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…
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Should the US Open an Embassy in Pyongyang?
Normalizing Diplomatic Relations with North Korea has Been Off the Table for a Long Time. Maybe It’s Time…
WANTED: UN Peacekeepers for Mali
By Marina Henke. In early June UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon made an urgent plea to increase the…
Understanding the Transnational Campaign to End Early Marriage
By Sarah Bush. Two UN organizations – UNICEF and the UNFPA – recently announced a joint initiative to…
Satisfaction Among Ex-Combatants After DDR
Guest post by Anup Phayal and Clayton Thyne. Recently there was news that after decades of fighting, the…
How Patterns of Territorial Control Explain Mass Killings in Syria and Iraq (and in Bosnia)
Guest post by Jessica Di Salvatore. On January 16th, the Islamic State abducted 400 civilians and killed dozens after…
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…
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…
From the Battlefield to Ballot Boxes: How Effective is the United Nations’ Post-War Democracy Promotion?
Guest post by Janina I. Steinert and Sonja Grimm In November of this year, the people of Côte d’Ivoire re-elected…
A Chinese Resource Curse?
Guest post by Julia Bader and Ursula Daxecker Is China’s oil diplomacy worsening human rights in resource-rich states?…