By John Hewko, June 23, 2016, published in Diplomatic Courier Is our world more peaceful than ever before? The psychologist Stephen Pinker certainly thinks it is. With echoes of Francis Fukuyama’s pronouncement of the “end of history” and the triumph of liberal democracy in 1989, Pinker wrote in 2011 that [...]

June 26, 2016. published in Refugee Orchestra Project. As the world grapples with the most severe global refugee crisis since World War II, musicians convened by conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, herself a refugee who found asylum in the U.S., are coming together to provide a voice to refugees in the United [...]

By Chandran Nair, published in the Huffington Post, April 13, 2016. Back in the summer of 2015, the heart of a Hindu man was transported across Kerala for a Christian patient in dire need of a new one. Funds were raised by a Muslim businessman to pay for the operation [...]

June 14, 2016, Published in Fox News JERUSALEM –  Tens of thousands of young people from across the Middle East are expected to participate next week in an online peace conference that organizers say is a powerful message against extremism. The YaLa Young Leaders program is hosting the conference to [...]

By Patrick Hiller, June 12, 2016, published in Peace Voice    Last week a train carrying crude oil in 14 tankcars derailed in the tiny river town of Mosier, Oregon—42,000 gallons spilled, 32,000 gallons burned, and 10,000 gallons clogged the municipal wastewater plant. As horrible as it is, the community of [...]

Our government will hold FARC fighters responsible for their crimes. Honoring victims’ rights is essential. By Humberto De La Calle, June 6, 2016, published in the Wall Street Journal Colombia has endured for more than half a century a bloody internal war, costing too many lives and causing severe pain [...]