19 Mar, 2025
Are We Fine with Empty Seats?
Are We Fine with Empty Seats? by Patrick T. Hiller 724 words Not long after the Trump administration took office, my...
19 Mar, 2025
16 Aug, 2021
“There is no military solution.” Time to get real about it.
“There is no military solution to the conflict.” That was the conclusion reached by the Biden administration earlier this year, which set into motion the plans for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of August...
18 Sep, 2020
Peace Education, not Patriotic Education
“The President’s call to “restore patriotic education in our schools” via the creation of the “1776 Commission” aimed at controlling...
6 Jan, 2020
Instead of real-time commentary, eight common-sense reasons for not going to war with Iran
“In the wake of the assassination of Iranian military leader Major General Qasem Soleimani and nine other people by a...
9 Apr, 2019
Why refusing to label Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terror organization keeps us out of war
“A “Twitter-stamp” by Secretary of State Pompeo made it official. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is now designated as a...
31 Jan, 2019
Make Venezuela Great Again? Let the Venezuelans decide how. Five ideas from peace research.
“Have we not learned a thing? As the crisis in Venezuela continues to unfold, we are witnessing yet another blatant...
21 Jun, 2018
Children in cages create glimmers of the moral reserve
“Are children in cages the turning point? Under huge public pressure, President Trump issued an executive order that instead of...
9 Jan, 2018
An Olympic Glimmer on the Horizon – North Korea and South Korea Stepping Down the Escalation Ladder
“The world is a month away from the PyeonChang 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. My friends in South Korea...
3 Nov, 2017
How to respond when someone uses a vehicle as a weapon of terror
“The use of vehicles as weapons to kill civilians has sparked global fear and attention. Such attacks can be carried...
20 Sep, 2017
The bully showed up at the wrong playground – Trump’s misguided address at the United Nations
““It was the wrong speech, at the wrong time, to the wrong audience,” Swedish foreign Minister Margot Wallström expressed about...
23 May, 2017
The $110 Billion Myth of Supporting Saudi Arabia’s Defense Needs
“Amidst a range of domestic controversies and the pushback against his agenda and actions, President Trump went back to one...
20 Apr, 2017
Don’t get distracted by a carrier group wandering around Southeast Asia. Get real about preventing war.
“During further escalation of tensions between the United States and North Korea, pundits and other experts are trying to figure...
9 Feb, 2017
Resistance gone mainstream
“When reality show celebrity Donald Trump won the 2016 Presidential election, many of us who professionally and passionately work for...
19 Jan, 2017
Guns Against Grizzlies at Schools or Peace Education as Resistance?
“The inauguration of a new President is looming and incoming administration officials like billionaire Betsy DeVos—Trump’s pick for Secretary of...
7 Oct, 2016
Why Aleppo is the symptom of what is wrong with how we deal with atrocities
““Never again!” is once again brought to our attention as we are facing killing and suffering of civilians on a...