The Revolt of Islamic State-Khorasan
By Navin Bapat and guest contributor Rebecca Best Note: This analysis was completed on the morning of August…
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Why Statebuilding Didn’t Work in Afghanistan
Guest post by David Lake The collapse of the Afghan government illustrates the larger dilemma in all statebuilding…
Which Wars Lead to Hunger (and Which Do Not)?
Guest post by Peter White, Brandon Ives, Paul Huth, and David Backer Famine is increasingly likely in the…
Six Lessons on Countering Violent Extremism
Guest post by Hilary Matfess and Rebecca Wolfe On January 6, we witnessed a violent attack on our…
Who Counts in Conflicts During the Pandemic?
Guest post by Sophia Dawkins When the WHO declared a pandemic last March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed…
The Big Lesson of Peacekeeping in Sudan: Beware of Host-Country Obstruction
By Allard Duursma Every student that takes a class on United Nations (UN) peace operations will be told…
African Mediators Outperform Their Non-African Counterparts—Here’s Why
By Allard Duursma In 2013, during the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (now known as…
Push-pull migration models have long dominated migration research. Here’s why that’s only half the story.
Guest post by Justin Schon. Whether it is people fleeing the devastation of natural disasters like Hurricanes Katrina,…
Anarchy is Scary: New Evidence from Somalia
Guest post by Jesse Driscoll. “Look, in Somalia, the cell phone system works…and it’s the only thing, maybe,…
African Perspectives on Peacebuilding
By Aaron Stanley for Denver Dialogues. Perspective is everything. If I were visiting New York City and wanted…