Flora Bringi Francis of South Sudan wrote these reflections after attending the 2013 session of the Africa Peacebuilding Institute (API). Her words have been slightly… Read more about Flora Bringi Francis: ‘My Breakdown Became a Breakthrough’
The origins of the first peacebuilding institute in Asia can be traced to a conversation in the home of John Paul and Wendy Lederach when… Read more about MPI, 2000: Growing Branches from a Healthy Tree Trunk
Twenty years ago, when she was 36 years old, Maria Esperanza “Pitts” Muyot-Liamco never imagined the role she is playing today – working for the… Read more about From Computer Programming to Military Peacemaking
After earning a PhD in conflict analysis and resolution from George Mason University in 1993, Palestinian-Muslim Mohammed Abu-Nimer applied for 176 academic jobs in the… Read more about AU’s Peace Institute, 2001: Practice, Scholarship and Development
Much of Sarajevo still looks battered by the sniper fire and artillery shelling of a quarter century ago, with gashes in the gray concrete of… Read more about The Peace Academy, 2007: Detoxifying the Post-Yugoslavia Region
On a muggy, warm December morning, fourteen peacebuilders waited patiently in a rural Fijian village. They had arrived at the appointed hour, yet “Fiji time”… Read more about Pacific Centre, 2007: Responding to Violent Power and Climate Change
As is true around the world, women in the Pacific Islands are often leaders in organizations that can contribute to peace, yet they tend to… Read more about Sowing Peace via Women Across the South Pacific
In mid-October 2014, winter’s chill had arrived in South Korea. Inside a spacious conference room on the main floor of a newish multi-story building, 14… Read more about NARPI & KOPI, 2008 & 2012: Reducing Militarization in N.E. Asia
He peered through binoculars intently. His life, after all, might be at stake. Through the optics he could see the enemy smoking a cigarette, just over… Read more about Jae Young Lee: From Making War to Making Peace
In 2001, Jarem Sawatsky headed from Virginia to his home in Winnipeg, Canada, with two key assets: a master’s degree in conflict transformation and the… Read more about CSOP, 2009: Helping Canadians to Face Difficult Issues