This month’s issue of Peace Policy, a publication of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, explores one of the most pressing questions of this era: What can be done, if anything, to prevent more instances of the worst war-related crimes against humanity?

One of the articles included in this collection, The Power of Local Networks in Preventing Atrocities: Lessons from Central Africa, highlights lessons learned from the work of Invisible Children and its partners. In an era of foreign aid funding cuts and escalating mass atrocities, authors Paul Ronan and Peter Quaranto make the case that doubling down on support for local peacebuilders provides a cost-effective, resilient, and sustainable model for preventing atrocities. It also argues that the advocacy of dedicated citizens has been critical–and will continue to be critical–in generating sustained U.S. Government support for local peacebuilders in central Africa, including those being supported by Invisible Children.  

Read the full issue of Peace Policy, including contributions from other leading experts in the field of atrocity prevention, here.