This site aims to share insights from a career focused on conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Over the years, I have been asked to share conversations, muses, writings, and interviews with a wider audience.  These are offered for my colleagues, friends, family, and students who have made such a positive impact and shown great interest in…

It should be lost on nobody who follows international affairs, that we have lost some of the great leaders of our time in the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, President Mikhail Gorbachev, and General Colin Powell.   Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II’s passing on September 8, 2022 marked the end of the longest reign of…

We hear much about the daily events in Ukraine…Discussions of who is funding weapons and technology is mentioned regularly in the press. Which side is winning and losing specific battles is also, and rightly, of interest. The details of carnage and rare successes draw the interest and ire of readers, leaders, and humanitarians alike. The…

A Chinese surveillance (spy) balloon entered United States air space this week and began closely monitoring some of America’s most sensitive strategic locations. Strategic military bases were overflown for significant periods of time over the past few days. The proposed responses to this hostile airspace incursion vary significantly. Some individuals believe monitoring the balloon is…