Review Feature – The Privatisation of Military Force
This review feature examines three books analysing private military firms and finds they each offer a valuable take on the private sector’s role in peacekeeping.
Interview – Johan Galtung
Professor Johan Galtung discusses his career, offers his thoughts on the crisis in Crimea, UN peacekeeping missions and offers advice for young scholars of IR.
Review – Afghanistan, Pakistan and Strategic Change
Krause and Mallory’s edited collection correctly emphasizes that, despite the West’s long involvement in Afghanistan, a much better understanding is needed.
Federalism as Peace-Building: Searching for Solutions to the Conflict in Yemen
In its current form, it is difficult to read federalism as a long-term peace-building solution in the midst of Yemen’s on-going conflicts and insecurity.
Review – Routledge Handbook of African Politics
The editors should be congratulated on recruiting such a calibre and range of expertise for their project and merging this knowledge and experience into a cohesive and accessible volume.
How to Promote a Perspicacious Intercultural Dialogue?
Rather than a “Clash of Civilizations”, Senghass argues there is a clash within civilizations and it should be met with a thoughtful and engaging dialogue that promotes peace and development.
The Dilemmas of a Hybrid Peace
Hybrid forms of politics result from the local/international encounter, resulting in a possible typology of several possibilities, which has implications for the resultant hybrid forms of peace.
Edited Collection – South Sudan’s Independence
This compendium explores South Sudan’s secession, the broader conceptual issues of state building, international development & conflict resolution.
The Linear Mindset in the UN Engagement with Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is portrayed as a successful case of UN intervention. However, this perception of Timor-Leste as a success is misguided and plays an important role in regards to the use of UN peace instruments and also in regards to the very credibility of the UN itself.
Review – Gender, Sex and the Postnational Defence
In Gender, Sex and the Postnational Defence, Annica Kronsell challenges an assumption that gender mainstreaming is more achievable than gender parity in military organisations.
