Guns and bombs aren’t the only way to beat the jihadists By Srdja Popovic & Raphael Mimoun, March 16, 2016, published in Foreign Policy   Can nonviolent methods work against one of the most violent organizations in recent history? Since the Paris attacks, the question of how to best respond [...]

By Fred Strasser, April 13, 2016, published in United States Institute of Peace Photo Courtesy of The New York Times/Jim Wilson Displaced People Can Become Economic Engine, Working Group Says. The refugee crisis that has spread to Europe and the breakdown of the Middle East’s century-old political order [...]

By the Associated Press, June 1, 2016, published in ABC news Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci says bolstering the economy and institutions of ethnically divided Cyprus' breakaway north will benefit a peace deal reunifying the country as a federation. Akinci said that after talks with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim [...]

By Robert Dodge, May 27, 2016, published in Common Dreams President Obama lays a wreath on the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. (Photo: Suji Kajiyama/AP) President Obama will be the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima since the bombing 71 years ago in 1945. Japan seeks not an apology [...]

By Nancy Benac, Associated Press, May 22, 2016, published in USnews U.S. President Barack Obama arrives on Air Force One at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sunday. NA SON NGUYEN/AP HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Peace Corps is at last coming to Vietnam. President Barack Obama [...]

By Rivera Sun, May 11th, 2016, published in PeaceVoice This week in nonviolent history commemorates the successful conclusion of Kuwait’s Blue Revolution. On May 17th, 2005, Kuwaiti women gained suffrage after more than 40 years of struggle. The women used a wide variety of approaches to achieve their goals, including [...]