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Security personnel stand guard outside a mosque during Friday noon prayer in Colombo on May 3, 2019, following a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. Signs outside the mosque read, “Terrorism & Extremism has no place in Islam. Sufism is against terrorism.” “We stand with Christian brethren in grief. You are Us! We condemn terrorism in whatever form. Let us grieve together, let us rise together!”

In Legislation to Reduce Global Violence, Can U.S. Move Beyond a Focus on “Extremism”?

The real priority for the United States is to address not just ‘extremism’ but violent conflict overall by being clear-eyed about the complex factors driving it and what contributes…
May 23, 2019
Geert Wilders, leader of PVV - Partij voor de Vrijheid, Matteo Salvini, leader of Lega, Jorg Meuthen, MEP for AfD - Alternative für Deutschland, Marine Le Pen, President of RN - Rassemblement National and Laura Huhtasaari, Vice President of Perussuomalaiset attend the political rally 'Prima l'Italia! Il buon senso in Europa - Towards a Common Sense Europe' at Piazza Duomo on May 18, 2019 in Milan, Italy.

EU Parliamentary Elections: A Tipping Point for Modern Europe?

Protests last weekend in Vienna and Milan reflect the unusually sharp choice of EU voters between far-right and pro-EU parties in elections May 23-26. Usually an obscure event…
May 22, 2019
Cyber-warfare specialists serving with the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group of the Maryland Air National Guard engage in weekend training at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Md., Jun. 3, 2017. They sit at semicircle of computers.

When To Use the ‘Nuclear Option?’ Why Knocking Russia Offline Is a Bad Idea

The news about the November 2018 Cyber Command operation that knocked the notorious Russian troll farm, the Internet Research Agency, offline before the U.S. midterm elections…
May 17, 2019 and
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk during the group photo at the Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East on February 14, 2019 in Warsaw, Poland.

Trump’s Golan Policy and Its Threat to the Post-War International Legal Order

Yale Law professors Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro, authors of an award-winning book on the use of force, respond directly to a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Secretary of State…
May 16, 2019 and
Electrical wires corssing over the sky around the minaret in the city of Kirkuk.

Dispatch: What a U.S.-Iran War Would Mean for Iraqis

In Iraq, fears are mounting over the potential for open military conflict between the U.S. and Iran. Without U.S. economic support and continued military backing, Iraq would be…
May 16, 2019 and
A person types on a laptop. Translucent icons litter the image to represent cybersecurity.

CTRL+HALT+Defeat: State-Sponsored Surveillance and the Suppression of Dissent

A new lawsuit in Israeli court seeks accountability for the export of malicious spyware used for digital surveillance of human rights defenders, journalists, and political dissidents.…
May 15, 2019 , and 2 more
Personnel of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF), formerly named Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), assigned as South Sundan's presidential guard, take part in a drill at their barracks in Rejaf, about 15km south of Juba, South Sudan, on April 26, 2019.

Amid Protest Plans, South Sudan Peace Deal Teeters After Leaders Miss Deadline

South Sudan youth groups fed up with delays in implementing the latest peace accord plan demonstrations on May 15, as the leaders of the warring sides raise doubts that the six-year…
May 14, 2019
A Somali woman and child walk past the destruction caused by a car bombing attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, on December 22,2018.

Somalia War Crimes Trial Starts Monday, as Another Survivor Seeks Justice

The third in a trio of federal cases brought by the San Francisco-based Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) on behalf of victims and survivors of Siad Barre’s rule in…
May 10, 2019
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend a final press conference of Iran nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria on July 14, 2015.

The Iran Nuclear Deal After Rouhani’s Announcement

Iran's announced measures are cause for concern that the JCPOA could soon unravel. But Iran hasn't breached its commitments, yet, and there may currently be a path for climbing…
May 9, 2019
A woman walks through a structure erected for newly arrived IDPs (Internally Displaced People) where people and children sit in clusters on the floor in Pulka on August 1, 2018.

Is Justice the Antidote to Sexual Violence in Conflict? Why Amal Clooney is Only Half Right

While many survivors of sexual violence do want accountability, it isn’t always their first priority, particularly when boiled down to prosecutions and disconnected from their…
May 9, 2019
Moria Shapira Airbnb's apartment owner walks outside of her apartment in Adei Ad outpost north of the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on November 20 2018.

Palestinians Claim Violations by Israeli Settlers in Airbnb Case in U.S. Court

In March, two Palestinian-Americans and two Palestinian villages moved to intervene in a suit brought against Airbnb, a global home-rental online platform, in federal court in…
May 7, 2019
US President Donald Trump and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh on May 21, 2017.

Trump’s `Fake News’ Tirades Embolden Arab Leaders’ Crackdowns

President Donald Trump’s discourse on fake news has created a dangerous environment, and not only for journalists working in the United States. Autocrats in countries of the…
May 3, 2019
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