To Advance Peace in Burma, Take One Step Back

To Advance Peace in Burma, Take One Step Back

Thursday, June 22, 2017

By: Kyi Kyi Seinn

At Burma’s latest country-wide peace conference last month, participants made some progress toward broad agreements that can help end the country’s decades of ethnic conflicts. The talks advanced toward ideas for the country’s future in matters such as politics, the economy and principles for environmental policies. But not security.

Type: Blog

Peace ProcessesJustice, Security & Rule of LawMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Libya’s Civil War: Brewing Terrorism in Europe

Libya’s Civil War: Brewing Terrorism in Europe

Thursday, June 15, 2017

By: Edward Jackson

When Salman Abedi, a 22-year-old Libyan-British man, detonated a suicide bomb among concert-goers in Manchester last month, his attack was the latest of several linked to the Libyan chapter of the Islamic State. Abedi, born and raised in England, committed the attack days after returning from the last of several visits to Libya.

Type: Blog

Violent ExtremismDemocracy & GovernanceFragility & Resilience

As ISIS Fighters Return Home, Mobilizing Communities

As ISIS Fighters Return Home, Mobilizing Communities

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

The dozen senior officials seated around the room were veterans of high-level strategy and planning. They work in ministries. They serve as analysts and advisors on security, counterterrorism, human rights. They had helped craft their national policy to prevent violent extremism. Now they were embarking on a specific plan for handling the next stage of the problem.

Type: In the Field

Violent Extremism

Curbing the Next Wave of Radicals

Curbing the Next Wave of Radicals

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

By: Carla Koppell

A seaside suburb of Dakar, Senegal’s capital, Guédiawaye boasts a new coastal highway, large stadiums for wrestling and soccer, and new urban parks that even have marshes to manage periodic flooding. By all appearances, it is a growing, productive community. Yet underneath, the city struggles with high crime rates, environmental degradation, extreme poverty, unemployment and a disturbing growth in the number of suspected extremists.

Type: In the Field

Violent ExtremismMediation, Negotiation & DialogueDemocracy & Governance

Next Steps on Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Next Steps on Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Friday, May 26, 2017

By: Keith Mines

At each stop on President Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East—Riyadh, Jerusalem and Bethlehem—he reiterated his seriousness about moving forward on Middle East peace. The theme continued in his visit to the Vatican, where the Pope gave the President a small sculpted olive tree and told his guest: “It is my desire that you become an olive tree to construct peace."

Type: Blog

Mediation, Negotiation & DialoguePeace ProcessesReligion

Can Trump Revive Saudi Peace and Anti-Terror Role?

Can Trump Revive Saudi Peace and Anti-Terror Role?

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

By: Dr. Elie Abouaoun

President Donald Trump’s upcoming meetings in Riyadh with Saudi King Salman bin Abd Al-Aziz could spur a renewal on two critical fronts for both leaders: the Saudi role in the region’s military conflicts and the extremist threat on its own turf.

Type: Blog

Violent ExtremismReligion