Call for Applicants: Early Warning Project Fellowship on Mozambique
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide seeks applicants for a fellowship to assess risks of mass atrocities in Mozambique.
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How to Use The Early Warning Project's Statistical Risk Assessment
Each year our Early Warning Project’s Statistical Risk Assessment produces a list of countries ranked in order of risk for mass killing. So how can one use the assessment to identify countries to prioritize? When we analyze our data, we look for countries in four rough categories: (1) Highest–Risk, (2) Consistently High-Risk, (3) Significant Shifts, and (4) Unexpected Results.
Launching the 2022-23 Early Warning Risk List
In February, the Early Warning Project launched its latest global risk assessment report, identifying Pakistan, Yemen, and Burma/Myanmar as highest risk for experiencing a new mass killing in 2022 or 2023.
Call for Applicants: Early Warning Project Fellowship on Uganda
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide seeks applicants for a fellowship to assess risks of mass atrocities in Uganda.
Launching New Early Warning Risk List
In late February, the Early Warning Project launched its latest early warning risk list, identifying Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as most likely to experience a new mass killing in 2020 or 2021.
New Report: Efforts Towards Peace in Côte d'Ivoire’s Presidential Elections
With just seven weeks until Cote d'Ivoire's presidential election, supporters of political parties, security forces, and militias have clashed in the streets, resulting in fatality estimates from seven to 26. A new report from a Simon-Skjodt Center fellow analyzes the evolving risks of mass atrocities in the country and the steps that domestic and international actors have taken to help prevent large-scale violence around the upcoming elections
Survey Results: Burkina Faso Tops Risk List for Mass Killing in 2020
For the seventh year in a row, the Early Warning Project ran a comparison survey in December to solicit opinions on countries' relative risks for new mass killing. In this post we highlight Burkina Faso, the highest-risk country according to Early Warning Project survey respondents.
Bipartisan Leaders Praise Early Warning Project at Event Launching New Risk Assessment
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, and Egypt top the list of countries at risk for new mass killing in 2018 or 2019, according to the Early Warning Project’s annual rankings released last week.