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	May 31, 2015 In UN Peacebuilding, Local Ownership Takes Backseat Political Institutions, Political Conflict Local ownership of peacebuilding activities makes sense in theory, but is rarely put into practice in UN peace operations. Guest author Sarah von Billerbeck explains more in this blog based on her talk at OEF Research's scholar-practitioner series at the UN.
	May 28, 2015 Blood Teak: Natural Resources Competition in Myanmar Political Conflict If Myanmar's government would need no pretext to roll back national political reforms, why might minority groups cause any provocation with escalating violence? OEF Research Jay Benson wrote this blog on the Wilson Center's New Security Beat.
	May 24, 2015 Financing the Negotiation of Community Agreements to Facilitate Sustainable Benefits from Mining Political Institutions, Political Conflict A roundtable workshop was hosted by the One Earth Future Foundation (OEF), in collaboration with the Ateneo School of Government and Puno and Puno Law Offices to provide strategic research support for developing the RTC Impact Fund.
	May 18, 2015 Altruism & Spite: The Influence of Our Neighbors Evolution, Cooperation, and ConflictThis vlog explains something new about the evolution of social behavior. Click to watch!
	May 14, 2015 Destabilizing Dark Networks: The Case of Illegal Trade in African Elephant Ivory Political Institutions, Political Conflict, Business & Governance One of the unintended consequences of the increasingly globalized world is the growth of international wildlife crime. This has led to a global crisis on the African continent that we should no longer ignore.
	May 12, 2015 The Power of the Private Sector - An Untapped Source of Atrocity Prevention Political Conflict, Business & Governance The private sector is often an underutilized, underestimated source for preventing and responding to atrocity crimes, says OEF Research's Conor Seyle on ICRtoP's blog.
	May 11, 2015 Unsafe Sea Migration, and The Real Counter-Piracy Lessons Political Institutions, Political Conflict More than 1,600 migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea in 2015. The month of April alone accounted for an estimated 1,100 dead in three separate accidents involving over-crowded vessels ferrying people fleeing the conflicts in Middle Eastern and Northern African countries for the safety of Europe.
	May 07, 2015 From "Reduced War" to "Beyond War" Political Conflict, Evolution, Cooperation, and Conflict There are many questions we need to wrestle with if we want to seriously take on achieving a world beyond war. These are the central questions OEF asked a forum of global thought leaders to deliberate.

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