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Pakistan’s role and strategic priorities in Afghanistan since 1980: Safdar Sial 11 June 2013
Pakistan’s Afghan policy in 1980s and 1990s largely remained focused on seeking strategic depth in Afghanistan and countering the traditional Afghanistan-India alliance, which had been creating trouble for Pakistan by supporting the Balochi insurgents and promoting the idea of a greater Pashtunistan. It gradually developed a progressiv... more
“We are one, but we are different”: Murle identity and local peacebuilding in Jonglei State, South Sudan: Diana Felix da Costa 13 June 2013
Despite the Murle group being politically and economically marginalised, local and national political and popular discourses portray this group as the main aggressor in South Sudan’s Jonglei State. This widely asserted narrative ignores the fact that responsibility for the cycle of violence in Jonglei rests with all those perpetrating... more
Israel’s internal frontier: the enduring power of ethno-nationalism: Cathrine Thorleifsson 14 June 2013
This policy brief examines the paradox of Mizrahim (Arab Jews) supporting right-wing Israeli policies through a case study of the border town of Kiryat Shemona. Based on ethnographic research, it illuminates the enduring power of ethno-nationalism and demonstrates how it affects Mizrahi lives. more
Peace processes and international law: Federico Andreu-Guzmán 22 May 2013
No political solution to internal armed conflict that seeks to secure lasting peace can be based on impunity for crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes; the denial of the rights to justice, truth, and reparation for victims, their relatives, and society; contempt for the basic principles of the rule of law; or the conti... more

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