Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

Mahmoud Jibril, head of the National Forces Alliance, talks during a news conference at his headquarters in Tripoli July 8, 2012. Jibril, the U.S.-trained consultant who abandoned the Gaddafi administration to become the face of the Libyan revolution, is positioning himself as a potentially unifying force as the country emerges from four decades of dictatorship. Picture taken July 8, 2012. To match Newsmaker LIBYA-ELECTIONS/JIBRIL REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS)

Order from Chaos

Remembering Libya’s revolutionary prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril

Jeffrey Feltman and Gene A. Cretz

Thursday, April 9, 2020

SAADA, YEMEN- In the photos taken on February 4, 2020, it shows a displaced persons camp in Razih district in Saada province, Yemen, on February 4, 2020. In Yemen, 12 percent of the population is displaced after almost four years of conflict and 4.7 million children need humanitarian assistance to continue their education. Across the country, two million children do not go to school.

Future Development

Yemen’s civilians: Besieged on all sides

Omer Karasapan

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Afghanistan

Latest developments in Afghanistan

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Michael Kugelman, Marvin Weinbaum, and Alistair Taylor

Middle East Institute

Friday, March 20, 2020

A man holds up a peace sign in a crowd while watching performers at the Brazilian Day 2017 festival in New York City, U.S., September 3, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Penney

Future Development

To end global poverty, invest in peace

Franck Bousquet

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Reports

REFILE - CORRECTING GRAMMAR Migrants wait for food and clothes at the migrant camp Vucjak, in Bihac area, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 19, 2019. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic - RC13263A9760

Report

Implementing a fragility strategy

George Ingram and Nancy Lindborg

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Libya

Analysis: Peace and justice in Libya’s transition

Noha Aboueldahab

May 6, 2019

Escobal Silver Mine, in the town of San Rafael las Flores, Guatemala

Report

Annotated Bibliography: Transparency, accountability, and participation along the natural resource value chain

Norman Eisen, Daniel Kaufmann, and Nathaniel Heller

Monday, October 22, 2018

A member of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stands with a civilian on the rubble of the Carlton Hotel, in the government controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC181701B570

Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

Managing the new threat landscape

Bruce Jones, Charles T. Call, Daniel Toubolets, and Jason Fritz

September 2018

Syria

Beyond fragility: Syria and the challenges of reconstruction in fierce states

Steven Heydemann

June 2018

Blog Posts

Destroyed buildings are seen through a hole in Benghazi lighthouse after it was severely damaged by years of armed conflict, in Benghazi, Libya July 10, 2019 . Picture taken July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Future Development

The World Bank steps up on fragility and conflict: Is it asking the right questions?

Abby Maxman

Monday, March 16, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, and Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan, shake hands after signing an agreement at a ceremony between members of Afghanistan's Taliban and the U.S. in Doha, Qatar, February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari/File Photo

Order from Chaos

Around the halls: Brookings experts discuss the implications of the US-Taliban agreement

John R. Allen, Bruce Riedel, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Madiha Afzal

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, signs an agreement with Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan, at a signing agreement ceremony between members of Afghanistan's Taliban and the U.S. in Doha, Qatar February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari

Order from Chaos

The US-Taliban peace deal: A road to nowhere

John R. Allen

Thursday, March 5, 2020

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Events

2019

Jun

Past Event

The impact of militias on governance and geopolitics in the Middle East and North Africa

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

The role of revolutionary art in political expression and peace building

9:15 PM - Monday May 27, 2019 12:30 AM AST

The limits of punishment: Transitional justice and violent extremism

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Experts

Patrick W. Quirk

Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence

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Jeffrey Feltman

John C. Whitehead Visiting Fellow in International Diplomacy - Foreign Policy

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Multimedia

SPLA-IO rebels walk during an assault on government SPLA soldiers in the town of Kaya, on the border with Uganda

Podcast Episode

Can the US solve foreign crises before they start?

George Ingram

Lawfare

Friday, March 13, 2020

Shi'ite fighters ride on the back of a truck with their weapons in al-Fatha, northeast of Baiji, October 18, 2015. Iraqi forces backed by Shi'ite militia fighters say they have retaken a mountain palace complex of former President Saddam Hussein from Islamic State fighters, as government forces push ahead on a major offensive against the insurgents. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani - GF10000249718

Order from Chaos

Militias in the Middle East and North Africa: “It’s the governance, stupid!”

Jesse I. Kornbluth

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Photo from the event: "The limits of punishment: Transitional justice and violent extremism"

Order from Chaos

Terrorists next door? Experts discuss how to respond when communities are overtaken by terrorist groups

Bradley S. Porter

Thursday, October 25, 2018

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