Matt Waldman

DPIR Research Associate Matt Waldman has published a new study on mediation effectiveness. Based on interviews with 86 leading mediation professionals and ten expert colloquia, it is one of the largest consultations of its kind. Read more: ow.ly/vOS250U4f18

Why do peacemaking efforts so often fail? In part because we're not getting the fundamentals right. @BelferCenter belfercenter.org/research-analy…

Virtual Reality: The Frontier of Peacemaking - a new report exploring the immense potential of VR centerforempathy.org/virtual-realit… via @EmpathyCenter

CEIA's new report on the power of Virtual Reality: centerforempathy.org/virtual-realit…

A massive 70,000 Afghans applied for asylum in October alone (UNHCR), unprecedented since 2001 & reflects a growing security crisis.

With escalating conflict & the #Taliban in tumult, how can #Afghanistan navigate its increasingly uncertain future? chathamhouse.org/publication/op…

So many thought the Taliban could be defeated. Now Afghan forces are being slaughtered - 680 pm. World powers must act to promote talks.

#Syria. Crimes against humanity require the world powers to act. news.yahoo.com/amnesty-slams-….

A discussion about the prospects for Afghan peace talks with Barney Rubin, Michael Semple and Farzana Shaikh: chathamhouse.org/file/19609

"Each time I think: Is this the war when I die?' What was the conflict like for #Gazan civilians? See: huffingtonpost.com/nicolette-boeh…

2,203 American troops have died in Afghanistan. How many Afghan soldiers or police have died? We're not told because the truth would be ugly

#Afghans have a right to know how many police and soldiers are being massacred by the #Taliban. The US & GoA are suppressing the facts.

When the US military & Afghan gov't consistently refuse to publish statistics about police & army deaths you know they are high. Very high.

The killing in #Afghanistan is unrelenting. So, what are the parties actually fighting over? Some thoughts: chathamhouse.org/publication/wh….

In @Afghanistan the choice is between unilateral @Taliban gains or political accommodation. Ergo: start talking. nytimes.com/2014/06/28/wor…

#Bergdahl: not a prisoner exchange, a giveaway: 5 sr. #Taliban for an absconder. The US shld have used its leverage to promote peace talks.

An informed commentary on the five #Taliban released from Gtmo for #Bergdahl: afghanistan-analysts.org/bergdahl-and-t…

Full troop withdrawal and a prisoner exchange with no real commitments from the #Taliban. The US has no rivals in squandering leverage.

About 4.8% of the Afghan Local Police — 1144 men — were killed in a year. Still, not many quitting their jobs. #page=5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyr…