New Peace Science Digest Special Issue “The Future of Peace” Now Available Online
How can we build a future of peace amid massive institutional disruptions, funding cuts, mounting wars, global polycrisis, and spreading militarism? Our new special issue offers theoretical and practical perspectives on how peace work can adapt to meet evolving challenges. In this special issue, essays explore how we might sustain and adapt tested peacebuilding … Read more
Resisting for Democracy
Against the backdrop of a failing war with Iran and fast-approaching U.S. midterm elections, with Trump’s approval ratings falling into record lows, we look at how democracy requires active civic participation to survive. We explore the variables that contribute to the erosion of democracy and the rise of political violence, … Read more
This Moment of Militarism
Despite running on a campaign platform of “no new wars,” the Trump administration has recently begun a war in Iran and requested a Pentagon budget of $1.5 trillion—about a 50% increase over the current Pentagon budget of almost $1 trillion—to support its deeply unpopular war(-crime) efforts. In our attempts to meet the moment, we looked at what the latest research has to say about the sources, dynamics, costs, and repercussions of militarism both within the U.S. and beyond. In our … Read more
Transforming Peace and Security through Nonviolence and Feminism
In our first round-up of 2026, we’re reflecting on the 25th anniversary of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda and bringing this agenda into conversation with unarmed civilian protection (UCP). WPS was a massive achievement of the transnational feminist movement to advocate for women’s voice and agency in peace and security—but its … Read more
