AmityPoint Institute

Migration affects real people and real lives.

Join us in Amsterdam for a thoughtful and open conversation on security and human rights and how these issues connect to healthcare, media and public discourse.

📅 21 June 2026
📍 Amsterdam

This is a free workshop and a chance to listen, share and learn from different perspectives.

Reserve your place directly through messaging us or via e-mail address provided in the poster ([email protected])

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What actually drives foreign policy decisions?

We explored this in a recent workshop by looking at the US approach to Iran and Venezuela. Two very different cases, but the same underlying tension kept coming up. Energy interests and security concerns don’t always point in the same direction.

The discussion was honest, sometimes uncomfortable, and exactly what we were hoping for. No easy answers, just better questions.

We wrote up a few reflections from the session. Link below

https://amitypointinstitute.org/2026/04/22/between-oil-and-security-reflections-on-u-s-foreign-policy-toward-iran-and-venezuela/

Hello🤗,
I’d like to invite a few of you who are interested in global politics to join us for a workshop this coming Sunday.

We’ll be discussing the evolving dynamics of U.S. foreign policy, focusing on a comparative case study of Iran and Venezuela; particularly how oil interests and security concerns shape intervention strategies.

Feel free to read and engage with this short piece:
https://amitypointinstitute.org/2026/04/13/between-oil-and-security-a-dual-logic-of-united-states-intervention-in-iran-and-venezuela/

Your thoughts and perspectives will really enrich the discussion.

If you’d like to attend, kindly inbox me to reserve a seat (and a plate of Kenyan food 😉).

Looking forward to a great conversation🤗

We’ve just published a new article looking at U.S. foreign policy toward Iran and Venezuela and the deeper logic behind it.

“Between Oil and Security: A Dual Logic of United States Intervention in Iran and Venezuela”

The article explores how two key forces, energy interests and security concerns, have shaped U.S. involvement in both countries over time.

Rather than pointing to a single motive, it shows how these drivers interact. Sometimes they reinforce each other, and sometimes they pull policy in different directions.

If you’re interested in geopolitics, energy, or international relations, this offers a fresh perspective on a familiar topic.

Read more:

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On 20 February 2026, we gathered at the AmityPoint workshop Why Peace Efforts Struggle to ask a difficult question:

Why do so many peace processes fail to create lasting peace?

Together, we explored conflicts in Israel–Palestine, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Ukraine. But instead of debating politics, we examined patterns — power asymmetry, elite negotiations, exclusion of civilians, delayed accountability, and the tension between stability and justice.

We returned again and again to one powerful reminder: peace is not just a signed agreement. It is whether someone can walk to fetch water safely. Whether families can live without fear. Whether dignity is restored.

This reflection piece captures the insights, tensions, and unanswered questions from that day in Amsterdam.

Read the full article here:
https://amitypointinstitute.org/2026/03/04/why-peace-efforts-struggle-reflections-from-the-amitypoint-workshop-20-february-2026/

We invite you to continue the conversation.

Today, we’re sharing a new article from Amitypoint Institute titled The Illusion of Peace: War Crimes, Occupation and Global Inaction in Palestine.

Written by Niall Clements, Amal Mansoor, Smaragda Vasileiadi, Francesca Bottan, and Togo Yasuda, and edited and reviewed by Beline Nyangi, this piece takes a hard look at the language of “peace” and what it often conceals. It reflects on ongoing occupation, alleged violations of international law, and the persistent gap between global rhetoric and lived reality.

At its core, the article asks an important question: what does peace really mean if justice and accountability remain out of reach?

We invite you to read the full piece and engage with the analysis. Thoughtful dialogue and informed discussion are essential, especially on issues that demand sustained international attention.

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Read more here:

https://amitypointinstitute.org/2026/02/17/the-illusion-of-peace-war-crimesoccupation-and-global-inaction-in-palestine/

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Today, we’re sharing a new article from Amitypoint Institute titled The Illusion of Peace: War Crimes, Occupation and Global Inaction in Palestine.

Written by Niall Clements, Amal Mansoor, Smaragda Vasileiadi, Francesca Bottan, and Togo Yasuda, and edited and reviewed by Beline Nyangi, this piece takes a hard look at the language of “peace” and what it often conceals. It reflects on ongoing occupation, alleged violations of international law, and the persistent gap between global rhetoric and lived reality.

At its core, the article asks an important question: what does peace really mean if justice and accountability remain out of reach?

We invite you to read the full piece and engage with the analysis. Thoughtful dialogue and informed discussion are essential, especially on issues that demand sustained international attention.

Read more here:

https://amitypointinstitute.org/2026/02/17/the-illusion-of-peace-war-crimesoccupation-and-global-inaction-in-palestine/

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AmityPoint would love to invite you to our upcoming workshop, Conflict in Context – Why Peace Efforts Struggle.

We’re coming together on 20 February 2026 from 2:00 to 6:00 pm at Emancipatiecentrum Vrouw en Vaart for an afternoon of dialogue, learning, and reflection on conflict and peace in real-life contexts.

The workshop is free of charge. There will be coffee and tea, and we’ll also share dinner together afterwards with Kenyan cuisine.

Please note that spaces are limited to 20 people, so be sure to register early to secure your spot.

Register via: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/amitypoint-workshop-conflict-in-context-why-peace-efforts-struggle-tickets-1982573399407

We look forward to welcoming you.

The recent post on AmityPoint reflects on a powerful story from Diepsloot titled “The Shop on the Corner: Why We Must Choose Ubuntu Over Fear,” written by . It follows the lives of two neighbours, Thabo and Mamadou, whose friendship and shared resilience were slowly undone when fear and blame began to take hold in their community. What was lost was not only a small shop, but trust, dignity and the sense of belonging that once tied people together.

This reflection reminds us that when inequality, unemployment and broken systems go unanswered, fear becomes the loudest voice in the room. People begin to turn against one another, not because they lack humanity, but because hardship is redirected toward the most visible targets.

Beline invites us to look deeper than the headlines and confront the real roots of social division. She calls us to rebuild connection through empathy, honest dialogue, shared opportunities and a renewed commitment to Ubuntu, the belief that my humanity is intertwined with yours.

At AmityPoint, we believe that peacebuilding begins in everyday relationships, in the small choices people make to choose compassion rather than suspicion and in communities that refuse to let fear define who they are.

Read the full piece here: https://amitypointinstitute.org/2026/01/02/the-shop-on-the-corner-why-we-must-choose-ubuntu-over-fear/