Public Commentary

Via the occasional publication of commentary in international media, IFIT experts share original analysis and recommendations on the risks and opportunities in contexts of national dialogue and transition.

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Public Commentary / 26 September 2024

Does transitional justice have anything to say on gang violence?

By Mark Freeman / IFIT Founder and Executive Director and Thierry Cruvellier

Public Commentary / 19 August 2024

Manual para desactivar un conflicto en sociedades altamente polarizadas

By Gabriela Warkentin and Mark Freeman / IFIT Founder and Executive Director

Public Commentary / 16 August 2024

La polarización es un hiperproblema y una grave amenaza

By Juanita León

Public Commentary / 30 May 2024

Ten ideas on how to overcome polarization

By Mark Freeman / IFIT Founder and Executive Director and Hilary Pennington

Public Commentary / 04 December 2023

¿Cuál es la polarización que nos preocupa en México?

By Idalina Arreola Atilano and Mark Freeman / IFIT Founder and Executive Director

Public Commentary / 29 November 2023

Cómo rescatar la paz total con el menor costo político

By Martha Maya

Public Commentary / 31 July 2023

Profecía autocumplida

By Gabriela Warkentin

Public Commentary / 22 June 2023

What do we really know about polarization? Q&A with Mark Freeman

By Mark Freeman / IFIT Founder and Executive Director and Hilary Pennington

Public Commentary / 22 March 2023

Los debates que hay que dar sobre la agenda del ELN

By Martha Maya

Public Commentary / 25 September 2022

La seguridad no es la antítesis de la paz

By Martha Maya

Public Commentary / 19 September 2022

Tres lecciones para avanzar en la Reforma Rural

By Andrés García Trujillo

Public Commentary / 20 July 2022

Scotland TV feature with IFIT’s Mark Freeman and Asli Ozcelik Olcay: the Peace Treaty Initiative and the conflict in Ukraine

Public Commentary / 13 April 2022

Ukrainian and Russian Narratives Must Evolve for Diplomacy to Succeed

By Alexandre Marc

Public Commentary / 23 March 2022

Interview with Mark Freeman in Libertatea: Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine

By Mark Freeman / IFIT Founder and Executive Director and Andreea Archip

Colombia

Public Commentary / 15 March 2022

Getting back to what matters: Victim voices and the making of international law

By Paula Gaviria Betancur

Public Commentary / 28 February 2022

Negotiating amnesties, peace and justice: a new path

By Mark Freeman / IFIT Founder and Executive Director and Louise Mallinder

Public Commentary / 28 February 2022

Here is a way for international law to better help end conflicts

By Hesham Youssef

Photo by Mark Jones

Public Commentary / 15 February 2022

Philanthropy Must Disrupt Polarization Before It Does Irreparable Harm to the Field and Those It Serves

By Mark Freeman / IFIT Founder and Executive Director and Hilary Pennington

Sebastian Tovar

Public Commentary / 30 November 2021

La Innovación Incluyente en los PDET

By Andrés García Trujillo

IFIT Peace Treaty Initiative

Public Commentary / 26 October 2021

Blog Symposium: Peace Treaty Initiative

By Mark Freeman / IFIT Founder and Executive Director, Asli Ozcelik Olcay and Juana Acosta