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Spring Training Highlights

One Earth Future's Secure Fisheries, organized a skill-based training session in the Injooni fishing village in Kismayo, Jubbaland Somalia. The training focused on various aspects of fishing equipment, particularly net making, maintenance, and repair. Five members from neighboring fishing communities participated in the session alongside local fishermen.

March 28,2024

Addressing Migration And Value Chains In The Arauca Region

Since 2021, this project generates opportunities for socio-economic inclusion and employment for the vulnerable local population and Venezuelan migrants.

March 27,2024

One Earth Future's Shuraako Program Joins The Invest Somalia Conference and Expo 2024 in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, April 24, 2024 - The Invest Somalia Conference and Expo has a clear message: the time to invest in Somalia are now. Somalia has demonstrated its readiness to embrace investment, setting the stage for fruitful partnerships and initiatives. Organizers and attendees are focused on paving the way for a more interconnected future for the region.

April 24,2024

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February 23, 2022

OEF Senior Strategic Advisor Dr. Conor Seyle Emphasizes Potential Consensus in Evidence during 2022 PeaceCon Panel

The PeaceCon panel discussion “Connecting Our Evidence: Creating Alignment in Measuring Peace and Conflict” presented several perspectives about how to address the issues invoked by the idea of “evidence-based practice” in peacebuilding.

February 18, 2022

OEF's Approach to Incubation

Our core organizational strategy and values require us to take seriously the idea that our goal is to catalyze systems that are sustainable, that are scalable and—most importantly—that actually address problems underlying conflict. So we’ve developed a theory of incubation, based on iteration and sc...

one earth future is an incubator of peacebuilding programs

February 16, 2022

Unstuck: Getting to Peace in Colombia

In 2015, negotiations were in full swing during the Colombian peace process. The negotiators were discussing one of the most complex issues: the delicate question of transitional justice and who would be held accountable for the thousands of war crimes. After a complete deadlock, President Juan Manu...

February 15, 2022

Innovating Peacemaking in the “Age of Unpeace:” Building Off-Ramps From War

Our column this month by OEF Executive Director Jon Bellish focuses on how we are innovating through this reality with two peacemaking and negotiation programs that aim to transform seemingly impossible conflicts through teamwork, creativity, relationship-building, and the use of open-source data to...

Hans Hogrefe

Sahana Dharmapuri

Cassandra Zavislak

February 10, 2022

Our Secure Future Policy Brief Focuses on the Inclusion of Women in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2022

Congress is currently discussing the inclusion of women in the current NDAA. Read the OSF brief summary of specific references to the inclusion of women in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2022 (NDAA, P.L. 117-81).

Tianran Xu

February 01, 2022

January 2022: Missile Tests of the DPRK

Except for the fourth nuclear test in 2016, January has traditionally been a calm month in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). However, a total of seven missile tests made January 2022 the busiest calendar month in the country's history of missile testing. The launch of a Hwasong-12 in...

January 26, 2022

Jubaland Explores Critical Community Benefits from Co-Management

Secure Fisheries Project Manager Jamal Hassan visited the Kismayo area of Somalia in December 2021 to discuss the potential for cooperative management with communities and government officials.

January 26, 2022

Katsuhisa Furukawa Commenting in Seikyo Shimbun on DPRK's Missile and Nuclear Programmes

Katsuhisa Furukawa comments on the DPRK's missile and nuclear programmes in the Japanese Seikyo Shimbun newspaper.

Jon Bellish

January 16, 2022

Incubating Peace: Four Imperatives for Fostering Peace Through Economic Development

Economic opportunity in the face of conflict has been at the center of several of One Earth Future’s initiatives for peace since the organization was established more than a decade ago those that are most ripe for scaled impact this year through partnership.

Tianran Xu

January 14, 2022

Analysis of the 11 January 2022 Hypersonic Missile Test of the DPRK

State media of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) reported on 12 January 2022 that the Academy of Defence Science had tested a hypersonic missile on 11 January 2022. This is the first missile launch in which DPRK leader Kim Jong Un has been officially confirmed as having been present s...

Katsuhisa Furukawa

January 14, 2022

The 4th Plenary Meeting of 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

The 4th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held in Pyongyang from 27 to 31 December 2021. This paper provides a description of the Central Committee and its mandate, key takeaways from the meeting and concluding observations.

January 12, 2022

Colorado’s Fire Destruction Shows How Long-Term Thinking and Collaboration are Critical in Addressing Climate Change

As we discussed the devastation with President Biden, Governor Polis, and our US Senators and Congressmen last week and contemplate daily the eerie vacuum of space where our homes once stood in Superior, Colorado, I wonder whether humanity can heed the warning calls of climate change.

January 10, 2022

New Shuraako Impact Investments Support Youth, Foster Renewable Energy

As 2022 begins, Shuraako continues to provide Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund loans for businesses in the Somali region that are building markets and livelihoods in several important sectors. With a focus on companies that provide youth employment and utilize renewable energy, Shuraako rece...

Sahana Dharmapuri

January 10, 2022

Gender Equality Is Central to Technology and Democracy

Our Secure Future Director Sahana Dharmapuri recently published an OpEd in Foreign Policy in collaboration with OSF Fellow Jolynn Shoemaker urging policymakers that gender should not be sidelined from global technology governance efforts.

January 10, 2022

Laura Rockwood Interviewed by CNN: The Pandemic Forced Kim Jong Un into Retreat. The World Should Brace for His Resurgence

ONN Director Laura Rockwood was interviewed in a CNN feature focused on Kim Jong Un's ascent to power, leadership style, nuclear strategy, and how COVID may affect the future of the DPRK and Korean Peninsula.

Tianran Xu

January 07, 2022

ONN Brief: Analysis on the 5 January 2022 Hypersonic Missile Test of the DPRK

State media of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) reported on 6 January 2022 that the Academy of Defence Science had tested a hypersonic missile on 5 January 2022. This is an initial analysis based on available information.

January 07, 2022

The battle to prevent another Jan. 6 features a new weapon: The algorithm

One Earth Future Executive Director Jon Bellish was interviewed for a Washington Post examination of both the benefits and concerns of AI and machine learning in predicting political violence.

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