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A partnership between Foreign Policy and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Peace Channel is FP’s home for cutting-edge analysis and reporting on international conflict prevention and resolution. The Peace Channel’s authors examine what’s driving the world’s most vexing challenges and explore new ways to resolve the conflicts that threaten lives, livelihoods, and human dignity.
Peacekeepers Shouldn’t Always Be Peaceful
The United Nations needs to accept that it's possible to fight and broker peace agreements at the same time.
Forget the Ultimate Deal. The Mideast Needs the Status Quo.
Trump’s plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace is fanciful, dangerous, and not going anywhere.
The Olympics Will Only Make the Korea Crisis Worse
The founder of the games dreamed of inspiring world peace. He created an event that's always done the opposite.
How Donald Trump Learned to Love War in 2017
The president promised to deliver peace. But in his first year, he expanded every war he inherited.
Trump Administration Blindsided Palestinian Leaders on Jerusalem Designation
U.S. officials failed to mention the impending recognition of the holy city as Israel's capital just days before Trump's announcement.
Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem Is Not a Disaster
But the Trump administration needs to walk a very fine line with Palestine and Arab states.
Kill All the Poppies
There’s no way to ever win against the Taliban if the heroin trade is left to flourish.
Expelling the Taliban From Qatar Would Be a Grave Mistake
There's absolutely no reason to close down the path to peace in Afghanistan.
Pakistan Is Inviting Its Favorite Jihadis Into Parliament
It might seem like the Pakistani military is trying to defang its ostensible adversaries. It's really trying to empower them.
The Myth of a ‘Better’ Iran Deal
The Obama administration didn’t botch negotiations with Tehran. And Trump isn’t going to be able to get something tougher.
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The Right to Kill
Should Brazil keep its Amazon tribes from taking the lives of their children?
Germany’s Family Feud
Family reunification for refugees is no longer a given. But keeping relatives apart hurts host countries as well as newcomers.
Thus Spoke Jordan Peterson
The best-selling psychologist isn't leading young men to salvation — he's delivering them to authoritarianism.
The Arab World’s Star Student
What Tunisia can teach its neighbors about the value of education.
