts, is defined as positive peace, a concept which was established in the literature of peace studies and political sciences by the Norwegian scientist Johan Galtung. The aim of this paper will be to indicate the importance of sustainable development, security and the prevention of armed conflict in the context of contributing to the spread and development of positive peace. We do not live in a peaceful world, on the contrary, we live in a world of crisis, instability and conflict. Such a restless world undermines sustainable development and is at odds with building peace. Through the paper we will research the following thematic units: the inextricable link between positive peace and sustainable development, elaboration of terms such as peace/positive peace, security, armed conflict, sustainable development, elaboration of international development studies, elaboration of the impact of armed conflict on sustainable development, pointing out the nexus between four scientific disciplines, presenting the consequences of conflict and looking at development as a prevention of armed conflict. In addition, we will list the goals of sustainable development, through which we will show the nexus of sustainable development, peace and security, and finally we will show why sustainable development can be a signpost to positive peace. Peace and sustainable development are vital for a prosperous and stable world and that is why they are inextricably linked