OEF’s Dr. Conor Seyle in Foreign Affairs: "Absence of government doesn't necessarily mean absence of public goods, or systems that resolve collective needs and issues. In Somalia, Somali society has been able to fill some gaps left by the absence of state institutions."

Sanam Anderlini talked to OEF about peace and conflict in the modern world and the need to build inclusive societies and political systems.

Is a world without war possible in the 21st century? A foundation focused on empirically-based, forward-looking initiatives aimed at improving systems that prevent armed conflict, today opens its second One Earth Future Forum, which convenes the world’s foremost thought leaders on global security.

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) foreign fishing has not only deprived Somalia of desperately needed revenue, but has also harmed their marine environment through overfishing valuable species.

The CNH program supports research on interactions between humans and the environment, viewing them one as one interconnected system. The grant investigates the dynamic links between the ecology of Lake Victoria in East Africa (a natural system), the economy of its surrounding fisheries (a human syst...

Thanks to “Black Hawk Down” and “Captain Phillips,” Hollywood has permanently etched into the brains of my students that Somalia is a lawless place of warlords and pirates.

Robert Mazurek, director of the Secure Fisheries agency, told Al Jazeera "the international community has done very little to combat [illegal] fishing in Somali waters".

Somali diaspora are eager to embrace the growing Somali private sector, and continue to look for new and innovative ways to invest in their country of origin.

Deputy Director of Research at OEF Conor Seyle participated in a panel at the International Human Rights Funders Group’s 2015 Conference in New York on July 14th.

Launch of the Report of the Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance

OEF and the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) co-hosted the Denver launch of the 9th annual Global Peace Index in June. IEP's Executive Director Aubrey Fox visited the OEF offices and talked with Lindsay Heger about the Global Peace Index, including the concept of peace inequality, negative ve...

The world is more peaceful than it has ever been... almost.

A roundtable workshop was hosted by the One Earth Future Foundation (OEF), in collaboration with the Ateneo School of Government and Puno and Puno Law Offices to provide strategic research support for developing the RTC Impact Fund.

Episode 60 of Global Dispatches Podcast with Mark Goldberg features Andrew Mack - a Fellow at the One Earth Future Foundation, professor at Simon Fraser University, and Director of the Human Security Report.

This conversation brought together leaders with a range of perspectives to explore the possibilities for reducing and eliminating armed conflict in the 21st century.