War and Economic Development in Vietnam and Sierra Leone The negative consequences of war on society are severe. Armed conflict displaces populations, destroys capital and infrastructure, damages the social fabric of communities, endangers civil liberties, and can create health…
Grassroots Peace: Postconflict Reconstruction in Rural Colombia …postconflict settings. Existing research on postconflict settings has focused on top-down peace programming and failed to consider the theoretical link between conflict dynamics and postconflict outcomes. By studying local reconstruction…
“Conflict and Climate: How Global Warming Leads to Global Violence” …how these factors contribute to violence often attributed to climate change. The speakers challenged dominant narratives about climate-induced conflict; noted the impact of war and conflict on the environment itself,…
Reluctance to Back Down Is No Reason to Fight …war weariness, nor the decision-making that led to this conflict, are fully apparent. The conflict could end up harming Washington’s reputation for resolve and its ability to deter adversaries in…
Epigenetic Influences on the Development of the Serotonin System: A Mechanism of Risk for Chronic Aggressive Behaviors in Humans? …We used the so-called social intruder paradigm, in which a rat is placed in the cage of another rat, thereby creating interpersonal conflict, which is considered an animal analogue to…
HFG Staff …East Africa, she reported on the war in Northern Ethiopia, Sudan’s democratic transition, drought and conflict in Somalia, terrorism in Kenya, and several elections across the African continent. Her work…
Malvinas/Falklands War: Argentine Experiences of the 1982 Conflict Through Letters, War Diaries, and Amateur Photographs by Soldiers and Civilians Mobilized During the War …letters sent and received by soldiers during the conflict, as well as amateur photographs taken by them. Since the conflict was so short, in most cases, correspondence was not subject…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2020 Distinguished Scholars …in Nairobi Eric Min (University of California, Los Angeles). Fighting and Bargaining Across Two Centuries of International Conflict Laine Munir (University of Rwanda). Valuable Resources: Women, Conflict, and Modern Mining…
Words of War: Does Negotiation End or Extend Conflict? …end wars and quell conflict. Over the last two centuries, two-thirds of interstate wars were ended using negotiated settlements. In his recent book, Eric Min, Assistant Professor of Political Science at…
Fueling the Fires: How Corruption and Conflict Keep Each Other Burning In this HFG Research and Policy in Brief, authors Diana Chigas and Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church of Besa Global examine the corrosive interdependence of corruption and conflict and make the case for…
