Should UN Peacekeepers Help Regulate Conflict Minerals?
IGCC Dissertation Fellow Series Guest post by Patrick Hunnicutt In September 2020, a Mai-Mai militia attempted to seize…
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Biden’s Afghanistan Decision
Guest post by Asfandyar Mir President Biden has inherited America’s longest war—the war in Afghanistan—at a critical moment.…
You Can’t Get There from Here: Biden Negotiating the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
By Peter Krause In his first month in office, President Joe Biden made a number of foreign policy…
An Insurrection and a New President Make the US Vulnerable to Foreign Policy Crises
By Emily Hencken Ritter and guest contributor Brett V. Benson On January 6, dissidents violently stormed the US…
Is Climate Change Driving Global Conflict?
Guest post by Nina von Uexkull and Halvard Buhaug While former US President Donald Trump frequently denied man-made…
Conflict Minerals Legislation: Shooting at the Wrong Target… Again
Guest post by Nik Stoop and Marijke Verpoorten On January 1, 2021, the European Conflict Minerals Act came…
Why Healthy Skepticism About This Year’s Nobel Peace Prize is Warranted
Guest post by Ida Rudolfsen Today the World Food Program (WFP) receives this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The…
How Biden’s Pick for Defense Secretary Might Shake Up Civil-Military Relations
On Tuesday, sources confirmed that President-elect Joe Biden’s nominations for the cabinet would include retired Army general Lloyd…
Gender and Political Violence
Guest post by Rose McDermott Recent commentary has noted that countries run by women have done a markedly…
Twenty years after UNSCR 1325: Any progress ending wartime sexual violence?
Guest post by Ragnhild Nordås, Dara Kay Cohen, Robert Nagel Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking…