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…
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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…
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…
Have We Seen Another Coup in Guinea-Bissau?
By guest contributor Daniel Rio Tinto Roughly a year ago, Jonathan Powell and Clayton Besaw wrote a guest…
What if Al Qaeda and the Islamic State Joined Forces?
By Evan Perkoski What if Al Qaeda and the Islamic State were to join forces? At first glance,…
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 Game of Thrones Can Tell Us About Russia’s Foreign Policy
Guest post by Betcy Jose and Christoph Stefes. White House National Security Advisor John Bolton recently declared, “In…
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…
The Prevention of Civil War – A New Research Agenda
Guest post by Nils-Christian Bormann. Political instability has gripped Algeria, Cameroon, and Sudan in recent weeks and months.…
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…