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September 11, 2016

OEF Nurtures Economic Stability in War-torn Colombia

Sustaining peace in Colombia will rely upon communities building peace with their own hands. The Denver Post spoke with PASO Colombia’s country director, Juan Fernando Lucio, to gain more insight on how One Earth Future is working with local communities to regain hope and end the tragedy of war.

September 09, 2016

Using Technology in the Fight Against Maritime Piracy

The BBC examines how pirates have adopted new methods for carrying out attacks and how counter-piracy operations are utilizing new technologies to stop them. OBP Director Jon Huggins weighs in on the conversation.

Conor Seyle

September 01, 2016

The Kenyan private sector's role in mass atrocity prevention, cessation, and recovery

There are numerous examples of ways in which the business sector has been and continues to be involved in activities that lead to mass atrocity crimes. These include instances such as when business cooperates with abusive state security services to violently suppress dissent, telecommunication compa...

August 30, 2016

Turkey's Failed Coup Could Mean Increased Repression for Its Neighbors

Repression is an often overlooked consequence of coup attempts, say Jonathan Powell and OEF Research’s Curtis Bell in their recent post on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog.

August 26, 2016

Shuraako Featured on VOA Somali

Shuraako’s work and recent Somali Diaspora Investment Survey were recently featured on Voice of America (VOA) Somali.

August 22, 2016

Turkey's Coup Attempt Was a Surprise, but for Surprising Reasons

The recent coup attempt in Turkey was widely unexpected. However, coup attempts are not uncommon in democracies.

August 21, 2016

Sarah Glaser of OEF's Secure Fisheries Presents on Lake Victoria Aquaculture

Secure Fisheries’ Sarah Glaser presented research on rapidly expanding cage aquaculture in Lake Victoria at the American Fisheries Society's annual meeting.

August 12, 2016

New Blog: What to Watch for in Our Ocean Conference

The latest blog from OEF’s Secure Fisheries program outlines four hopeful outcomes from the Our Ocean conference.

August 12, 2016

Four Things to Watch for at the 2016 Our Ocean Conference

Ahead of the 2016 Our Ocean Conference, Secure Fisheries hopes for four outcomes for sustainable fisheries.

August 03, 2016

Powering Progress: Renewable Energy in the Somali Region

In the 21st century access to energy has become a basic human need and foundational to the Somali Region’s economic development, health, and security.

August 03, 2016

OEF's Secure Fisheries Cooordinates for Safe Ocean Network

OEF’s Secure Fisheries program is working on plan development with the US Department of State for their Safe Ocean Network.

August 03, 2016

New Blog Post: Transboundary Resources Require Regional Collaboration

The Secure Fisheries program’s latest blog post emphasizes that regional collaboration is crucial to reduce conflicts around shared resources and manage them sustainably.

August 03, 2016

Connecting with the US Department of State’s Safe Ocean Network

The State Department hosted a meeting on June 29-30, 2016 to further international engagement on its Safe Ocean Network (formerly known as the Sea Scout initiative) and to discuss pilot projects. Select pilot projects were announced at the 3rd Our Ocean conference hosted by Secretary of State John K...

August 03, 2016

Transboundary collaboration: Reducing conflicts around fisheries

Fish is an important food for over 400 million Africans. Yet this essential resource is threatened by overfishing due to the lack of strong policies and regulations. Managing fisheries and preventing overfishing has proven difficult when there is open access to water resources, which inherently prom...

August 03, 2016

Powering Progress

In the 21st century access to energy has become a basic human need and foundational to the Somali Region’s economic development, health, and security. “Powering Progress: Renewable Energy in the Somali Region,” takes a closer look at the Somali Region’s energy sector. From the limitations of its cur...

August 01, 2016

What is a Coup d’État?

For every successful or attempted coup d’état there are dozens if not hundreds of events that are described as such.

July 29, 2016

OEF Co-Hosts Peace and Security Funding Discussion in Denver

OEF co-hosted a discussion on who peace and security funders are, what issues they fund, where they focus, and how they make an impact