Mediation in Yemen, peacekeeping in the Central African Republic, the rise of organized crime—the International Peace Institute and its Global Observatory offered research and analysis on a range …

The recently announced plans by the French minister of defense to reduce French forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) could potentially have adverse consequences on the political and humanitari…

Violence related to the Boko Haram insurgency has killed an estimated 11,000 people in Nigeria between 2003 and 2014, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, and in excess of 5,000 of these f…

As violence broke out in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), on October 7, the newly minted United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operation deployed to the country, MINUSCA, faced it…

In April 2013, structural problems caused the collapse of a garment factory building in Savar, Bangladesh, resulting in 1,129 dead and  2,515 injured. (Rijans/Flickr) Why is orange juice more …

AMISOM's Brig. General Dick Olum speaks to his soldiers before the launch of the military Operation Indian Ocean against al-Shabaab in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, August 29, 2014. (AMISOM/T…

Bags of rice being distributed at one of the camps for ex-Seleka combatants in Bangui, July 15, 2014. MINUSCA's Security Institution Unit has coordinated weekly food distribution by the International…

After a car accident, two men argue over who was at fault,  Brooklyn, New York. (Lou Bueno/Flickr) “The most effective mediator is nearly invisible,” said Brad Heckman, CEO of the New York Pea…

A poster in Syria of President Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah. (omarr/Flickr) The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has engaged in intense fighting on the Syria-Lebanon bor…

The swift and destructive advance of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) into Iraq could affect the ongoing conflict in neighboring Syria, as ISIS’ seizure of Iraqi military equipment and finan…