• The Power of Language – the Language of Power: Leveraging Core Humanitarian Principles To Improve Multilingual Communication in the Field – by Barbara Moser-Mercer

• Drone Follies: “We Can’t Kill Our Way Out of This Mess” – by Siamak T. Naficy

• Complex Conflicts and the Dilemma of Searching for Peace and Stability in Sudan: What Can Be Done? – by Hamdan Goumaa

by Siamak T. Naficy President Obama’s recent condemnation of the horrors of the Sandy Hook shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, has provoked comparisons with his attitude toward the children killed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, also known as drones). In his eloquent Op-Ed for The Guardian, George Monbiot argues: “It must follow that what applies to the read more »

by Hamdan Goumaa The Sudan is considered a microcosm of Africa in terms of its ethnic and religious diversity as well as its geography, which dictate multiple livelihoods and cultures. The competition between these distinct groups over land and other resources has always been a source of conflict, albeit manageable through traditional methods of conflict read more »

by Barbara Moser-Mercer Most native speakers of English assume that English transcends culture and is capable of expressing concepts in a culturally neutral and objective way. Conflict, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, however, are characterized by imbalances and shifts in power relations often expressed in emotionally charged language that reflects the trauma experienced by the parties read more »

by Bryan Weiner Those were the only five words that I could speak in Gujarati. What is your name? The most basic phrase in any language. But it was enough to send the group of kids we met at the Jesuit boarding school in Bhiloda, Gujarat into gales of laughter. I was the strange white read more »