The Offensive & Gatekeeping: Reflections from Somalia
PeaceRep Somalia research team members reflect on the current offensive against Al-Shabaab and how gatekeeping influences international engagement.
Galkayo: Flourishing civil society and improving security
Khalif Abdirahman reflects on progress made towards peace for the city since the 2017 Galkayo agreement.
Decarbonization and Conflict Resolution
While decisive action is needed on climate change, proposed policies need careful consideration where they may lead to destabilization of peace.
Review - When Peace Kills Politics: International Intervention in the Sudans
Matthew Benson highlights the importance of economic considerations in understanding politics in war and peace processes.
Review - How to End Wars: Lawyering Peace in a Changing World
A new book prompts the question: How will law and politics continue to work together in the context of new conflict dynamics?
Can political finance explain the different development stories in Ethiopia and Sudan?
Differences in political finance have impacted on political settlements and, ultimately, on developmental trajectories.
Advancing Children’s Rights in Peace Processes: What Role for CommCRC?
Engagement by the Committee on the Rights of the Child can contribute to protecting children's rights globally.
Constitutional Approaches to Decentralisation: WCMD IV, October 2022
The fourth annual Women Constitution-Makers’ Dialogue focused on constitutional approaches to decentralisation.
Transitioning from Taxation without Representation in South Sudan
Overlapping legacies of a revenue system describe South Sudan’s present, but need not be the template for the country’s future.
Changing characteristics of peace processes: New findings from the PA-X Database
Dr Sanja Badanjak outlines new trends in peace agreements emerging from PA-X data, following the latest update to the database.
Fragmentation of Iraq’s ‘Protest Parties’ amid the Muhasasa System’s Resilience
The rapid fragmentation of Iraq's "protest parties" attests to the dominance of the Muhasasa system.