Laurie Nathan
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs
Professor of the Practice of Mediation, Mediation Program Director
- Mediation
- Conflict resolution
- Preventive diplomacy
- United Nations peacemaking
- African regional security
Nathan in the News
The Conversation
What would it take for a cease-fire to happen in Gaza?
November 21, 2023
By Laurie Nathan, Professor of the Practice of Mediation, University of Notre Dame.
The Conversation
Russia’s war in Ukraine: how South Africa blew its chance as a credible mediator
April 13, 2022
Laurie Nathan, Professor of the Practice of Mediation, University of Notre Dame.

America
Were Orthodox Christians massacred in Ethiopia?
January 29, 2021
Laurie Nathan, the director of the mediation program at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, describes the report of a massacre in Axum as credible, though unverified.