Armed Conflicts

For First Time Since 2009, U.S. Senate Talks Closing Guantanamo

By Jared Metzker
Momentum appears to be building in the push to close down the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, where 166 inmates, 86 of whom have been cleared for release, remain held without charges.

BOOKS: China’s March to “Wealth and Power”

By George Gao
The China pavilion is a red, inverted pyramid in Shanghai that was built for the city’s bustling 2010 World Expo. While the pavilion pays some homage to China’s ancient past, it mostly shows off China’s 21st century ambitions, with as much swagger as the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

U.S. Courts Uphold Conflict Minerals Disclosure

By Carey L. Biron
A U.S. federal judge has upheld a key regulatory provision aimed at ensuring that the profits from products mined in central Africa are not used to benefit armed groups, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Where Sports Replace Terror

By Ashfaq Yusufzai
Pakistanis are no strangers to sports-related violence; in fact, many have come to expect scuffles and conflict, especially following a major cricket match. In the country’s northern Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), however, cricket has become a tool to promote peace.

New Bid for Mideast Talks after Five-Year Hiatus

By Mitchell Plitnick
There is a real opportunity for peacemaking between Israel and the Palestinians, even though the obstacles are more formidable than in the past. That was the assessment of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, speaking Monday at a public event which posed the question “Can the Two-State Solution Be Saved?”

Making Peace with Our Futures

By Johan Galtung
Future studies, like peace-development-environment studies, is an interdisciplinary, international effort to get a grip on key issues, divided into ‘preferred futures’ – utopias – whose?; ‘predicted futures’ – forecasting – who does it, for whom?; and ‘future practice’ – scenarios bending the predicted toward the preferred – by and for whom?

Afghan Mission Not Quite Ending

By Paul Weinberg
NATO member countries like Canada will continue to be asked to shoulder the burden of a military mission stuck in Afghanistan because of the continued vulnerability of the Kabul-based government.

Hundreds Escape after Iraq Prison Attacks

By AJ Correspondents
A manhunt is under way for hundreds of inmates, including several high-ranking Al Qaeda members, who escaped two Iraqi prisons following deadly attacks.

OP-ED: Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: Exclusion Breeds Radicalism

By Emile Nakhleh
The Egyptian military’s removal of the democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood from power upended the MB’s 20-year old political participation programme. If the new regime aims to achieve genuine reconciliation and political consensus, the MB and its supporters must be included in the restructuring of Egyptian politics.

When Israelis Boycott a Settlement

By Pierre Klochendler
As the European Union delegitimises the settlement enterprise further by officially announcing that, effective Jul. 30, its 28 member states are required to differentiate between pre-1967 Israel and Israeli-occupied territories, Israelis supportive of a two-state solution vigorously lead their own boycott campaign against Ariel, a settlement town of 20,000.

Santos Says Colombia Doesn’t Need U.N. Human Rights Office

By Constanza Vieira
The Colombian army killed Marta Díaz’s son Douglas in 2006, dressed him in combat fatigues and reported him as a FARC guerrilla killed in a shootout. Díaz searched for him everywhere, in prisons, hospitals and morgues, until she finally managed to track down his remains in 2008.

Q&A: Armed Groups Find a Payday in Wildlife Trafficking

By Sudeshna Chowdhury
In a recent report to the U.N. Security Council, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon acknowledged the possibility of poaching as a threat to not just wildlife or endangered species, but to the greater stability and peace in general.

In Search of a New Pan-Africanism

By Joan Erakit
Bridging the gap between Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance has been a top priority for the African Union (AU).

WHO’s Iraq Birth Defect Study Omits Causation

By Sudeshna Chowdhury
A long-awaited study on congenital birth defects by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Iraq is expected to be very extensive in nature.

U.N. Deploys Women Protection Advisers to Curb Sexual Violence

By Thalif Deen
Despite the United Nations' "zero tolerance" policy against sexual violence, there has been a rash of gender-based crimes in several of the world's conflict zones, including South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Northern Uganda, Somalia, the Central African Republic - and, more recently, in politically-troubled Egypt and Syria.

Israel Resumes Threats Against Iran as Experts Urge Patience

By Jim Lobe
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resumed his threats to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, 29 former senior U.S. experts and foreign diplomats urged President Barack Obama to show greater flexibility in anticipated negotiations following the inauguration of President-elect Hassan Rouhani.

Children of Conflict

By Sudeshna Chowdhury
Malala Yousafzai and Muhammad Qasim have a lot in common.

War or Peace, Sri Lankan Women Struggle to Survive

By Amantha Perera
It has been four years since the guns fell silent in Sri Lanka’s northern Vanni region, after almost three decades of ethnic violence. Unfortunately peace does not mean the end of hardship for the most vulnerable people here: the women.

Afghanistan Faces Slim Chance of Post-Occupation Peace Deal

By Jared Metzker
The prospects for a peace settlement and power-sharing in Afghanistan following the scheduled U.S.-led troop withdrawal in 2014 are grim, according to a report presented here Monday.

Egyptian Army’s Firepower Overwhelmingly U.S.-Supplied

By Thalif Deen
When the dust settles from the ongoing deadly confrontations between the Egyptian armed forces and thousands of Islamist protesters in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria, the eventual winner will be the United States - specifically U.S.-made weapons systems in the hands of the country's 440,000-strong military.

OP-ED: Islam Is Not the Solution to What Ails the Middle East

By Barbara Slavin
During the decades when Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was a barely tolerated opposition party, it campaigned against the reigning secular autocrats under the banner “Islam is the solution.”
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