“Violence and the Law at War”: Dr. Craig Jones …the Law at War” examines the legality of violence and the weaponization of international law. With a focus on the U.S. and Israel and wars in Iraq and Palestine as…
“Rising Violent Crime in Mexico” Panel …at the University of Notre Dame, and the Director of the Violence and Transitional Justice Lab at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Javier Osorio is a co-author of Legacies…
“Local or Global? The Future of Peacebuilding in Africa” …former director of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the UN. They discussed the tensions that often exist between the international peacebuilding agenda set by the United Nations…
HFG Launches Multi-year Initiative on Violence, Politics, and Democracy …certain to create an environment in which political violence thrives. Does this view accurately describe the relationship between polarization and violence? Does violence increase when perceptions of government legitimacy wane?…
“Illiberal Ideas Are Having a Negative Effect on Our Political Culture”: A Conversation with Thomas Main …Pennsylvania has confirmed the idea that the country is falling apart at the seams. According to Rachel Kleinfeld of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, “Ideas that were once confined…
‘A Truly Pluralistic Society Has Both Inclusion and Dissent’: A Conversation with Ben Klutsey …of local institutions that used to help us build relationships across differences and that when people are relationship-poor, they end up becoming too invested in politics. Does that ring true…
‘Democracy Is Something We Have to Fight For’: A Conversation with Suzette Brooks Masters …those who hold opposing political views—does seem to be growing in the United States. But as a recent report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace makes clear, “many European…
‘A Diffused Climate of Threats and Intimidation’: A Conversation with Daniel Stid …thinking has really evolved. As it happens, a couple of grantees that we were supporting at Hewlett, in particular Rachel Kleinfeld at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, started flagging…
HFG Welcomes its 2024 Emerging Scholars …Exploring the Role of Reciprocity in International Cooperation and Conflict” Madeleine Stevens (University of Chicago) “Weaponizing Uncertainty: The Politics of Disappearance in Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico” Sophie Wunderlich (University of…
HFG African Fellows at the African Studies Association of the UK …the future of African studies.” HFG Publishing Workshop The conference featured an HFG first—a day-long publishing workshop connecting fellows with international journal editors to discuss successful approaches to the academic…
