Essay ‘Un-Contest’ on Peaceful Elections
The War Prevention Initiative (WPI) is seeking submissions for an essay “un-contest” on peaceful elections.
Perspectives on Feminist Foreign Policy: Revealing New Narratives, Challenging The Status Quo
Read our summary report of our feminist foreign policy essay “un-contest” where we published 11 essays from emerging thought leaders around the world.
War Prevention Initiative Statement on US attacks on Iran
For Immediate Release PORTLAND, OR – Let us be clear. This bombing is an illegal act of war that risks dragging the United States into another endless, catastrophic conflict. It doesn’t make us safer; it shatters trust, destroys diplomacy, and endangers us all. At this point, we don’t know the death toll of innocent Iranians, but … Read more
Environmental Peacebuilding and Climate Security
In conjunction with New York Climate Week, the focus for this month’s round-up is environmental peacebuilding and climate security. When one considers the scale of violence, harm, and exploitation embedded in the systems that have produced climate change and the very real damage that climate change is already inflicting on … Read more
Borders and Migration
The current Trump administration recently signed the “Big Beautiful Bill” into law, the contents of which included an additional budget of $170.7 billion to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (inclusive of its sub-agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] and Customs and Border Protection [CBP]) to tackle the “immigration … Read more
Nonviolent Action, Militarism, and Israel-Palestine
Context Israel’s war on Gaza continues at a relentless pace since the temporary ceasefire in early 2025, while violence and repression have also sharply intensified across the West Bank. The violence against civilians in Gaza, especially the most recent reports of the Israeli military’s intentional attacks on civilians at humanitarian … Read more
Resisting Authoritarianism
Following the presidential elections in November 2024, the second Trump administration moved swiftly to embed its MAGA agenda into the core operations of the U.S. government. The vicious targeting of immigrants without concern for constitutionally protected rights to due process, assaults on the freedom of press, attacks on the courts … Read more
Endless Pursuit of Terror
This analysis summarizes and reflects on the following research: McIntosh, C. (2022). A ‘continuing, imminent’ threat: The temporal frameworks enabling the US war on terrorism. International Relations, 36(4), 568-590. https://doi.org/10.1177/00471178221128196 Author’s Abstract “For nearly two decades, the United States has chosen to narrate its response to terrorism through what Judith … Read more
Building Peace and Resilience through Humanitarian and Development Aid
This analysis summarizes and reflects on the following research: Norman, J. M., & Mikhael, D. (2023). Rethinking the triple-nexus: Integrating peacebuilding and resilience initiatives in conflict contexts. Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 18(3), 248-263. Author’s Abstract “The triple-nexus was introduced as a conceptual framework to link humanitarian aid, international … Read more
Embracing Conflict in Peace Education
This analysis summarizes and reflects on the following research: Kruger, F., & Zembylas, M. (2023). Theoretical and practical implications of agonistic peace for decolonizing peace education. Journal of Peace Education, 1-22. Talking Points Peace education runs the risk of suppressing necessary conflict and making invisible forms of (Western) domination that … Read more
