“None of Us Dared Say Anything”: Mass Killing in a Bosnian Community During World War II and the Postwar Culture of Silence …multi-ethnic communities? How does such violence then affect their identities and relations? My research project was part of the search for answers to these questions. During my fieldwork, I sought…
HFG African Fellows …Development and the Neoliberal Divides: Rethinking “New Nation-Building” in “Post-Socialist Tanzania” Kgomotso Komane (Political Science and International Relations, University of Pretoria), An Intersecting Theoretical Analysis on Lesotho’s Struggle with Political…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim African Fellows …Rethinking “New Nation-Building” in “Post-Socialist Tanzania” Kgomotso Komane (Political Science and International Relations, University of Pretoria), An Intersecting Theoretical Analysis on Lesotho’s Struggle with Political Violence: A Case Study on…
Programs …contribution to the study of violence. Candidates are drawn from the disciplines of human, political, and social sciences, international relations, and aligned fields. The fellow is resident at, and admitted…
HFG Fall Internship …field (e.g., International Relations, Political Science, Criminology, English, Communications, Journalism or Management) Firm grasp of social media tools and platforms including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Mailchimp, Hootsuite, etc. Must be computer…
“Conflict and Climate: How Global Warming Leads to Global Violence” On March 21, three academics examined the complex relationship between conflict and climate at HFG’s first speaker series event of 2024. They discussed how climate intersects with other vulnerabilities and…
Nationalism and Violence in Two Post-Soviet Republics: Azerbaijan and Moldova …get clear signals of support, should they try to secede, from a national homeland. These findings are important because they tell us that the quality of ethnic relations is less…
Grassroots Peace: Postconflict Reconstruction in Rural Colombia …dissertation examines this question by tracing the relationship between local conflict dynamics and subsequent village-level peacebuilding efforts. Numerous international peacebuilding missions have failed to establish sustainable peace precisely because they…
In Ukraine and Elsewhere, Is Third-Party Diplomacy Helpful in Ending Wars? …Historically, third-party countries have been willing to spearhead diplomatic efforts to stop international conflicts. The United States, for example, after sending approximately $120 billion in aid to Ukraine under President…
HFG Participates in the Paris Peace Forum …International Order,” which brought together the following experts: Comfort Ero, president and chief executive officer of International Crisis Group Nils Gilman, senior vice president of programs at the Berggruen Institute…
