Grateful to have met and learned about the Philippines peace process by Prof. Miriam MiriamCoronelFerrer. She chaired the Philippine 🇵🇭 government peace panel that negotiated & signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on 27…

We are currently searching for an Editorial Assistant for Conflict Management and Peace Science Conflict Management & Peace Science and POLIS at Leeds.
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To safeguard peace, numerous multiethnic countries have adopted territorial autonomy. However, does autonomy, rather than reducing violence overall, redirect it to the subnational level? In my new article in American Political Science Review, I address this question.

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Our April 2024 (Vol 57, Issue 5) issue is now out!

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Santiago López Cariboni Anselm Hager Hanno Hilbig Allard Duursma and Hannah Smidt on violence and civilian peacekeeping efforts

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Marika (Miki) Sosnowski 'Redefining Ceasefires: Wartime Order and Statebuilding in Syria'

This book explores ceasefires as not only military tactics but also as tools of wartime order and statebuilding.

cambridgeblog.org/2023/04/redefi…

Peer Schouten 'Roadblock Politics: The Origins of Violence in Central Africa'

Mapping more than 1,000 roadblocks to show how communities, rebels & state security forces forge resistance & power out of control over these narrow points of passage.

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1⃣ Jason Stearns 'The War That Doesn't Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo'

Arguing that the fighting in the Congo has become an end in itself, carried forward through the apathy and complicity of local and international actors.

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A big congratulations to our CRS Book prize short list authors: Jason Stearns, Peer Schouten and Marika (Miki) Sosnowski.

A little about their books (in alphabetical order) ⬇️

We hope to announce the winner in May! 🏆

Thanks to the jury members --- Corinne Bara Luke Abbs Julia Zulver Robert Nagel & Isabel Phillips --- for selecting this short list from a very long list of nominated books.

📢📢I am very happy to announce the short list of this year's The CRS Book Prize🏆 (in alphabetical order):

🚨 Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨

Specialization in conflict, especially climate conflict

Excellent Dutch required - the successful candidate will teach in one of our Dutch-language programs

Deadline March 5

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My latest article for Crisis Group breaks down everything about the UNRWA saga.

We urge donors to resume funding this lifeline for the Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the Middle East, lest they risk fuelling even greater instability.

crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

Check out this great article on UN training programs for the protection of civilians!

It is part of a special issue on protection of civilians in UN peace operations that will come out in Journal of Civil Wars year!

Most happy to share my latest article in Journal of Civil Wars. The article is about the evolution of #UN training programmes for Protection of Civilians #publicationday 😃tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…