Nigeria, On Cusp of Buhari Inauguration, Finds Voice, Activist Says

Nigeria, On Cusp of Buhari Inauguration, Finds Voice, Activist Says

Thursday, May 28, 2015

By: Steven Ruder

As Nigeria prepares to swear in President-elect Muhammadu Buhari this week, former Cabinet Minister Obiageli Ezekwesili says the new leader will need to “stop being a candidate…and reconcile the entire country.” Nigerian citizens will no longer idly wait for their government to take action, but will demand more accountability, she said in a videotaped interview with USIP Program Officer Oge Onubogu.

Type: Analysis

Violent ExtremismGenderYouth

Pakistan Massacre of Schoolchildren: What Has It Changed?

Pakistan Massacre of Schoolchildren: What Has It Changed?

Friday, January 30, 2015

By: James Rupert

Even having lost 50,000 people killed in terrorism-related violence over more than a decade, Pakistan was stunned by the Taliban massacre of 145 schoolchildren and others at an Army school in Peshawar on December 16, 2014. With some commentators calling the event “Pakistan’s September 11,” the U.S. Institute of Peace convened experts to assess whether the country may actually have reached a decision point that could yield a more consistent and effective state campaign against terrorism.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionViolent ExtremismYouth

After Attack on Arab-Jewish School, 'I Have to Keep Fighting For It'

After Attack on Arab-Jewish School, 'I Have to Keep Fighting For It'

Monday, December 22, 2014

Inbar Shaked Vardi and Mouran Ibrahim are 14 years old but speak in a way that many adults in the maelstrom of the Middle East can’t muster – of Arab-Jewish “shared living,” a step even beyond mere co-existence. When their school, the flagship Max Rayne campus of the Hand in Hand Jewish-Arab bilingual school network in Israel, was attacked recently, their outlook on the world was tested once again.

Type: Analysis

Education & TrainingReligionYouth

Why do so many efforts to stop young people from joining extremist groups fail?

Why do so many efforts to stop young people from joining extremist groups fail?

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

By: Sharon Morris

In early 2010, I visited the Swat Valley in Pakistan’s mountainous north, shortly after the Pakistani army retook control of the district from Taliban fighters. I went to try to understand why Maulana Fazlullah — now head of the Pakistani Taliban — had attracted such widespread support among the region’s youth. 

Type: Analysis

Youth

Engaging Youth in Building Peace

Engaging Youth in Building Peace

Friday, September 19, 2014

From soccer games to theatre productions to entrepreneurial investments, young people are mobilizing to promote peace, according to participants in a September 16 Twitter chat on youth and peacebuilding. The chat showed the important role youth play as a force for peace in a world dominated by violent headlines.

Type: Analysis

Education & TrainingYouth