In Israel and the West Bank, there are dozens of organizations promoting Israeli and Palestinian cooperation on a wide range of issues. Members say they're laying the groundwork for a future Israeli ...

“Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace. And the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and ...

Poster for the Berlin Moot - a conference hosted in Berlin by The Berghof Foundation which focused on bringing together policymakers and global experts from a variety of disciplines with peace ...

Markets have rallied on hopes for a U.S.-Iran peace deal, but I see negotiations as highly fraught and unlikely to yield quick, durable results. Immediate war risks appear priced in, yet I expect ...

Signs at a pro-peace demonstration held in Tel Aviv on Dec. 15Yahel Gazit—Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images I believe in universal human worth, human rights of all people, natural rights, and ...

In Luke's Gospel, Jesus pauses during his triumphal entry into Jerusalem to weep over the holy city. His lament is heartbreaking: "If you had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace ...

We live at a time when it is becoming increasingly difficult to pretend that life is easily known. We have gotten accustomed to denying the mystery of life, comforting ourselves with illusions of ...

The UN Secretary-General delivered a landmark speech at Colombia University on the state of the planet, setting the stage for dramatically scaled-up ambition on climate change over the coming year.

Incrementalism—the tendency to inch forward rather than to take bold steps—is usually preferred by political and military leaders in warfare, because the introduction of a few forces into action puts ...

Pope Francis’ appeals for peace during his trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan have focused world attention on the complexities of nation building and peaceful coexistence on ...