Armed Conflicts Archives

Several dozen men and a few women mass on a road at the top of the image between a green field on the left and a stone wall and field on the right (presumably the church grounds). About a dozen police officers mill around in the foreground, separated from the Orangemen by two white police vans.

De-transition: Northern Ireland and the Ongoing Challenges of Keeping the Peace

The recent Garvaghy Road standoff in Northern Ireland highlights the harsh reality that transitions from conflict are long and fragile processes.

Oct. 15, 2026 Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC (Hons)

Three armed Ethiopian soldiers in camouflage uniforms, pants tucked into black boots, and wearing red berets, walk in front of sand-colored block walls, with the top of an airport terminal in the background and blue skies with puffy clouds overhead.

Ethiopia’s Fragile Peace Has Broken – But This is Not the 2020-2022 Conflict

Unlike in the previous war, Ethiopia's government faces a coalition of armed groups that could receive backing from rivals in the Horn of Africa and the Gulf.

Oct. 14, 2026 Lesley Anne Warner

A woman sits on a wooden plank with her hands clasped around her knees and a worried expression on her face outside of a wooden hut whose shadowed entryway appears near the center of the frame.

World Bank Group Doubles Down on Risky Strategy Despite Microlending Gaps

Expanding microfinance in places affected by conflict without instituting robust safeguards risks exposing already vulnerable communities to greater financial harm.

Oct. 14, 2026 Amy Ekdawi

An oil tanker is visible in the center of the image, foregrounded by blue ocean waters.

Prize Courts Are Still Good Law. That Doesn’t Make Them a Good Idea.

The proposed revival of prize courts to seize Iranian oil vessels rests on a misunderstanding of the courts' historical purposes and the nature of modern naval warfare.

Oct. 12, 2026 Annie Brett and Cory Evans

Hope – and Vigilance – on the Road to a Crimes Against Humanity Treaty

Proponents of a crimes against humanity treaty will need to redouble their efforts to shore up the support necessary to ensure it is strong and effective.

Oct. 9, 2026 Leila Nadya Sadat and Akila Radhakrishnan

A Better Path for Peace and Security? Focus on Dignity.

Efforts to end wars and protect civilians could benefit greatly from a renewed commitment to the near-universal value of dignity.

Oct. 8, 2026 Leanne Erdberg Steadman and Peter J. Quaranto

Aerial view of dozens of people milling about in an arid landscape of red earth, a lone tree in the background and a range of mountains in the distance at the back right of the image. There are a few makeshift shelters of scrap wood or covered in white tarps, and what looks like rows of more shelters at the back right. Several people are leaning against stacked white bags of wheat flour in the foreground.

How to Better Enforce the Darfur Arms Embargo

Rather than expand the arms embargo on Darfur, the UN Security Council should take steps that would give the existing embargo teeth.

Oct. 7, 2026 Mutasim Ali and Yonah Diamond

The US Navy warship USS Sampson (DDG 102) docks at the Amador International Cruise Terminal in Panama City on September 02, 2025. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on September 1, 2025, that eight US military vessels with 1,200 missiles were targeting his country, which he declared to be in a state of "maximum readiness to defend" itself. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)

Timeline of Boat Strikes and Related Actions

A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

Oct. 4, 2026 Jeremy Chin, Margaret Lin and 2 more

A man walks through a street covered with rubble and collapsed concrete in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

Under the Gaza Peace Plan, Who Is Responsible for the Treatment of Protected Persons and What Does That Require?

An analysis of the obligations that the Board of Peace and International Stabilization Force must fulfill with respect to the civilian population of Gaza.

Oct. 2, 2026 Tim Wood