Simplistic, sensationalist media coverage of terrorism obscures our understanding of its causes, and hinders our ability to prevent it.
Can the Yemen peace talks succeed? The dire humanitarian situation demands it but political factionalism and external interference may prove inordinate obstacles.
Sexual violence in conflict has attracted increasing attention, but with the majority of responses focused on short-term needs, children born through war remain largely ignored.
It seems obvious that human rights must be compromised to guarantee security in the face of armed violence. Obvious but wrong.
While a positive step in negotiations between warring parties, what are the limits of uncovering the dark truths of Colombia's conflict?
An approach to Iraq focused on military intervention, with some humanitarian assistance, has defied the complexity of the domestic and regional kaleidoscope. No wonder it is failing.
The truce declared in 2012 may have been imperfect and controversial but positive lessons must be learned amid the country’s current crisis of violence.
With a humanitarian crisis mounting in Yemen, Saudi Arabia has eased its military pressure—for the moment.
The good news is that the violent factions in the Central African Republic have agreed to ban child soldiering. The bad news is that a viable CAR state remains a long way off.
In the land that ended apartheid two decades ago, violence against other Africans has been on the rise. What has gone wrong and what is to be done?
The massacre at a university in Kenya should lead the government to a recognition that repressive and discriminatory reactions, however tempting, have only fuelled such horrific violence.
Replaying the theocratic analyses of al-Qaeda with IS is amnesic and short-sighted and misses the novelty of the group.
