All Blog Posts Tagged 'war' (63)

This Week in the World in Conflict... March 12th-19th, 2012.

A new Oxford University study has found that a beta-blocker drug may possibly reduce “subconscious” racism. The drug is thought to work by clocking activation of the peripheral autonomic nervous system and in areas of the brain involved with formulating emotional responses, including fear.
The Transitional Justice Institute…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 20, 2012 at 7:44pm — No Comments

This Week in Conflict in the Americas... March 8th-15th, 2012.

A key player in the 2011 Conservative party campaign for Guelph is refusing to answer more questions, on the advice of his lawyer, from Elections Canada investigators probing fraudulent robo-calls in the riding during the last election that allegedly misled voters. In an extremely rare move, the Conservative…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 15, 2012 at 6:06pm — No Comments

This Week in Asian Conflict... March 7th-14th, 2012.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace released a new report discussing the threat of the terrorist group Lashkare-Taiba (LeT) in South Asia. The report suggests that the group is the second most dangerous terrorist group in the region, after al-Qaeda.
The United States named…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 14, 2012 at 7:56pm — No Comments

This Week in African Conflict... March 6th-13th, 2012.

A new American initiative to improve the notoriously poor LGBT rights in sub-Saharan Africa is reportedly inspiring a large backlash. Sub-Saharan Africa is marked by widespread homophobia as well as chronic dependence on foreign aid, in particular from the US, and the idea that the two issues might now be linked seems…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 13, 2012 at 7:11pm — No Comments

This Week in the World of Conflict... March 5th-12th, 2012.

Brandeis University in Massachusetts is offering a Master’s Program in Coexistence and Conflict with several scholarship opportunities. The program is geared towards professionals.
The Summer Peacebuilding Institute in Harrisonburg, Virginia is still open for the 2012 year. The institute offers courses in development, humanitarian assistance,…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 12, 2012 at 6:03pm — No Comments

This Week in European Conflict... March 3rd-10th, 2012.

The European Union pulled a TV ad from circulation and apologized after many considered it racist. The ad featured several non-Western martial artists who confront a white brunette (symbolizing Europe) with weaponry and ends with her surrounding them.
President Lukashenka of Belarus…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 11, 2012 at 4:52pm — No Comments

This Week in Middle Eastern Conflict... March 2nd-March 9th, 2012.

At least 35 soldiers and some 14 suspected militants were reportedly killed in twin suicide bombings and…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 11, 2012 at 9:57am — No Comments

This Week in Conflict in the Americas... March 1st-8th, 2012.

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina sought negotiations with the UK to establish several weekly flights from Buenos Aires to the Falkland Islands on Thursday, a move the Islands’ legislative chairman says is “about as likely as the Falklands Air Service landing flights on the moon”.
The independent federal elections agency in…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 10, 2012 at 6:46pm — No Comments

This Week in Asian Conflict… February 29th- March 7th, 2012.

Two NATO soldiers were reportedly shot dead in southern Afghanistan by two Afghans, including a man believed to be a soldier on Thursday. On Friday, the country’s top religious council…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 10, 2012 at 2:09pm — No Comments

This Week in African Conflict... February 28th-March 6th, 2012.

A lawyers group claim that police arrested a carpenter on Wednesday who questioned whether Zimbabwe’s President still had the strength to blow up balloons at his 88^th birthday celebrations, under a law making it an offense to insult the President.
The top UN envoy to Libya expressed…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 6, 2012 at 8:09pm — No Comments

This Week in the World in Conflict... February 27th-March 5th, 2012.

The UN-mandate University for Peace’s Centre for Executive Education is offering an online course on Skills for Effective Negotiations starting March 15^th.
The Center on International Cooperation completed its Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2012, covering both UN and non-UN peace…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 5, 2012 at 6:54pm — No Comments

This Week in Middle Eastern Conflict... February 24th-March 2nd, 2012.

At least 28 people were reportedly killed in clashes on Saturday between government troops and opposition forces in Syria as the Red Cross continued efforts to evacuate civilians from the city of Homs; while at least 89 people were reportedly killed nationwide. On Sunday, the ICRC said that…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 2, 2012 at 9:45pm — No Comments

This Week in Conflict in the Americas... February 23rd-March 1st, 2012.

The Atlantic ran an interesting article discussing whether Central America should legalize drugs or not, in an effort to reduce the drug related violence in the region. Al Jazeera also took a look at rising drug related violence in Central America in the wake of a…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 1, 2012 at 7:44pm — No Comments

This Week in Asian Conflict... February 22nd-29th, 2012.

US Secretary of State Clinton announced she had a “constructive discussion” of common concerns with her counterpart in Pakistan on Thursday; new details about American drone strikes were revealed by Reuters; Pakistani jets…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 29, 2012 at 7:54pm — No Comments

This Week in African Conflict... February 21st-28th, 2012.

Experts say the increasing trend of illicit financial flows are posing a great threat to Africa’s fragile growth as they pump back more dollars to developed countries than those send to poor African states.
The Open Society Media Program released background papers earlier this month on Mapping Digital…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 28, 2012 at 7:07pm — No Comments

This Week in the World of Conflict... February 20th-27th, 2012.

I ask readers interested in peace and conflict to join the Peace and Collaborative Development Network and donate to help keep them alive, if possible. The network is a great place to meet others working in the field, browse job openings, read great blog entries and learn where to find other conflict resources.
The International Centre on Nonviolent Conflict is…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 27, 2012 at 5:58pm — No Comments

This Week in European Conflict... February 18th-25th, 2012.

The former foreign secretary of the EU Jack Straw announced that the European Parliament should be abolished after failing to achieve its purpose of bridging the divide between the European people and EU. Straw argued that the body has a “major democratic deficit” as a poll shows 78% believe their voice doesn’t count in the EU.
Tens of…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 26, 2012 at 11:38am — No Comments

This Week in Middle Eastern Conflict... February 17th-24th, 2012.

China announced on Friday that it had yet to receive a formal invitation to a meeting of international powers in Tunis next week to discuss the crisis in Syria; the government reportedly blocked a premiere live stream website, Bambuser, that has been used by dissidents to…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 26, 2012 at 10:25am — No Comments

This Week in Conflict in the Americas... February 16th-23rd, 2012.

President Caledron of Mexico reportedly unveiled a large advertising board near the American border calling on the US to stop the flow of weapons into the country on Friday. On Sunday, a fight between prison inmates inside a jail near Monterrey reportedly killed some 44 people. On…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 23, 2012 at 7:08pm — No Comments

This Week in Asian Conflict... February 15th-22nd, 2012.

President Karzai of Afghanistan confronted the Pakistani leadership on Thursday during a visit to Islamabad, accusing Pakistani officials of harbouring the Taliban; he also was quoted as saying there were secret contacts between the US, Afghan governments and the Taliban, and that the…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 22, 2012 at 7:01pm — No Comments