“Social Cohesion” in Deeply Divided Societies: Five Findings for Peacebuilding
By Fletcher D. Cox and Timothy D. Sisk for Denver Dialogues. Majlinda Kelmendi of Kosovo’s Olympic Gold Medal…
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WANTED: UN Peacekeepers for Mali
By Marina Henke. In early June UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon made an urgent plea to increase the…
Symposium: Oil and International Politics
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues Oil is the world’s most widely traded commodity and the key input…
What Happens When Peacekeepers Come Home (Spoiler: No One Really Knows)?
Guest post by Jonathan D. Caverley and Jesse Dillon Savage. In November last year, President Obama announced a plan…
Interpreting the Migration Crisis: A Symposium
By Cassy Dorff, Faten Ghosn, Alex Braithwaite, and Andrew Linke for Denver Dialogues In 2015, the UN stated…
Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Peacekeeping Missions
Guest post by Sabrina Karim and Kyle Beardsley. On July 24, 2014, nineteen-year-old Cynthia gave birth to her…
A Chinese Resource Curse?
Guest post by Julia Bader and Ursula Daxecker Is China’s oil diplomacy worsening human rights in resource-rich states?…
State Responses to Local Conflict: Providing Security or Protecting Interests?
By Emma Elfversson When violence erupted in late 2014 between local communities in Turkana, Kenya, where oil was recently…
Tipping the Balance: The Role of Security Repertoires in Predicting Violence
Guest post by Ore Koren Does the presence of violent militias make civilian casualties more likely during conflict?…
Religious Peace Activism: How the Daily Work of Local Religious Institutions Can Help Prevent Violent Conflict
Guest post by Johannes Vüllers, Alexander De Juan and Jan H. Pierskalla Headlines associating religion and political violence grab…