The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies Conversations

Peace Policy Spotlight: Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement 50 Years Later

David Cortright, Director of the Global Policy Initiative and Special Advisor for Policy Studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, and Professor Emeritus of the Practice at the Kroc Institute, talks with the authors from the latest issue of "Peace Policy," a quarterly publication of the Kroc Institute that offers research-based insights, commentary, and solutions to the global challenge of violent conflict. The latest issue focuses on the legacy of the Vietnam antiwar movement, especially among service people, and its legacy for social and antiwar movements today.

Guest authors and podcast guests include Dana Moss, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame and a Faculty Fellow at the Kroc Institute, and Chuck Searcy, an International Advisor with Project RENEW. He is also Co-Chair of the NGO Agent Orange Working Group in Vietnam.

Read the full episode of Peace Policy at peacepolicy.nd.edu.

Resistencia y protección colectiva: aprendizajes de líderes sociales en los Montes de María, Colombia

John Paul Lederach, profesor emérito de construcción de paz internacional, modera una conversación sobre el trabajo para garantizar la seguridad, los derechos y una sociedad pacífica en Montes de María, Colombia. Los panelistas incluyen a María Lucía Zapata (M.A. '07), Directora del Programa de Maestría en Estudios de Paz y Resolución de Conflictos, Universidad Javeriana; Pablo Abitbol, profesor de nueva economía política, gran historia y teorías de la democracia y el desarrollo, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar; Naún Álvarez González, Representante de los Jóvenes Provocadores de Paz de la Alta Montaña y del Proceso Pacífico de Reconciliación e Integración de la Alta Montaña y miembro del Espacio Regional de Construcción de Paz; y con apoyo de Angie Lederach (Ph.D. '20), profesora asistente de antropología cultural, Creighton University.

Para ver la región de Montes de María en un mapa, visite https://go.nd.edu/MontesdeMaria.

Lea algunas declaraciones de Montes de María mencionadas durante las conversaciones del podcast.

 

Resistance and Collective Security: A View from Montes de María

John Paul Lederach, professor emeritus of international peacebuilding, moderates a conversatoin on the work to ensure security, rights and a peaceful society in Montes de Maria, Colombia. Panelists include Maria Lucia Zapata (M.A. '07), Director of the M.A. Program in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Javeriana University; Pablo Abitbol, professor of the new political economy, big history, and theories of democracy and development, Technological University of Bolivar; and Angie Lederach (Ph.D. '20), assistant professor of cultural anthropology, Creighton University.

To view the Montes de Maria region on a map, visit https://go.nd.edu/MontesdeMaria.

Read some statements from Montes de Maria that were mentioned during the podcast conversations. 

The Colombian Final Agreement in the Era of COVID-19: Institutional and Citizen Ownership is Key to Implementation

The Barometer Initiative team, part of the Kroc Institute's Peace Accords Matrix Project, is providing real-time monitoring of the Colombian peace accord implementation process. The team just released their fifth comprehensive report on the status of implementation, and discuss the report's main findings.

Read the full report at go.nd.edu/KrocFifthReport.

El Acuerdo Final de Colombia en tiempos del COVID-19: apropiación institucional y ciudadana como clave de la implementación

El equipo de la Iniciativa del Barómetro, parte del Proyecto Matriz de Acuerdos de Paz del Instituto Kroc, está proporcionando monitoreo en tiempo real del proceso de implementación del acuerdo de paz colombiano. El equipo acaba de publicar su quinto informe exhaustivo sobre el estado de implementación y analizar los principales hallazgos del informe. Encuentre aquí el informe completo: go.nd.edu/QuintoInformeKroc.

Un episodio en inglés se publicará más tarde el 26 de mayo.

Peace Policy Spotlight: Migration, The Rights of the Child, and Climate Change

Erin Corcoran, executive director of the Kroc Institute and associate teaching professor at the Keough School, talks with the authors from the latest issue of "Peace Policy," a quarterly publication of the Kroc Institute that offers research-based insights, commentary, and solutions to the global challenge of violent conflict. The latest issue focuses on issues related to U.S. immigration and refugee policies, especially at the southern border.

Guest authors and podcast guests include Kristina Campbell, Professor of Law at the David A. Clarke School of Law, part of the University of the District of Columbia and a 2002 alumna of Notre Dame Law School; and Elizabeth Keyes, Associate Professor of Law at the Immigrant Rights Clinic, part of the University of Baltimore.

Read the full episode of Peace Policy at peacepolicy.nd.edu. 

Peace Accords Matrix Team Releases First Report on the Status of Implementation for the Ethnic Chapter in Colombia's 2016 Final Peace Agreement

The Peace Accords Matrix Program (PAM), part of the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, has released its first report monitoring the implementation of 80 stipulations within the 2016 Colombian Peace Agreement related to ethnic communities across the country. In this episode, members of the team discuss the report's findings.

Read the full report at https://go.nd.edu/EthnicReport2021. 

AI, Social Media, and Mass Violence Prevention

Ernesto Verdeja, associate professor of political science and peace studies, talks with faculty fellow Walter Scheirer and postdoctoral research associate Michael Yankoski (Ph.D. '20) about their new project using new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for analyzing manipulated political memes on social media, an important source of disinformation and a contributor to political instability. Learn more about the project at go.nd.edu/AIandPoliticalViolence.

Where Next for Myanmar?

This episode includes audio from a February 9, 2021, event entitled “Where Next for Myanmar?” This event was presented by the Keough School, the Kroc Institute and the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. Speakers include Caroline Hughes, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Chair in Peace Studies; Ingrid Jordt, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Tharaphi Than, Associate Professor of World Languages and Cultures, Northern Illinois University; and Michel Hockx, Director, Liu Institute.

AI, Social Media, and Mass Violence Prevention

Ernesto Verdeja, associate professor of political science and peace studies, talks with faculty fellow Walter Scheirer and recent Ph.D. graduate Michael Yankoski about their new project using new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for analyzing manipulated political memes on social media, an important source of disinformation and a contributor to political instability. Learn more about the project at go.nd.edu/AIandPoliticalViolence.