The lengthily named Committee for Conflict Transformation Support (CCTS) was established in 1992 in response to the destabilisation of much of Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent crumbling of the USSR. Diana Francis was a founder member of CCTS and for thirteen years served as its Chair
In an original and radical analysis, Francis argues that the dominant culture of power, resting on coercion and violence, must be displaced by the principles of interdependence, kindness and nonviolent solidarity. This is the only way that pacification - efforts to dominate and control - will be replaced by genuine peacebuilding. She calls upon peacemakers worldwide to embrace and develop the practice of nonviolent power, rejecting the culture and institutions of war and working with movements around the world for global demilitarisation and ‘positive peace’. recognises that it has helped those engulfed in violent conflict to respond constructively, but also warns that the real requirement for peace is a global rejection of militarism.