Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

A demonstrator shows the three-finger salute during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 21, 2021. REUTERS

Don’t give up on Myanmar

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Girls wearing school uniforms walk past a burning street baricade during demonstrations against widespread kidnappings, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

Haiti needs a new, improved UN mission

Charles T. Call

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Families flee renewed fighting between Congolese army and M23 rebels near the eastern Congolese city of Goma July 24, 2012. Congolese rebels and government forces traded heavy weapons fire around two eastern villages on Friday, forcing thousands of civilians to flee towards the provincial capital days ahead of a regional summit due to tackle the rebellion. REUTERS/James Akena (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)

Conflict and land tenure security: What is the relationship?

Paul Prettitore

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A woman carries an infant as she queues in line for food, at the Tsehaye primary school, which was turned into a temporary shelter for people displaced by conflict, in the town of Shire, Tigray region, Ethiopia, March 15, 2021. Picture taken March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

The exemplary U.S. sanctions regime for Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict and its limitations

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, October 1, 2021

A worker walks past the National Museum in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen May 26, 2021. Picture taken May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub

Biden’s broken promise on Yemen

Annelle R. Sheline and Bruce Riedel

Thursday, September 16, 2021

French soldiers of the "Belleface" Desert Tactical Group (GTD) conduct an area control operation in the Gourma region during the Operation Barkhane in Ndaki, Mali, July 27, 2019. Picture taken July 27, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

20 years after 9/11, jihadi terrorism rises in Africa

Monday, August 30, 2021

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division stand security at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, in this photo taken on August 15, 2021 and released by U.S. Navy on August 18, 2021. U.S NAVY/Central Command Public Affairs/Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/Handout via REUTERS

After Afghanistan, where next? Biden must show resoluteness

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, August 20, 2021

A member of Taliban (C) stands outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Around the halls: The Taliban retakes Afghanistan

Madiha Afzal, Ranj Alaaldin, Daniel L. Byman, Giovanna De Maio, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Marvin Kalb, Suzanne Maloney, Patrick W. Quirk, Itamar Rabinovich, Douglas A. Rediker, Bruce Riedel, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Shibley Telhami

Monday, August 16, 2021

Villagers return from a market to Yechila town in south central Tigray walking past scores of burned vehicles, in Tigray, Ethiopia, July 10, 2021. REUTERS/Giulia Paravicini

Dangerous trends in Ethiopia: Time for Washington’s tough love

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, August 9, 2021

United States President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Middle East ceasefire agreed to by Israel and Hamas in the Cross Hall at the White House in Washington.Featuring: President Joe BidenWhere: Washington, District Of Columbia, United StatesWhen: 20 May 2021Credit: POOL via CNP/INSTARimages/Cover Images

Most Americans, including half of young Democrats, disapprove of Biden’s handling of recent Gaza crisis

Shibley Telhami

Thursday, July 29, 2021