Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

A Somali soldier holds position as al-Shabaab militia storms a government building in Mogadishu, Somalia March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

The long war in Somalia

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Adam Day

Hybrid Wars with Adam Day

Sunday, June 14, 2020

A Nigerian army convoy vehicle drives ahead with an anti-aircraft gun, on its way to Bama, Borno State, Nigeria August 31, 2016. Picture taken from inside a vehicle. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "BAMA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Fighting Boko Haram in Nigeria

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Adam Day

Hybrid Wars with Adam Day

Friday, June 12, 2020

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Kabul, Afghanistan March 23, 2020. Afghan Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Latest developments in Afghanistan

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

Middle East Institute

Friday, March 20, 2020

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

Can the US solve foreign crises before they start?

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

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"

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

Bradley S. Porter

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Two people ride a motorcycle past the house of Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez in Caracas, Venezuela August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino - RTS1A0UH

Watch: Experts discuss the mounting crisis in Venezuela

Dany Bahar, Samantha Gross, and Ted Piccone

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Women carry food supplement received from World Food Programme (WFP) at the Banki IDP camp, in Borno, Nigeria April 26, 2017. Picture taken April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RTS14ZP0

Experts offer ideas for dealing with insecurity in Africa

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Bill Clinton speaks at Brookings.

On the life and legacy of Yitzhak Rabin

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Palestinian and Israeli flags being waved.

President Trump’s “ultimate deal” to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Martin S. Indyk

Tuesday, February 14, 2017