How Qualitative Fieldwork Can Help Understand Civil Wars
If a researcher can safely conduct fieldwork using relational approaches, carefully mitigating potential risks and vulnerabilities, it could be an invaluable exercise.
No Clear Winner, One Clear Loser in Afghanistan
The Afghanistan conflict has provided the necessary dynamics of instability without stable institutions, making it an inviting strategic space for competing parties.
The Myanmar Conundrum: What Matters, and What Matters Less
As long as the root causes of what has been happening in Burma are not understood, the Myanmar conundrum proves to be mental before anything else.
Review – First Raise a Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace
A meticulously researched, revelatory, and engrossing account of how South Sudan’s pursuit of statehood became a struggle for survival.
Russian Military Aggression or ‘Civil War’ in Ukraine?
Putin’s inability to comprehend his mistakes and his longevity in power for another sixteen years make the chances for peace low.
Fear as Driver of International Relations
Fear is a primal instinct that is necessary for survival and it shapes human choices and actions in all spheres of life, including international relations.
What Determines The Implementation of Civil War Peace Agreements?
Perspectives ranging from commitment theory and the spoiler model, to the peace–justice framework, political regime and leadership theories explain why some agreements relapse while others continue.
Self-Determination as a Process: The United Nations in South Sudan
In South Sudan, self-determination was ensured only to have it violated by external powers. These interferences did not help end the conflict; rather they made it worse.
Review – Keepers of the Future: La Coordinadora of El Salvador
Avi Lewis’ documentary demonstrates how a Salvadorian community are overcoming violent conflict, prioritising their relationship with nature and participatory democracy.
Interview – Yolande Bouka
Yolande Bouka discusses the importance of Black History Month, anti-black racism and how to decolonise IR, female agency in warfare and transitional justice in Rwanda.
