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The band members march toward the left of the photo, wearing red jackets and black pants with red stripes and playing instruments including a tuba, as a red, yellow and green Ethiopian flag flies in the background in front of the dam, with water flowing down its slope.

The Brewing Egypt-Ethiopia Nile River Conflict is Ripe for “Solving”

An agreement to resolve the dam conflict has long been drafted. Trump could be the "closer" engaging Presidents Abiy and el-Sisi for a deal.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (C) speaks with Murad Ebrahim (3rd R), then-chief minister of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), as Nur Misuari (3rd L), leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), looks on during the ceremonial opening of the Bangsamoro Transitional Authority (BTA) in Cotabato City, in the southern Philippines on September 15, 2022. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Post-Conflict Election in the Southern Philippines Postponed for Third Time: Is Peace Unraveling?

A third postponement of elections for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao endangers a peace accord that ended a brutal war.
U.S. President Donald Trump (C) joins hands with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (R) during a signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump brought the two leaders together in an initial attempt to end the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that has lasted for decades. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

A Closer Look at Trump’s Peace Deals: From “Death and Hatred” to “Love and Success”?

Under Trump, peace deals have been treated as an opportunity to secure resources and real estate. Recent agreements illustrate this “resources-for-peace” approach.
(L-R) US Vice President JD Vance, US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen as Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner during a meeting with her and Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe (not pictured) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2025. Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed an agreement in Washington on Friday to put an end to a conflict in the eastern DRC that has killed thousands, although broad questions loom on what it will mean. Trump has trumpeted the diplomacy that led to the deal and publicly complained that he has not received a Nobel Peace Prize. But the agreement has also come under scrutiny for its vagueness including on the economic component, with the Trump administration eager to compete with China and profit from abundant mineral wealth in the long-turbulent east of the vast DRC. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Sanctions Removal on Mining Magnate Would Set Back Peace and Investment in DR Congo

The Trump administration and Congress can end the cycle of looting, smuggling, and violent extraction of raw materials from the DRC and provide a better footing for peace.
U.S. President Donald Trump signs a letter of congratulations as he meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda Olivier Nduhungirehe and the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner

Turning Trump’s Peace Overtures into Sustainable Deals

The president’s many overseas peacemaking initiatives are more likely to succeed with a more collaborative approach drawing on research.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L), Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C) and France's President Emmanuel Macron (R)

The Fantasy of a European Reassurance Force for Ukraine

A European "reassurance force" for Ukraine risks being another notional "guarantee" offering little more than a false sense of security.
The Ukrainian and Taiwanese flags

A Security Guarantee for Ukraine? Look to the Taiwan Relations Act

The United States and its allies can use the Taiwan model to make post-war Ukraine more secure without writing checks they cannot cash.
U.S. President Donald Trump sits at a table with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, and other European leaders

Trump, Zelenskyy, European Leaders in White House Meeting: Progress Toward a Deal?

Getting to any deal between Ukraine & Russia will require the United States & Europe to stand by Ukrainians & stare down Russia's demands.
Local residents carry their belongings out of a heavily damaged residential building following a Russian strike in the town of Bilozerske, Donetsk region on August 12, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The advances come just days before U.S. President Donald Trump is due to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska for talks on the war, the first meeting between a sitting US and Russian leader since 2021. (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)

In Trump’s Planned Meeting With Putin, Beware of Traps, Play the Right Cards

President Trump must avoid Putin’s traps, ramp up the pressure on Russia, and make clear that the United States will back Ukraine’s security.
An M23 soldier watches over a group of around one hundred Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), Wazalendo and Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) fighters as they disembark a truck at the Stade de l'Unité, during their presentation by Colonel Willy Ngoma in Goma on May 10, 2025. These fighters were previously neutralised by the AFC/M23 security services. (Photo by JOSPIN MWISHA/AFP via Getty Images)

Seven Pillars of Military Integration for the DRC-Rwanda Peace Accord

These pillars outline requirements to manage armed groups and integrate them into statutory military forces during a war-to-peace transition.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after a hearing in his trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on March 27, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with the late Libyan dictator. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

The Sarkozy-Gaddafi Trial Exposes Corruption’s Devastating Effect on Libyans

Alongside its democratic commitments, France should also reckon with the human rights consequences of its Libya foreign policy and interference in the post-Sarkozy era.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) meets with U.S. President Donald Trump (L) during Pope Francis's funeral at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Office of the President of Ukraine via Getty Images)

How to Land the Emerging Deal on Peace for Ukraine

Negotiations to achieve some kind of end to Russia’s war on Ukraine have reached an intensive phase. Moments of truth lie immediately ahead.
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