Global violence will rise without investment in peace

On March 17, accompanied by armed FBI agents and police, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) used the threat of violence to dismantle an American symbol of peace. This hostile takeover of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) defied the organization’s independent status and location in a private – not federal – office building. DOGE allegedly threatened to end $190,000,000 worth of federal contracts held by USIP’s former security firm, Inter-Con, unless t