Today we started a two and a half day long simulation of the Georgia/Abkhazia conflict which is sure to prove challenging, yet rewarding at the same time. I have been appointed as the Abkhazian representative [...]
One of the overarching discussions that has permeated almost every session in this course so far is the question of how a balance between peace and justice can or should be struck in a peace [...]
Hearing Valerie Rosoux's lecture regarding memory and international relations was rather thought provoking for me, in how something so intangible (as thoughts, memories, and emotions) can have a significant impact on the relations between (as [...]
I’ll briefly address participant feedback from my recent presentation and this afternoon’s discussion on the International Criminal Court (ICC). Yesterday afternoon I shared my experiences and views from my 2008-2009 deployment to Iraq as an [...]
The morning lecture of July 7th started with an AFI award-winning film by a young Bosnian refugee, Harun Mehmedinovic, entitled “In the name of the son”. The movie tells the story of Tarik, a Bosnian [...]
When I received an email about IPSI a few months ago, I looked at the list of speakers and was super excited by the chance to meet some of these people – and I definitely [...]
The thing that has impressed me about the Bologna Symposium has been, as expected, the wealth of learning that takes place outside of the classroom. Other students have already written about the real-world applications of [...]
‘IF YOU GIVE A BOY A HAMMER, EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE A NAIL’. Said John Prendergast at the beginning of his lecture on the conflicts in the DR Congo and The Sudan (Darfur to be exact). [...]
The week of post conflict and reconciliation started with the lecture of ambassador Alvaro De Soto. With extensive experience at the United Nations, particularly taking part in the negotiations that led to peace agreements in [...]
In his seminal work, Agenda for Peace, former UN Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali states that, “the concept of peace is easy to grasp” while that of security “is more complex”. Boutros-Ghali suggests that everyone already knows [...]