By Ted Barrett and Jeremy Diamond, September 2, 2015, published in CNN Photo Credit @CNN Washington (CNN) In a major victory for President Barack Obama, Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland announced support for the Iran nuclear deal Wednesday, providing the White House the votes it needs to prevent Republicans from [...]

By Brakkton Brooker, August 30, 2015, Published in NPR President Obama has reason to smile. He's now just three votes shy of being able to sustain a veto of a resolution of congressional disapproval of his Iran nuclear deal — that is, of being able to advance the deal [...]

An article by Tiffany Easthom, Country Director in South Sudan, Nonviolent Peaceforce, August 28, 2015, published in CPPN “This week [August 28], the final signature was placed onto the South Sudan peace agreement.  In doing so, all parties to the conflict have indicated their intentions to end the violent conflict that has [...]

Reproduced by permission from ©ELIZABETH REYES L./EDICIONES EL PAÍS, SL 2015, translated by Martin Delfín, August 31, 2015, published in CPNN Journalists participate in a training session at a community broadcast. / KEWIN SANTOS “I want to say my husband’s name, Luis Javier Laverde Salazar, because naming him is keeping him [...]

July 30, 2015, published in Vision of Humanity Merely studying violence is not enough. We must also understand what drives sustainable peace. Every year the Global Peace Index analyses mammoth amounts of data to measure global peace levels, with 162 countries listed from most to least peaceful. So what exactly [...]

  Harry Anastasiou Ph.D. Harry Anastasiou is cofounder and Director of the Rotarian Action Group for Peace, and professor of International Peace and Conflict Studies in the Conflict Resolution Program at Portland State University.   A Historic Agreement or Historic Failure On July 15, 2015, following an extended period of [...]