Selected Essays Announced in Feminist Foreign Policy Essay “Un-Contest”
The War Prevention Initiative is pleased to announce 11 essays on feminist foreign policy selected for publication.
How Social Networks Facilitate Protest Against and Amid Criminal Violence
Involvement in social networks helps explain why individuals decide to protest the insecurity they face, despite the risks from both criminal groups and state security forces.
War Prevention Initiative: Recent police killings in the United States show that authentic security emerges from peacebuilding, not militarization.
We are outraged by recent police killings in the United States, through continued prevalence of militarized security and the disproportionate harm it inflicts on BIPOC.
War Results in Adverse Health Outcomes for Children
Across 52 developing countries, children exposed to armed conflict score significantly lower on key measures of childhood health compared to those who are not exposed to armed conflict.
War Prevention Initiative: Doomsday Clock shows the world closer to nuclear war – the time for denuclearization is now.
War Prevention Initiative: Doomsday Clock shows the world closer to nuclear war – the time for denuclearization is now.
How Women’s Situation Rooms Harness Gender to Prevent Political Violence
In various West African countries, women’s situation rooms (WSRs) monitor election-related violence and more, which enables them to respond to emerging crises.
Statement on Unfolding Events in Iran (2022-2023)
We stand in solidarity with the courageous women-led struggle in Iran for self-determination and against injustices and repression. We strongly condemn the cruel and unjust privacy violations, detentions, torture, trials, and public executions by the Iranian government.
Happy New Year from the War Prevention Initiative!
Dear Friends, The beginning of a new year is reserved as a time for reflection—taking stock of the past year and imagining the possibilities for the future. We are guided by our vision of a more just and peaceful future even when world events challenge our core principles. The war in Ukraine, now in its … Read more
2022 Year in Review
Happy New Year! 2022 was seventh year for the Peace Science Digest. We continued to broaden the scope of academic research featured in the Digest, while focusing on academic material that explores militarism and other systems of oppression. We were very happy to renew the Digest branding by more strongly aligning it with the War … Read more
Police Fragmentation Increases Risk of Conflict Recurrence and Human Rights Abuses in Post-Conflict Countries
Police fragmentation results in a higher risk of conflict recurrence and “greater discretion in the use of violence…against the civilian population” in post-conflict countries.
Local Capacities for Preventing and Rejecting Violent Conflict
The very existence of peaceful societies demonstrates that communities have options and agency even in the broader context of wartime violence.
