This commentary is by Jill Cardenas, the executive director of The Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire. We are living in polarizing times, when divisions within families and communities often seem ...

An Afghan man from the Badghis region of northern Afghanistan speaks with Sima Samar (R), the deputy chairperson of the Loya Jirga grand assembly, in Kabul June 15, 2002. (Caren Firouz/ Courtesy ...

Thank you for providing me with this opportunity to speak. The ongoing Peacebuilding Commission’s contributions to the international community’s broad peace agenda is commended, applauded. Because of ...

The impacts of climate change are locked in for the next 20 to 30 years. One of these impacts is the increasingly negative effect climate change has on the underlying drivers of violent conflict. As a ...

The Peacebuilding Commission was established on 20 December 2005 by resolutions of the General Assembly (resolution 60/180) and the Security Council (resolutions 1645 (2005) and 1646 (2005)). At its ...

IntroductionThe African Union Commission (AUC), through the Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS), invites submissions for the third edition of the AU Journal on Post-Conflict ...

Kenya has been praised as a “model for the world” when it comes to peacebuilding efforts to manage outbreaks of violence within its borders. The country has systematically put in place a peacebuilding ...

Political leaders and traders from either side of the Line of Control in Kashmir meet for the first time on the Chakothi Bridge after 60 years of separation, as ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Environmental peacebuilding is a rapidly grow field of research and practice. It examines how addressing conflicts over natural resources and ...

On 16 February, the world bid farewell to former United Nation’s (UN) secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali when he passed away at a Cairo hospital. Boutros-Ghali is often remembered for his ...