In the Ruins of the Modern | Contending Modernities
Is it possible to decolonize secularity and extract it from its nest in racialized modern and colonial formations?| Contending Modernities
In this research summary, Peace Science Digest explores different approaches to nonviolent action and peacebuilding within the context of Israel and Palestine. The post Nonviolent action, militarism, and Israel-Palestine appeared first on Global Campaign for Peace Education.| Global Campaign for Peace Education
Armed conflict has been on the rise over the past decade. There has been an increase not only in the number of conflicts—more than 120 globally this year—but also the number of individuals affected by conflict-related violence. In contexts like Gaza, Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Myanmar, Ethiopia, and elsewhere, civilians and […] The post Why Peacebuilding Must Include Mental Health and Psychosocial Support appeared first on IPI Global Observatory.| IPI Global Observatory
Is it possible to decolonize secularity and extract it from its nest in racialized modern and colonial formations?| Contending Modernities
As global conflict intensifies to levels unseen since World War II, several countries that have resisted the rising violence trend are those where peacekeeping missions have previously succeeded. The post How peacekeeping success is still delivering for Namibia appeared first on Vision of Humanity.| Vision of Humanity
While nations focus on spending on defence, a network of quiet changemakers is growing, people at the grassroots who refuse to accept conflict as inevitable. The post Peace Starts With Us: inspiring stories of grassroots action appeared first on Vision of Humanity.| Vision of Humanity
By shifting our perspective, we can uncover pathways for more equitable, locally driven peace initiatives that challenge, rather than reinforce, colonial frameworks.| Contending Modernities
How does one get from religion-based peacebuilding practices that maintain existent orders of domination to peacebuilding practices that challenge and potentially transcend orders of domination?| Contending Modernities
Without critical analysis of the gendered, racialized, and sexualized asymmetry of power . . . interreligious peacebuilding serves only a heteropatriarchal neocolonialism.| Contending Modernities
On April 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a three-day ceasefire in his war against Ukraine in the lead-up to the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Second World War (President of Russia, April 28). The ceasefire is due to begin at midnight on May 7 and last until midnight on May 10. Even... Read more »| PRIO Blogs
The Kremlin has used delays and distractions to gain all the time and concessions available to it before seriously engaging in peace talks, or at least a genuine pause, in its war against Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon be compelled to admit that procrastination works fine until it does not. Putin cannot fail... Read more »| PRIO Blogs
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Steven Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s key negotiator, last Friday, in St. Petersburg, likely to buy himself more time before making any concessions. On Sunday, Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian city of Sumy, killing 34 people including two children.Russia appears to hope that the global focus will shift from... Read more »| PRIO Blogs
Russia is one of the few countries not directly affected by the new U.S. trade tariffs. The effects on its economy, however, are still profound, while the political consequences are open to interpretation. Energy revenues Russia faces significant economic strain due to declining oil and gas revenues, disrupted supply chains, and falling stock markets, which... Read more »| PRIO Blogs
I was born a proud Protestant. A Lutheran in a town still marked by Catholic-Protestant tensions, with Catholic friends who told me I don’t worship right, neighbors who claimed Catholics were polytheists, and a grandmother who wore orange on St. Patrick’s Day (I never quite got that, as we had no connection to Ireland). But […]| The Duck of Minerva
Building peace through theatre is not easy, and its effects are neither immediately nor readily evident.| Peace Policy
The use, development and ambivalences of photography are widely debated, especially considering the digital revolution.| Peace Policy
ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏓ. Nvwadohiyada. What is peace, and what does it have to do with poetry?| Peace Policy
Photo: Eastern Mennonite University| Peace Policy
