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Non-conventional armed violence and non-state actors: challenges for mediation and humanitarian action
A members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang displays his tattoos inside the Chelatenango prison in El Salvador by markarinafotos with cc license from Flickr Ivan Briscoe 29 May 2013
The hybrid character of both armed violence and conflict stands at the heart of current global security con... more  
Conflict financing: what’s wrong with war economies?
Arms Trader Manufactors Weapon in his Workshop on the Smugglers' Bazaar by nicolas with cc license from Flickr Mark B. Taylor 21 May 2013
International responses to the economic dimensions of conflict and peacebuilding have been hampered by a co... more  
Poverty and radicalisation into violent extremism: a causal link?
Leftovers, by Nadir Burney under CC license on Flickr Atle Mesøy 23 January 2013
The consensus in past research into terrorism and radicalisation into violent extremism (RVE) is that gener... more  
Contested transitions: International drawdown and the future state in Afghanistan
Norwegian forces leaving Faryab, Afghanistan. By Forsvarets mediesenter, Henrik Omtvedt Jenssen, Hæren Jonathan Goodhand 26 November 2012
At the end of 2014, when the bulk of foreign military forces are projected to withdraw, the international c... more  
Ending 50 years of military rule? Prospects for peace, democracy and development in Burma
Myanmar, 4 Nov 2012 Norwegian PM Stoltenberg and Aung San Suu Kyi by Statsministerens kontor under CC licence on Flickr Tom Kramer 7 November 2012
Burma*  has been under military rule since 1962. However, in 2011 a new political system was introduce... more  
Reopening the Kurdish question: states, communities and proxies in a time of turmoil
Kurdish flag by Willian John Gauthier Pamela Urrutia Arestizábal , Ana Villellas Ariño 5 October 2012
The Kurdish question involves the aspiration to self-determination of the Kurdish people; their continuing... more  
Risk and violence in Iraq’s new sectarian balance
Proud day for Iraqi police recruits by United States Forces - Iraq David Gairdner 1 October 2012
Iraq appears to have achieved a modicum of stability after years of conflict. With a new constitution in pl... more  
The perils of Yemen’s cunning state
Yemen by yoyolu from Flickr under CC license Elham Manea 18 September 2012
The extreme fragility of the Yemeni state stems from numerous sources of instability and discontent, which... more  
South Sudan’s emergency state
South Sudan police recruits at training academy by United Nations Photo Jort Hemmer 6 September 2012
The nascent state of South Sudan has evolved into a patronage and crisis management tool for the ruling eli... more  
Balanced on a knife-edge: the future of Libya’s new state
Libya GNC elections - Voting day by United Nations Development Programme George Joffé 5 September 2012
Given the lack of pre-existing institutions in Libya, it is difficult to see how a fragmented population wi... more  

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