At the Crossroads: Behind the Rise in Gun Violence in New York and Other American Cities HFG’s ‘At the Crossroads’ series concludes with the publication of “Behind the Rise in Gun Violence in New York and Other American Cities,” a compilation of the twelve interviews conducted…
“Protectors or Predators: Understanding Urban Gang Violence Around the World” Panel Urban Gang Violence is widely synonymous with criminality and deviance. However, this conversation showcased examples from Pakistan, Brazil, Ecuador and DR Congo to complicate our understanding of gangs. From violent…
“Local or Global? The Future of Peacebuilding in Africa” On May 2, the academic and practitioner worlds converged in a sit-down conversation between Séverine Autesserre, professor and chair of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University and João Honwana,…
Violence and Dysphoria: The Villagization of Kinshasa and the Role of Healers …with their exclusion from the benefits of economic and informational globalization; how do they succeed to thwart the spiral of violence that numerous other parts of Black Africa have been…
Dying to Save: Youth Vigilantism, Civilian Joint Task Force, and Counterterrorism in Nigeria How do civilian communities in contemporary armed rebellions create order in a context of pervasive insecurity? What are the consequences of civilian self-protection strategies and order-making for violence in general…
Valuable Resources: Women, Conflict, and Modern Mining in Rwanda …and physical violence against women in extractive industries. Through feminist political ecology’s intersectionality framework, the study asked how cooperatives might improve women’s outcomes: financial gains, gender violence reduction, and legal…
Territorial Masquerades: Violence, Paramilitaries, and Frontier State Formation in Colombia …standard explanation—across public, policy, and academic circles—of why Colombia’s frontier regions are so wracked by violence. Although Ballvé takes this locally oft-repeated claim seriously, he demonstrates that Urabá is more…
Kidnapping in Colombia …was practiced in rural areas by some late “bandoleros” of the political violence period in the 1950s. On the other hand, urban kidnapping of foreigners—diplomats and CEOs—was imported from groups…
International Sanctions against Violent Actors In International Sanctions against Violent Actors, Dursun Peksen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Memphis, examines the extent to which international sanctions affect political violence committed by state…
Fueling the Fires: How Corruption and Conflict Keep Each Other Burning …and a major obstacle to building sustainable peace after a war ends. Likewise, political violence can create opportunities for corruption to fester and grow. A better understanding of how conflict…
