The Central Europeans are snugly in the European Union; NATO presides over a largely peaceful continent; and though spats between the West and an authoritarian Russia occasionally flare, this is surely understandable given all the givens.
So are its trade advantages and the transformation of Europe under its influence from the world's most murderous war zone, in which each generation strove to slaughter in greater numbers than its predecessor, to a largely peaceful continent.
"We're a democratic, peaceful continent, and the United States has to look at the region in a productive, developmental way, and not just think about drug trafficking or organized crime".
1. Women of Africa want to live in a peaceful continent in which there are no widows as a result of senseless killings and war, a continent in which they are not sexually abused and violated and in which suffering is not caused by the self-interest of a few corrupt and power hungry leaders.
It starts with explaining to Russia and our European friends and allies that Russia is not the enemy of the United States, that the attitude of mutually assured destruction is a relic of the cold war and that we must address the new threats of the 21st century if we're to have a peaceful continent and a peaceful world.
Europe is a wealthy, peaceful continent with a declining population.
Citizens could share a sense of "patriotism and common citizenship" across a peaceful continent.
European politicians dreamed of a peaceful integrated continent one 100 years ago.
In alternance with the moderate-left Social Democrats, and sometimes in national-unity coalitions with them, they have helped steer Europe's largest economy and ensure Germany's place as the anchor, together with France, of a political alliance at the heart of a peaceful, prosperous continent.
So what, they ask, if Europe's military might no longer makes the world quake: is it so terrible to be a peaceful, prosperous old continent?
A Europe-wide movement came together to support a united, peaceful, and Green continent.
