War And Peace
Articles about War And Peace, ordered by date. 
The battle for Biafra’s soul
After a violent crackdown by the state, the struggle for the region’s independence from Nigeria has intensified. Promise Eze explores the impact of growing violence.
What if...
We answered isis with restorative justice? Matt Broomfield spells out some better ways of dealing with captive extremists.
What if…
Armed forces were abolished? Symon Hill plots a path to peace
The Interview: Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini
Indefatigable Iranian gender activist Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini on why she will not give up on her life-long mission to get women peace-makers included at the negotiating table.
War and peace
Dan Smith offers a snapshot of world trends from the 2020 State of the World Atlas.
10 routes to peace
The pressures on our world are serious, and expected to grow. If we take the following approaches, peace will be more likely. It’s time to ditch the military habit...
Who cares?
Hazel Healy investigates the challenges facing 21st century humanitarian action.
War on coca farmers continues
Inside the deeply-rooted economy of cocaine production and trafficking in Colombia, and how it might undermine Colombia’s peace. Bram Ebus reports.
Guerrillas gamble for peace
The clock is ticking for peace in Colombia. Next month a ceasefire with the ELN, the last remaining leftwing guerrilla organization in the country, is due to run out. Guerrilla leader Pablo Beltrán of Colombia’s ELN talks to Mónica del Pilar Uribe Marín.
The dangerous dignity of war
Mark Engler asks why it only takes a bit of a bomb-dropping and sabre-rattling to rally the reporters and bestow a presidential aura on our leaders.
‘Freedom can’t be contained by a wall’
In an explosive interview to New Internationalist, the Kurdish female leader Bese Hozat opens up about peace, the party’s view on the region and the independence referendum in South Kurdistan, and accuses Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the West to have incubated Isis. By Karlos Zurutuza.
How not to build peace
UN peacekeeping is big business, but is it achieving its aims? asks Louisa Waugh.
Calculating the environmental benefits of peace in Colombia
The costs of the 50-year conflict add up to ecocide. Doug Weir reports.
Universalizing environmental and human rights
As UN special rapporteur on the right to a healthy environment presents his report today, Doug Weir explains why this is especially important in armed conflict.
UN peacekeepers in disgrace
The United Nations has to rebuild public trust, says Tom Lawson.
Making Waves: Afghanistan's theatre of the oppressed
Encouraging people to act out their trauma results not just in empathy but in action. Hjalmar Jorge Joffre-Eichhorn has witnessed the transformation first hand.
Letter from Bangui: Writing off Central Africa
Violence is only part of the country’s story, as Ruby Diamonde would like to remind Western journalists.
Lost and found
The Red Cross is painstakingly reuniting families torn apart by conflict, reports Libby Powell.
Nuclear weapons: a history
From the Manhattan Project and Hiroshima, to the Cold War, North Korea and beyond, nuclear fission has changed everything.
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