Peace on Earth? The Tradition of Christmas Ceasefires Across the World
There is a worldwide tradition of declaring ceasefires during the Holidays, but do these lead to lasting peace? Sanja Badanjak and Laura Wise draw on examples from the PA-X...
Water Resources and Inter-state Conflict: Legal Principles and the Grand Ethiopian...
Anne Funnemark examines the longstanding transboundary watercourse dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia and offers key principles and approaches useful to supporting the resolution of the conflict, as outlined in...
Moving from Conflict: the Role of International Actors in Transition Management
Dr Jago Salmon examines the role of international actors in transitions from conflict and introduces his new PSRP report, Moving from Conflict: the Role of International Actors in Transition...
France Attacks Prove the Power of Violent Extremist Discourse
Europe is reeling from the murders of eight people in three separate terror attacks in less than one week. Four people were killed in a shooting and stabbing attack, in...
Learning from Northern Ireland? Making gains for gender equality at the UN Security...
As Ireland prepares to begin its tenure of the UN Security Council in January 2021, Dr Catherine O'Rourke and Dr Aisling Swaine examine the lessons of inclusive peacebuilding from...
Knowledge exchange during physical distancing
The Edinburgh Research Office shares new resources and insights into knowledge exchange during physical distancing, featuring a contribution from PSRP.
Introducing the Amnesties, Conflict and Peace Agreement Database
Prof. Louise Mallinder introduces the ground-breaking new amnesties database published by Queen's University Belfast School of Law and the University of Edinburgh's Political Settlements Research Programme.
5 quick insights into PA-X data
Dr Sanja Badanjak offers five quick insights from the PA-X peace agreement data drawn from 30 years of peace processes around the world.
Yemen's Response to COVID-19: Part III
The third part of this series considers the powerful role women have played in Yemeni communities in responding to crises throughout the current conflict.
Yemen's Response to COVID-19: Part II
The second of a three-part series examines the ways that Yemeni communities have dealt with a number of health crises prior to the arrival of COVID-19 and considers the...
Yemen's Response to COVID-19: Part I
In the first of a three-part series, Raiman Al-Hamdani and Rob Wilson examine Yemeni governance systems and how these local networks are likely to be central in responding to...
Sudan: The Potential Price of Peace
Fifteen months after the revolution that ousted long-term dictator Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, it becomes increasingly evident that Sudan’s two parallel transitional processes of democratisation and peacemaking contradict...