Understanding Peacebuilding: An Issue of Approach Rather than Definition
The complexity or difficulty in understanding peacebuilding derives from the multiple approaches articulated for addressing a conflict’s root causes.
The Politics of Conflict Archaeology: HMP Maze as a ‘Dark Heritage’ Case Study
Northern Ireland must find a way to re-purpose but not to sanitize a heritage which fascinates outsiders, provides learning, and contains resonance for other peace processes.
Opinion – Crisis in Ukraine and High-Intensity Psychological Warfare
As troops mass around the borders of Ukraine, Russia and the West are waging a high-intensity psychological war – a struggle no less important than military threats.
Spectacular Violence: Pellet Guns and the Sovereign Right to Maim in Kashmir
Perspectives of violence, visuality and disability help reveal ways of seeing in Kasmir and how the blinded body serves both as a sight and site of politics.
Analysing Amnesty International’s ‘Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians’ Report
The report spotlights practices that warrant scrutiny, yet what is equally worrisome is that it seems to be part of a movement to delegitimize Israel as a state.
Exploring the Normalization of Relations Between Armenia and Turkey
Normalization is a sound policy, but it remains unclear how the question of genocide will fit into the idea of ‘relations without preconditions’.
Opinion – In Defence of International Law
Far from a mere paper tiger the measure of international law is today shown by the successful prosecution of both powerful and rogue states alike.
National and Geopolitical Identities and Attitudes to Decommunisation in Dnipro and Kharkiv
The pro-European mindset is most likely distinct, possibly being an outgrowth of the Euromaidan Revolution.
What Shapes the Narratives on Internally Displaced People in Dnipro Media?
IDP’s are typically covered as a group receiving benefits, largely ignoring deeper issues such as their human rights, adaptation and trauma and the question of a sense of belonging.
Decommunisation in Dnipropetrovsk and Dnipro in 2014–2019
New toponyms reflect the complex and multifaceted history of the city which arose in Cossack times and was formed by Ukrainians and other ethnic groups.
