Measles, Ukraine, and Civil War: The Missing Links
By Tanisha M. Fazal & Logan Stundal. In 2018, the global measles outbreak claimed 109,000 lives and sickened…
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The Collapse of Compassion: Visual Suffering and Political Change
Guest post by Danielle Gilbert. In 1977, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Eddie Adams captured an image that changed American…
Territorial Contenders – A New Agenda for Conflict Research
Guest post by Douglas Lemke and Charles Crabtree. With the recent territorial defeat of ISIS, American foreign policy…
Swedish Report Shows No Connection Between Immigration and Rape
Guest post by Kristine Eck and Christopher Fariss. A month after his inauguration, President Trump brought Sweden into…
Fact Checkers Exposed Trump but also Exposed Human Rights Reporting
Guest post by Suzie Mulesky. Humanitarian Crisis at the Southern Border During the longest-running US government shutdown, President…
What to do When Women Politicians are Attacked? Here are Four Ideas from Around the World
By Juliana Restrepo Sanín for Denver Dialogues. In a previous post, I discussed how women elected to public…
Force vs. Legitimacy: UN Peacekeeping and Protecting Civilian Lives
Guest post by Anup Phayal. In recent years, protection of civilians has become a key mandate for UN…
Rwanda’s Protection Lessons for Peacekeeping
By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues. The 25th anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide this week…
Why “Bread and Oil” Protests in Sudan Prompted a Cabinet Reshuffle
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues. Last week, in response to mass street protests, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir announced…
Temper the Treaty Fever: Why a Treaty Won’t Solve the Business and Human Rights Conundrum
By Tricia D. Olsen for Denver Dialogues. Human rights advocates, observers, and policy leaders have made great strides…