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Events Academic Year 2023-2024
March 6, 2024
Sounding the alarm on Sudan’s hunger crisis
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
08.00 – 09.30 EST
Hosted by Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI
Ten months after war erupted across Sudan, experts suggest that Sudan now has the worst hunger levels ever recorded. As Sudan heads into its annual ‘lean season’ it is estimated that seven million people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger. Mass starvation and high numbers of deaths are predicted by June, when child malnutrition is highest and disease is likely to compound the high levels of hunger.
The severity of the crisis demands a major scale-up on all fronts. Well-informed, concerted and rapid diplomatic, financial and aid efforts are needed to minimise extensive loss of life. Support must be tailored to the coping strategies of Sudan’s urban, displaced and rural populations, with particular attention to Sudanese responders who are providing the bulk of humanitarian efforts. The window to reduce the impact of what is rapidly becoming the world’s largest hunger crisis in decades is closing. Business as usual is not an option.
Moderator: Sorcha O Callaghan
Alex de Waal, Executive Director, World Peace Foundation
Anette Hoffmann, Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael
Hassan Alattar Satti, Conflict and Livelihoods Researcher and Visiting Fellow at the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
Youssif El Tayeb, Executive Director of the Darfur Development and Reconstruction Agency
January 31, 2024
Mass Starvation as a War Strategy: Observations from Gaza and elsewhere
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
5:30pm – 6:45pm EST
Hosted by the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
Please join the Fares Center for a talk and Q&A on Mass starvation as a war strategy: Observations from Gaza and elsewhere with Professor Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation and Tom Dannenbaum, Associate Professor of International Law.
Professors de Waal and Dannenbaum will provide an overview of the use of mass starvation as a war strategy. The talk will include observations from Gaza, Ethiopia, The Sudan, Yemen and Syria.
Moderator:
Amaia Elorza Arregi
November 2, 2023
Ginn Library at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Thursday, Nov 2, 2023
12 PM – 1:15 PM EDT (GMT-4)
We the Young Fighters: Pop Culture, Terror, and War in Sierra Leone | Book talk by Marc Sommers w/ Alex DeWaal
Marc Sommers will discuss his new book, We the Young Fighters, which probes terror-based warfare and how rap icon Tupac Shakur, the Rambo film character, and especially reggae legend Bob Marley wove their way into the fabric of alienation, resistance, and hope in Sierra Leone. The tale of pop culture heroes radicalizing warfare and shaping peacetime underscores the need to engage with alienated youth and reform predatory governments. The book ends with a framework for customizing the international response to these twin challenges.
Marc Sommers is the author of ten books and the recipient of four book awards. His career blends peacebuilding and diplomacy with field research and training. Formerly at the State Department, Marc taught at the Fletcher School 2005-2011. He has used trust-based techniques in 22 war affected countries to address challenges involving youth, conflict, education, gender, governance, exclusion and violent extremism.
October 26, 2023
Breaking Open Conversations on the Arms Trade
Virtual
The World Peace Foundation’s program, Revitalizing Debate on the Arms Trade (RDAT), seeks to invigorate debate and policy about the arms trade through integrating the trade into other areas of policy, research, and activism.
In this panel, we explore initial RDAT findings.
Moderator: B. Arneson
Panel members: Nico Edwards, Emma Soubrier, Ruth Rohde, and Sam Perlo-Freeman