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What has become of the country's young people 10 years after the war? Professor Cat Bolten is finding out.

Francis Deng will deliver the 17th Annual Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy on April 19.

Christian Davenport and Ernesto Verdeja have been awarded a grant for research that aims to reduce state repression.

Religion’s influence on politics has surged on almost every continent during the past 40 years, says a new book co-authored by Daniel Philpott.

Notre Dame peace studies seniors Shannon Coyne and Shanna Gast are the recipients of the Kroc Institute’s 2011 Yarrow Award.

In the past 25 years, the U.S. and Russia have reduced nuclear weapon stocks from 70,000 to fewer than 22,000. The New Start treaty will bring this number down even more. A number of new opportunities are converging to provide the basis for a future without nuclear weapons.

John Katunga is the Kroc Institute's 2011 Catholic Relief Services fellow.