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Conor Seyle

September 01, 2016

The Kenyan private sector's role in mass atrocity prevention, cessation, and recovery

There are numerous examples of ways in which the business sector has been and continues to be involved in activities that lead to mass atrocity crimes. These include instances such as when business cooperates with abusive state security services to violently suppress dissent, telecommunication compa...

August 30, 2016

Turkey's Failed Coup Could Mean Increased Repression for Its Neighbors

Repression is an often overlooked consequence of coup attempts, say Jonathan Powell and OEF Research’s Curtis Bell in their recent post on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog.

August 22, 2016

Turkey's Coup Attempt Was a Surprise, but for Surprising Reasons

The recent coup attempt in Turkey was widely unexpected. However, coup attempts are not uncommon in democracies.

August 21, 2016

Sarah Glaser of OEF's Secure Fisheries Presents on Lake Victoria Aquaculture

Secure Fisheries’ Sarah Glaser presented research on rapidly expanding cage aquaculture in Lake Victoria at the American Fisheries Society's annual meeting.

August 16, 2016

"Women At the Crossroads" Event

A recent event hosted by Urgent Action Fund, Global Greengrants Fund, and OEF’s Our Secure Future program on August 16th included discussions about the connections between security, climate change, and women's human rights.

August 12, 2016

New Blog: What to Watch for in Our Ocean Conference

The latest blog from OEF’s Secure Fisheries program outlines four hopeful outcomes from the Our Ocean conference.

August 03, 2016

New Blog Post: Transboundary Resources Require Regional Collaboration

The Secure Fisheries program’s latest blog post emphasizes that regional collaboration is crucial to reduce conflicts around shared resources and manage them sustainably.

August 03, 2016

OEF's Secure Fisheries Cooordinates for Safe Ocean Network

OEF’s Secure Fisheries program is working on plan development with the US Department of State for their Safe Ocean Network.

August 01, 2016

What is a Coup d’État?

For every successful or attempted coup d’état there are dozens if not hundreds of events that are described as such.

July 29, 2016

OEF Co-Hosts Peace and Security Funding Discussion in Denver

OEF co-hosted a discussion on who peace and security funders are, what issues they fund, where they focus, and how they make an impact

July 26, 2016

Colombia's Opportunity for Sustainable Peace

56 years of conflict between the Colombian government and FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) came to an end in June with a bilateral cease-fire.

July 21, 2016

Efforts To Stop Illicit Money Flows Could Backfire on African Livelihoods

Banning high-denomination currency could have unintended consequences for many in Africa.

July 16, 2016

OEF Fellow Takes the Long View on NPR

Taking the Long View, is the World Getting More or Less Violent?

July 10, 2016

Trying to See the Forest for the Trees Amid Violence in Congo

Though the label reflects how sexual violence has been used as a weapon of war, the label masks women’s powerful activism for peace and political participation in their country, depicting them solely as victims rather than agents of change. It also obscures their varying priorities for security, and...

July 08, 2016

OEF Fellow Takes the Long View on NPR

OEF Fellow interview recognizes the recent increases in conflicts and terrorism, yet gives reason for “cautious optimism.”

Curtis Bell

Patrick W. Keys

July 01, 2016

Conditional Relationships Between Drought and Civil Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

Few cross-national studies provide evidence of a relationship between environmental scarcity and conflict, although much of the literature claims that destabilizing effects of environmental crises can be mitigated by the right sociopolitical conditions. The authors analyzed drought severity and civi...

Conor Seyle

Chirag Bahri

Kellie Brandt

Alexander Dimitrievich

Karina Fernandez

Tom Holmer

Niyati Malhotra

June 24, 2016

After the Release: The Long-Term Behavioral Impact of Piracy on Seafarers and Families

More than 3,000 seafarers have been held hostage by Somali pirates since 2001, with a significant, but unknown, number of seafarers kidnapped in other parts of the world.

Jay Benson

Lee C. Sorensen

Alexandria E. Wise

Lindsay Heger

June 16, 2016

Somali Diaspora Investment Survey Report

Recommendations of this report are intended for the Somali business community (chambers of commerce, business associations, and the private sector), Somali financial institutions, diaspora members, the global community (including governments, multilateral organizations, and NGOs), and international ...