News: Peacebuilding
Intimate partner violence: COVID-19 and our collective, ongoing responsibility to families
June 2, 2020“My husband won’t let me leave the house. He’s had flu-like symptoms and blames keeping me here [at home] on not wanting to infect others […]
COVID-19 and beyond: peacekeeping in war zones
May 29, 2020Editors’ note: May 29 is the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. Within two weeks of the World Health Organization’s assessment of rapidly spreading coronavirus […]
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Many of Colombia’s ex-rebel fighters rearm and turn to illegal drug trade
May 19, 2020Research by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies was cited in an NPR article about Colombian ex-rebels taking up arms despite the Colombian peace treaty. […]
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Pope Francis and the US bishops are correct: We cannot engage in a new nuclear arms race
April 16, 2020David Cortright, director of policy studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, examines the Trump administration’s nuclear disarmament policy and its potential repercussions […]
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There’s no easy exit for the US in Afghanistan
March 4, 2020Madhav Joshi, associate research professor at the Keough School, considered the necessary steps to a successful peace agreement between the US and the Taliban in an op-ed […]