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Confronting Violent Peace: When Peace Processes become the Crisis of Armed Conflict

Negotiating peace agreements should ideally be a means of ending violence. The political reality in Latin America and many other places around the globe, however, teaches us that political violence and polarization tend to surge after armed fighting comes to an end. The 2016 peace agreement in Colombia promised a different path as it has been applauded for its unique inclusive and comprehensive spirit. The stalled implementation of key reform projects and the systematic killing of community leaders, former combatants, and human rights defenders (HRDs), nevertheless, seem to have cast the same violent shadow over this peace process five years after the ceremonial signing of the agreement.

Editor's Picks, ResearchMoazzma ArshadJune 22, 2022armed conflict, violence, peace, colombia, hegemonic crisis

“You’re So Exotic Looking”: Analyzing Intersectional Violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander Women

Four years ago, we, four Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) female social workers, researched experiences on anti-Asian violence as demonstrated in Twitter posts using the hashtag #thisis2016. We published our findings in the feminist social work journal, Affilia, in March 2021, the same week as the Atlanta spa shootings involving the murder of six Asian American women.

Critical Essay: (In)sensitive Violence, Development, and the Smell of the Soil: Strategic Decision-making of What?

‘Powerful actors such as multinational corporations (MNCs), mainstream non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and western aid agencies expend considerable efforts to dominate marginalized groups such as powerless communities and labor forces. It is not always easy to point out exactly which powerful actors did what to result in violence such as injury and killing. Because of this limited traceability of actions, certain consequences of such violence remain invisible for a long period of time.