..., however, each of these structures weakened and Colombia entered an accelerated period of change. Petro won on the promise of shepherding Colombia through a dual transition: from endemic violence to “total peace,” and from reliance on fossil fuels to green development. But even with a pro-government...

... of California Michael Woldemariam Eritrea Ethiopia Horn Africa Somalia Sudan Djibouti peace development democratization trade borders Gulf states Abiy Ahmed Ali Isaias Afwerki 181 [T]urning the page on decades of conflict and underdevelopment in the Horn of Africa will require...

... David Mitchell Northern Ireland Britain United Kingdom Ireland Irish Republican Army Sinn Féin power-sharing peace sectarian violence Brexit European Union Good Friday Agreement 89 It remains an open question whether power-sharing can operate with sufficient mutual trust when...

...-Herzegovina Bosnia Serbia Mostar Dayton Peace Agreement nationalism ethnonationalism Yugoslavia Ratko Mladić consociational power-sharing international community 102 [T]hrough the complicated, long-term effects of converging postwar and post- socialist forces, the Bosnian state continues...

...Eduardo Posada-Carbó Negotiations to settle a long-running guerrilla conflict finally produced an agreement, which voters promptly rejected. Now that the government has pushed through the pact anyway, will it stick? PERSPECTIVE Confronted with the simple choice between war and peace...

... will be key to generating the recognition, civic trust, and social solidarity that form the foundation of a meaningful democracy . . . Peace in Colombia: A Time to Believe? KIMBERLY THEIDON December 15, 2015, was not just any day in Havana, Cuba. Negotiators gathered in El Laguito, the site of peace...

... Haberkorn Thailand coup martial law human rights civil liberties repression General Prayuth Chanocha National Council Peace Order Thaksin Shinawatra PERSPECTIVE Under cover of ambiguous pledges of reform, General Prayuth Chan-ocha and his junta, the National Council for Peace and Order...

... of California Hans Kundnani Germany role world Berlin Eurozone eurocrisis Ukraine geo-economic foreign policy imperatives friedensmacht gauck military peace merkel crimea Russia putin MH17 Malaysian ostpolitik brandt Kosovo nato 9/11 ARD united states germans NATO exports...

...Aviel Roshwald “[I]t is the failure to consolidate or maintain national identities that are cohesive yet adaptable, rooted in shared historical memories yet capable of integrating new ones, that helps generate some of the major threats to peace and stability in today's global environment.” Fourth...

...Patricia Clavin The modern, globalized economy had emerged with vigor and reach in the nineteenth century, but was no more a guarantor of domestic or world peace after 1918 than it had been in 1914. Patricia clavin economic economics consequences peace economy world war one Europe...

...Scott D. Sagan Keeping the nuclear peace will require vigilance, restraint, wisdom, and a bit of luck. © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Scott Sagan nuclear weapons proliferation deterrence arms control peace disarmament...

...Bruce Russett A more democratic, interdependent world has seen a marked decline in armed conflicts. © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Bruce Russett war peace democracy liberal trends Immanuel Kant international...

... Robinson Colombia Álvaro Uribe Juan Manuel Santos Revolutionary Armed Forces Colombia FARC land reform elites governance indirect rule peace 43 A decade ago Colombia was in a terrible mess. The country had the highest homicide rate in the world, and was the center...

... that modernity has brought us in health, experience, and knowledge, we can add its role in the reduction of violence. Why the World Is More Peaceful steven PinKer Believe it or not and most people do not violence has declined historically, and we may be living today in the most peaceable era in our species s...

... of California Abyei Richard Williamson Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir South Sudan Salva Kiir Sudanese civil war Comprehensive Peace Agreement Sudan People's Liberation Movement Abyei Border Commission 171 If events go as planned, southern Sudan in just weeks will separate from...

... Shalendra Sharma China India Chindia Pakistan resources border disputes Jairam Ramesh Strategic Cooperative Partnership Peace Prosperity Rajiv Gandhi 252 Although Sino-Indian relations have greatly improved over the past decade, . . . [u]nresolved territorial disputes, China s...

... country between west and east…. © 2001 Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California United States NATO Poland Iraq Germany Ukraine Russia Afghanistan European Union Partnership Peace 135 Beyond Old and New Europe JOSHUA B. SPERO What today...