Risky Business: How Obama Might Release a Spy to Salvage Middle East Peace Talks
April 1, 2014 Published on Time.com President Obama is mulling an early release for Jonathan Pollard, who was convicted of spying for Israel, in hopes of salvaging Israeli-Palestinian talks Speaking at the United Nations in September, President Barack Obama emphasized his commitment to a peace deal to solve the [...]
Sudan’s Tortured Peace Process
By Omer Ismail and Akshaya Kumar | Apr 1, 2014 Published by the The Enough Project, which fights to end genocide and crimes against humanity, focused on areas where some of the world’s worst atrocities occur. We get the facts on the ground, use rigorous analysis to determine the most sustainable solutions, influence [...]
Nigeria: Benue Govt, Fulani Herdsmen Sign Peace Accord
BY GEORGE OKOH, 1 APRIL 2014 on AllAfrica.com Fulani herdsmen and their host communities in Benue State Monday agreed to bury their hatchets and embrace peace, which had eluded the farming settlements in the last two years. In a special press briefing after a full day meeting between the Presidential [...]
Should the United Nations Wage War to Keep Peace?
By James Verini PUBLISHED MARCH 27, 2014 by National Geographic Special Report: Congo Last year the UN adopted Resolution 2098, allowing its troops to attack armed groups in Congo and leading to the defeat of the vicious M23 militia. The Security Council has voted to renew the resolution, but [...]
Philippines, MILF sign peace agreement
MANILA, Philippines By the Philippine Daily Inquirer Where before his predecessor has failed, President Aquino on Thursday presided over the signing of a historic peace agreement with Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels after 17 years of negotiations carving a new, autonomous Bangsamoro region in Mindanao. Exuberant over the signing of the [...]
From Nuclear Zero to Global Peace? The role of the Rotarian Action Group for Peace in the quest for nuclear disarmament.
By Francesca Giovannini Francesca is currently the Program Director of the International Security and Energy Program of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an affiliate to the Belfer Center for Sciences and International Affairs of Harvard Kennedy School, and an associate to the Center for Internationals Security and Cooperation [...]