Protect the People to Protect the Peace
By Oliver Kaplan, Emma Dunn, and Natalie Southwick for Denver Dialogues. On April 27th, Diego Fernando Rodríguez, a…
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Will Integrating Women into Armed Groups Prevent Rape?
By Meredith Loken for Denver Dialogues. In September, US Senator Barbara Boxer introduced legislation calling for the active…
Private Security for the President: What Could Go Wrong?
By Deborah Avant for Denver Dialogues. News that Donald Trump plans to bring Keith Schiller’s private security force…
America’s Reintegration Election
By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues. We saw it throughout the election season, during the presidential debates, and…
How to Distinguish Supporters From Opponents in Counterinsurgency
By Aila M. Matanock and Miguel García-Sánchez. Knowing when civilians are likely to side with counterinsurgents has been a…
Santos’ Gambit and the Shadow of Domestic Politics in Peace Processes
By Juan Tellez and Kyle Beardsley. The narrow failure of the peace referendum in Colombia on October 2nd shocked…
War Dynamics and the “NO” Vote in the Colombian Referendum
By Ana Arjona. After six years of negotiations, the Colombian government and the leadership of the Revolutionary Armed…
“Sí” o “No”: Who Supports the Peace Process in Colombia?
Guest post by Nicolás Liendo and Jessica Maves Braithwaite. After more than fifty years of conflict and multiple failed efforts at…
US Security Assistance and Terrorism: An Inconvenient Truth?
Guest post by Ed Coughlan. According to the Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) dataset, US assistance to foreign military,…
Could Colombia’s Peace Process Still Be Derailed?
By Aila M. Matanock and Natalia Garbiras Díaz. Colombia has almost succeeded in ending a fifty-year civil conflict…