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A world map showing countries with new peace agreements
by PeaceRep
News PA-X

Reintroducing PA-X: Peace Agreements Database Updated to Version 9 with 89 New Agreements

PeaceRep is excited to announce the release of Version 9 of the PA-X Peace Agreements Database. Now live, PA-X V9 contains 2,144 peace agreements from 1990 to 2024.

Héloïse Guichardaz

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PA-X Peace Agreement Analyst
University of Edinburgh

Héloïse Guichardaz

Héloïse Guichardaz is a PA-X Peace Agreement Analyst at PeaceRep.

Sharon Pia Hickey

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Research Team
International IDEA

Sharon Pia Hickey

Sharon is a Programme Officer at International IDEA. Sharon organises the annual Women Constitution-Makers’ Dialogue and her research focuses on constitution-building processes.

Internally Displaced People (IDP), fleeing from violence in the Metekel zone in Western Ethiopia, stand in among tents in a camp in Chagni, Ethiopia
Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images

Western Tigray: The Unresolved Challenge and a Test for Ethiopia

This paper examines the case of Western Tigray to explore the nature of contests over administrative boundaries and identity-based demands in Ethiopia.

People cleaning a damaged building
Photo by AFP via Getty Images

Disaggregated Mediation: The Localisation of Peace Processes Amid Global and Domestic...

This article examines disaggregated mediation in contemporary conflict resolution, proposing a new conceptual framework to analyse its drivers, dynamics, and implications through analysis of post-coup Myanmar.

Used military equipment and ammunition displayed at Podil district on April 6, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Photo by Artem Gvozdkov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Life under Occupation in the Russo-Ukrainian War: Insights from Activist Networks

This research report draws on interviews Russian occupied territories in Ukraine to shed light on the human rights abuses and totalitarian forms of governance that shape daily life in...

Russian law enforcement officers stand guard next to the Russian Central Bank headquarters in Moscow
Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images
by PeaceRep
News Ukraine

New PeaceRep–LSE IDEAS Report: Ukraine’s Economic Strength Challenges Russia’s...

A new report from PeaceRep and LSE IDEAS highlights the contrasting economic foundations of Russia and Ukraine in the ongoing war, revealing significant vulnerabilities in Russia’s war economy.

Ukrainian servicemen stand side by side
Photo by Les Kasyanov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Russo-Ukrainian War: The Political Economy of the Present Balance of Forces

This paper examines the evolving political economy of the Russo-Ukrainian War, arguing that the conflict has become more balanced due to Ukraine’s institutional resilience and consistent financial support from...

A man holds a spade surrounded by bags
Artisanal mining. Digging for copper, DR Congo, Fairphone | Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)
by PeaceRep

Policy Acceptance and Scholarly Reluctance

Aditya Sarkar reflects on the political marketplace framework and its use in comparative research to understand transactional politics in conflict-affected states. 

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An image of coins falling around a globe
by PeaceRep

Transactional Politics: Theorizing practice, from Africa and the Middle East to the...

Alex de Waal argues that politics is shifting away from stable institutions and rules towards a world of transactional power.

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Installation Ceremony of Non-Permanent Members of the Security Council for 2025-26
UN Photo/Evan Schneider
by PeaceRep
Somalia

A Seat at the UN Security Council: A State on the Brink

Somalia’s governance crisis, where international counterterrorism priorities and elite self-interest have undermined state-building, is enabling Al Shabaab to thrive.

by PeaceRep
South Sudan

Post-Traumatic Growth and Its Inhibition in South Sudan: Unfulfilled Promise Amid...

Adut Alaak Garang explores how recurring violence in South Sudan, rooted in unresolved trauma, continues to destabilise the nation and prevent meaningful healing.

An aerial view of Haid al-Jazil village in Wadi Dawan, Yemen
Hans Gebhardt @ Deutsch-Jemenitische Gesellschaft

From Local Governance to Constitution Building: Yemen after 10 Years of Conflict

This report delves into the myriad forms of governance that exist in Yemen in 2025 and examines some of the future constitutional challenges these forms may present.

Three groups of icons representing people have shapes travelling between them and a page in the middle of the image. The page is a simple rectangle with straight lines representing data. The shapes traveling towards the page are irregular and in squiggly bands.
Yasmine Boudiaf & LOTI / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Utilisation of Artificial Intelligence in Accurate Translation of Peace Agreements: A...

This report explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies can enhance the translation of peace agreements for the PA-X Peace Agreements Database.

An employee works in front of stacks of Syrian pounds at the exchange department at the Central Bank Of Syria
Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images
by PeaceRep

Rethinking the Politics of Fiscal Governance in Fragile States

Ed Laws and Deval Desai explore the evolving role of fiscal governance in fragile and conflict-affected settings.

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People gather to queue outside a branch of the Bank of Khartoum
Photo by AFP via Getty Images

Fragility, Institutions, and Fiscal Policy - A Critical Review

This policy brief examines fiscal governance in fragile and conflict-affected settings and its role in shaping institutions, calling for a holistic, politically aware approach to fiscal governance.

Siheon Nathaniel Choi

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MEND Analyst; Research Team - Global Transitions
University of St Andrews

Siheon Nathaniel Choi

Nathaniel works with Global Fragmentation team at PeaceRep where he contributes to the construction of the Mediation Event and Negotiator Database.

Members of the Somali National Army and the government-allied Ras Kimboni militia display the Somali national flag from the former control tower of Kismayo Airport
AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE

From Substate Governance to Constitution-building at the Centre: A View from Somalia

This case study outlines key ideas and practices to inform conversations and negotiations on building acceptable and effective political and constitutional settlements in Somalia.