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May 10, 2021

Finding “Common Ground” in Cyprus

Unsurprisingly, informal peace talks “to determine whether common ground exists for [a] lasting solution to the Cyprus problem” fell short earlier this month. The UN-led 5+1 conference, attended by the leaders of Northern and Southern Cyprus as well as the foreign ministers of the “guarantors” of Greece, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, resulted in nothing […]

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May 27, 2020

The Case for Women-led, Grassroots Organizations in Emergency Response

Lessons from the Ebola Outbreak Previous responses to public health crises such as the Ebola outbreak of 2014-16 have highlighted the importance of gender dynamics in designing communication and intervention strategies. Because such outbreaks exert unequal impacts across gender and socio-economic strata, it is critical for emergency response interventions to consult women-led, grassroots-level, civil society […]

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April 16, 2020

How To Build Trust During a Pandemic

Drawing lessons from the 2014 Ebola Outbreak In a virtual event on Coronavirus and Conflict hosted by the United States Institute of Peace, Jeremy Konyndyk, Senior Policy Fellow at the Center for Global Development, talked about the importance of “building trust” during crisis response. He drew an example from the 2014 Ebola outbreak and the […]

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October 21, 2019

Peace, Not War, Will Solve the “Kurdish Question”

Turkey’s incursion into Northeastern Syria, officially dubbed “Operation Peace Spring”, represents the lowest point so far in the already much-troubled saga of Turkish-Kurdish relations.  While President Erdoğan has reasoned his military operation as a means to fight terrorism, the true intentions behind the operation are barely veiled  – to divide Turks and Kurds and to […]

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July 22, 2019

Hate Speech and Polarization on the Internet

Hate speech is defined as an “abusive or threatening speech or writing that expresses prejudice against a particular group, especially on the basis of race, religion, or sexual orientation.” In recent years, the widespread access to the internet and the proliferation of social media websites have provided new platforms for people to express their views […]

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July 1, 2019

Conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad at the United States Institute of Peace

On June 28, 2019, United States Institute of Peace (USIP), in partnership with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, hosted Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad, a leading advocate for survivors of genocide and sexual violence.  At this event,  Nadia Murad discussed the condition of Yazidi people and the reconstruction efforts in Sinjar, Iraq. […]

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June 25, 2019

The struggle for LGBTQ rights in Turkey

During Pride month this year, the governorates of Izmir and Antalya banned all Pride-related events citing public safety and security concerns. One month earlier, the Pride march organized by the students of Middle East Technical University in Ankara was violently broken up by the police. Pride marches have been organized in Istanbul since 1993, but […]

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June 20, 2019

Peace Education in Turkey: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Özge Sönmez Vardar is Program Director at YUVA Association, an Istanbul-based NGO that tackles issues relating to ecology, human rights, and poverty eradication simultaneously. In 2019, Özge was selected by the Malala Fund to be a Gulmakai Champion from the Syria region, for her work supporting girls’ education, especially refugee girls’ access to education and […]

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June 3, 2019

US Institute of Peace’s event on How to Advance Inclusive Peace Processes

On May 30, 2019, US Institute of Peace organized an event, How to Advance Inclusive Peace Processes: Mobilizing Men as Partners for Women, Peace, and Security. The speakers at the event talked about how men in positions of authority could help ensure that women are included in peace processes and decision-making. Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini from the […]

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May 29, 2019

Is there a correlation between peace and economic development?

Is there a correlation between peace and economic development? The answer is important because, in today’s world, societies mired in violent conflict are also characterized by lack of development and shortage of economic opportunities. Global Peace Index (GPI), produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness. […]

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