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PeaceCon 2018 - A Call for Collaborative and Collective Action
PeaceCon Welcome and Keynote Address: Ambassador Bill Taylor Vice President, U.S. Institute of Peace Liz HumeVice President, and Acting CEO, Alliance for Peacebuilding Robert...

How Can Peacemakers Show Success?
Peacebuilding work matters, but we still struggle to show evidence of where interventions have led to positive outcomes, such as a clear reduction in...

Breaking Rules to Build Peace
Why do peacebuilders sometimes succeed and sometimes fail, even within the same country? Why can organizations not guarantee the same results from the same...

Civil Resistance and Democratization
A groundbreaking new monograph, “When Civil Resistance Succeeds: Building Democracy After Popular Nonviolent Uprisings,” by Jonathan Pinckney, demonstrates that nonviolent movements make democratic transitions...

Pakistan's New Government: Change or Continuity in Foreign Policy?
As the new Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government settles into its second month in office, it has yet to publicly articulate a comprehensive vision for its...

China: Managing Conflict and Competition - A Bipartisan Congressional Dialogue
The evolution of U.S.-China relations over the last 40 years presents challenges that, if not properly managed, threaten American leadership in key places of...