Peace Negotiation

February 15, 2022

Innovating Peacemaking in the “Age of Unpeace:” Building Off-Ramps From War

Our column this month by OEF Executive Director Jon Bellish focuses on how we are innovating through this reality with two peacemaking and negotiation programs that aim to transform seemingly impossible conflicts through teamwork, creativity, relationship-building, and the use of open-source data to...

Jon Bellish

January 16, 2022

Incubating Peace: Four Imperatives for Fostering Peace Through Economic Development

Economic opportunity in the face of conflict has been at the center of several of One Earth Future’s initiatives for peace since the organization was established more than a decade ago those that are most ripe for scaled impact this year through partnership.

January 07, 2022

The battle to prevent another Jan. 6 features a new weapon: The algorithm

One Earth Future Executive Director Jon Bellish was interviewed for a Washington Post examination of both the benefits and concerns of AI and machine learning in predicting political violence.

December 12, 2021

The Australia-UK-U.S. Submarine Deal: Submarines and Safeguards by Laura Rockwood published by Arms Control Association

ONN Director Laura Rockwood shares her expert opinion on how IAEA safeguards could be applied to the AUKUS submarine deal.

Tianran Xu

October 12, 2021

Update on Preliminary Analysis of 30 September 2021 Anti-Aircraft Missile Test of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

On 1 October 2021, ONN published a preliminary analysis of the DPRK’s 30 September 2021 anti-aircraft missile test.

September 01, 2021

Military Coups in 2021

The recent presence of military coups covered in the news may lead people to believe that coups are more prevalent in 2021 than they have been in recent years, however, this perception may warrant further questions pertaining to what qualifies an event as a coup, and how loosely should the term be u...

May 15, 2021

Key Themes From Evidence-based Practice Digital Workshop

Findings from the recent global study and report from One Earth Future and the Alliance for Peacebuilding was at the center of a digital workshop event on May 14th that was hosted in partnership with the Better Evidence Project at George Mason University. We breakdown some of the main takeaways and ...

peacebuilding requires learning, communication, standards, and transparency

Conor Seyle

Sarah Heyborne

Jessica Baumgardner-Zuzik

Shaziya DeYoung

April 19, 2021

Some Credible Evidence: Perceptions about the Evidence Base in the Peacebuilding Field

A new report by One Earth Future and Alliance for Peacebuilding presents the result of a survey asking peacebuilders and researchers about their perception of what kind of evidence exists and what kind is needed to improve work in the peacebuilding field.

One Earth Future

April 13, 2021

The Century of Peace? Empirical Trends in Peace and Conflict

Is a world without war possible in the 21st century? Trends in armed conflict and a developing body of social scientific research suggest that this idea is plausible.

April 08, 2021

Why Do People Choose to Rebel?

Answering the question of why people rebel is central to understanding civil war. Research shows that civil wars and rebellion are neither driven by ancient hatreds between ethnic groups nor simply by opportunistic greed.

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