Peace

Colombia's new president, Ivan Duque, wants to weaken the deal, which he sees as "too lenient" on the fighters who once terrorized the country.

Residents flock to a local polling precinct to cast their votes on February 6th, 2019, in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, southern Philippines.

Negotiations between the two parties are a stark reminder of the challenges in getting an armed movement to embrace the end of violent conflict.

Conflicts between Eritrea, Djibouti, and Ethiopia have dramatically shifted in recent months, giving hope for an end of hostilities in the region.

A conversation with Rasha El Fangry, the coordinator of the Collaborative for Peace of Sudan.

Since the countries' leaders signed a peace agreement on July 9th, Ethiopia and Eritrea have withdrawn troops and re-opened travel.

The FARC-backed presidential candidate Rodrigo Londoño pulled out of the race over health concerns, but his violent past had made his candidacy a divisive one.

After a major court decision protecting a peace agreement between rebel groups and the government, the future looks promising for Colombia, but the process is still far from over.

Dense trade networks that formed in the years after World War II may explain a startling decline in war over the same period.

One woman living in one of the most dangerous and unstable regions in the world has a radical idea: peace curriculums. By working with both students and mothers, she's been able to stem the tide of violent extremism in her school. Now, it's time to take her plan nationwide.

And it's costing the global economy about $1,350 per person.

According to an emerging branch of economics, approximately $9.46 trillion.

What happens when a premodern society swaps axes for semiautomatic weapons?