Can International Organizations Help Prevent Civil Wars?
Guest post by Johannes Karreth and Jaroslav Tir. At the recent Kuwait International Conference on Reconstruction of Iraq,…
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Rethinking Women’s Power During and After War
By Marie E. Berry for Denver Dialogues. Noémie was born in the south of Rwanda in the early…
Three Lessons from Victims’ Day in Colombia
Guest post by Roxani Krystalli. On Monday, April 9, 2018, Colombia marked the National Day of Memory and…
How Civilians Talk Their Way out of Violence
By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues. When Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan in 2012,…
Peace Enforcement and the Geography of Violence Against Civilians
Guest post by Jay Benson. UN peacekeeping is facing significant challenges. The peacekeeping budget has taken significant cuts,…
FARC Rebels’ Political Party Performs Poorly in First Post-War Election
Guest post by Sarah Zukerman Daly. In 2016, the Colombian government and FARC signed a peace accord to…
The Organization of Rebellion: New Research Program on Rebel Governance and Legitimacy
By Cyanne E. Loyle, Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, and Joe Young. Scholars and policymakers have a fairly good sense…
Survival is Not Enough: Women Insist on Change in South Sudan
By Ariel Zarate and Marie Berry. Early in 2016, Susan, a mother of two in her early 20s,…
When Fighting Breaks Out – Explaining Subnational Variation in Civil War Onset
Guest post by Ore Koren. Civil war onset is often correctly associated with weak states, such as Afghanistan.…
In the UN Security Council, Agreement, Not Discord, is the Norm. But has it Worked for Peacekeeping?
Guest post by Lise Morjé Howard and Anjali Kaushlesh Dayal The UN Security Council’s five permanent members—the United…