University of Notre Dame
Kroc Institutde for International Peace Studies

Author: Lisa Schirch

Lisa Schirch is the Richard G. Starmann, Sr., Visiting Professorship Chair in Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute and Senior Research Fellow at the Toda Institute. She is also a Senior Fellow with the Alliance for Peacebuilding and Visiting Scholar at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

Articles

AI Policy and the Conditions for Peace

AI Policy and the Conditions for Peace

The power of artificial intelligence (AI) is palpable from Bangladesh to Brussels, and from Syria to Syracuse. In this issue of Peace Policy, authors offer glimpses of how AI is already reshaping the conditions for peace and conflict. AI is altering how people relate...

Seven Peacebuilding Reflections on Violent Extremism

Seven Peacebuilding Reflections on Violent Extremism

What have peacebuilding experts learned from twenty years of counterterrorism? Here are seven reflections. 1. Violent extremism results from fear and frustration paired with the fantasy of a “pure” society.  Since 2001, Muslims have spoken out about the stigma they...

Civil-Military Interaction in Peacebuilding

Civil-Military Interaction in Peacebuilding

Lisa Schirch and David Cortright In recent decades, international peacekeeping missions have become more robust and multi-dimensional, involving diverse civilian and military actors. In many cases, civilian peacebuilding and development actors are on the ground...