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A white building from the outside - the word 'pace' is painted on the front

17 Apr 2022 5 minute read

This article is more than one year old.

Inside the ‘arsenal of peace’

As volunteers prepare aid for Ukrainian refugees, Simone Lai reports from Italy’s largest arms factory –...

The legs of people wearing camouflage and black boots. They are marching.

6 Oct 2021 3 minute read

This article is almost two years old.

What if… armed forces were abolished?

Symon Hill envisages a world without the military.

1 Jul 2021 4 minute read

This article is almost two years old.

Alternative combat

Louisa Waugh speaks to activists in Israel and Palestine working together in the name of peace.

23 Nov 2018 3 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Colombia’s peace deal, two years on: ‘We can’t stop now’

Women fought hard for recognition in their country’s peace agreement. Now they must defend it from a deadly backlash....

The road to peace in Colombia: the funeral in April 2017 of indigenous leader Gerson Acosta, among the hundreds killed since the peace deal of 2016.

31 Aug 2018 6 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

The slow and bloody road to justice

Colombia’s peace deal promised the return of stolen lands. But it isn’t so easy to achieve, Mira Galanova...

20 Sep 2018 10 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

Meet the peacemakers

From occupied Palestine to Scottish high schools, people across the world are challenging the warmongers. We profiled eight...

7 Oct 2018 3 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

Inside the mind of the mediator

Got what it takes to be a peace-building mediator? Take our quiz and find out.

Old covers of New Internationalist

6 Aug 2018 2 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

Introducing the New Internationalist relaunch

After becoming the UK’s largest media co-operative we decided to make our flagship magazine bigger and better.

The front cover of New Internationalist’s redesigned September magazine

9 Aug 2018 3 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

How we chose our relaunch cover

The making of #NI515: why we went for Tim Hetherington’s portrait from Liberia as the relaunch cover for the redesigned...

27 Jun 2017 3 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

The day Colombia’s FARC guerrilla ceases to exist as an armed group

The guerrillas are handing weapons over to the UN, but they are in fear. Thomas Mortensen reports from Urabá...

31 May 2017 3 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

The Manchester bombing and the battle for peace

It’s hard to speak the truth when grief and anger are at their peak, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

1 Nov 2016 6 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

Another blow to Colombia’s peace process

The country’s President Juan Manuel Santos has cancelled peace talks with the National Liberation Army over a hostage dispute...

1 Sep 2016 5 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

How not to build peace: what's been missing from the UN process

UN peacekeeping is big business, but is it achieving its aims? asks Louisa Waugh.

1 Jul 2016 3 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

When petitions and protests aren’t enough: what next?

Andrea Needham, who 20 years ago was arrested for disarming weapons bound for Indonesia, argues for bold...

27 Jun 2016 3 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Colombia's farewell to arms

Leonardo Goi welcomes the end to a 52-year conflict between FARC rebels and the state.

1 May 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

The language of peacekeeping

The importance of communication should not be underestimated, writes Ruby Diamonde.

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