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.
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.
War Prevention Initiative Condemns Political Violence
For immediate release July 14, 2024 PORTLAND, OR – The War Prevention Initiative strongly condemns political violence. The assassination attempt that killed one spectator and caused critical injuries to others at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, is unacceptable. Violence does not solve political disputes or contribute to a stronger democracy. Only by showing compassion … Read more
Special Issue: Decolonial and Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Peacebuilding
Environmental peacebuilding emerged from the convergence of multiple fields—like political science, environmental science, peace and conflict studies, and ecology—concerned with how the natural environment shapes conditions for peace and conflict. Read our special issue on the topic here.
Conversations on Indigenous and Decolonial Approaches to Environmental Peacebuilding: Interview with Dr. Diana Arbelaez-Ruiz
We conducted a series of interviews with experts to gain deeper insight into Indigenous and decolonial approaches to environmental peacebuilding. Here, we have Dr. Diana Arbelaez-Ruiz.
Conversations on Indigenous and Decolonial Approaches to Environmental Peacebuilding: Interview with Dr. Theresa “Isa” Arriola
We conducted a series of interviews with experts to gain deeper insight into Indigenous and decolonial approaches to environmental peacebuilding. Here, we have Dr. Theresa “Isa” Arriola.
Genuine Security as an Alternative to U.S. Militarization of Oceania
U.S. control over the Pacific Ocean constitutes a form of colonial empire sustained by militarization and environmental exploitation.
Decolonial Environmental Peacebuilding in Colombia
In the context of a campesino community in southwestern Colombia, the coca leaf, widely known as the primary ingredient for cocaine, is commonly associated with illicit markets and violence but can be a source of environmental peacebuilding.
Children as Agents of Militarization in the Donbas Region of Ukraine
Children participate in militarization processes through everyday practices at their schools that commemorate military history and sacrifice and celebrate Donbas regional identity, thereby helping to legitimate these proto-republics and their military activities.
War Diminishes Global Economic Growth
War is expensive and destructive, affecting long-term economic growth through population changes, fewer investments, and worsening educational outcomes.
Local Peace Agreements as a Means to Dissolving Armed Conflict
Armed conflict and peacemaking are best understood not in terms of a hierarchical relationship between local and national levels but instead as a “mesh” of different “conflictscapes.”
Facts Change Americans’ Beliefs About the Actual Risks of Terrorism
Facts about the risk of terrorism, especially in the context of other risks factors, can mitigate Americans’ fears of terrorism and bring them into closer alignment with reality.
An African Obedient Rebellion to the Global Nuclear Order
The African nuclear weapon-free zone, as a form of “obedient rebellion”, is central to challenging the global nuclear order.
