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Time to Make a Change: Summary and Reflections on the PeaceRep Final Conference
AUTHORS: Berg / Byrne / de Carvalho / Guidino / Nagpal / Rose
Publication
This report offers summaries and reflections on PeaceRep's final conference, Time to Make a Change: Reimagining Peace Processes in a Fragmented World.
Myanmar’s Fragmented Future: Evolving Governance and Conflict Dynamics Five Years after...
AUTHORS: Sumlut / Zulueta-Fülscher
Publication
This policy brief describes the evolution of stakeholders after the 2021 coup d’état in Myanmar, provides an overview of the different processes aimed at drafting a constitutional framework,, and...
Beyond the Deal? Rethinking Statebuilding Amid Conflict Fragmentation and Transactional...
AUTHORS: Whitfield
Publication
This brief reflects on the role of statebuilding in conflict-affected settings, addressing the reasons for which it is largely absent from current international peace negotiations.
From War Economies to Predatory Peace: How Peace Settlements Legitimise Extraction
AUTHORS: Benson-Strohmayer
Publication South Sudan
This brief identifies a recurrent pattern in post-conflict governance in which peace settlements reorganise wartime systems of extraction rather than dismantling them.
Revised Role for the UN in Afghanistan: Pragmatic Presence Today; Preparing for...
AUTHORS: Atta ur Rahman Saleem / Semple
Publication Afghanistan
This policy brief argues that the UN should renew its political mission in Afghanistan in March 2026 – but with a revised role to avoid unattainable goals of reforming...
Now or never? Political Conditions for Credible Elections in South Sudan
AUTHORS: Kunhiak Muorwel / Pospisil
Publication
This report explores the conditions under which elections scheduled for December 2026 could meaningfully contribute to stability, inclusion, and South Sudan’s broader political transition.
Middle East & North Africa
How local are local agreements? Shaping local agreements as a new form of third-party...
AUTHORS: Turkmani
Publication
Based on two case studies from Syria, this article argues that unilateral external intervention in protracted conflicts is not only about military and financial support to one or other...
Resolving Water Conflicts: Dispute Settlement Mechanisms Applicable to International...
AUTHORS: Daza-Clark
Ethiopia/Ogaden Publication Sudan
This report sets out the international legal framework for conflict avoidance or resolution, with a focus on mechanisms available to states with transboundary water disputes.
Rethinking Governance: Insights from Syria during Covid-19
AUTHORS: Beaujouan / El hafi / Ghreiz / Odat
Covid Publication
This report highlights the main impacts of Covid-19 on the education and economy sectors, and suggests general recommendations relevant to the international community, humanitarian workers, and governmental institutions.
Qatar and UAE in Peacemaking and Peacebuilding
AUTHORS: Freer
Geopolitical Transitions Global Transitions Publication
This report highlights ways in which Qatari and Emirati peacemaking/ peacebuilding engagement is qualitatively different from other states’ or international organisations’ efforts in this sphere.
MENA Regional Organisations in Peacemaking and Peacebuilding
AUTHORS: Freer
Global Transitions Publication
This report highlights primary assets and challenges of three regional organisations in the MENA peacebuilding space: the League of Arab States, Gulf Cooperation Council and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Peacebuilding in Turbulent Times: Turkey in MENA and Africa
AUTHORS: Sofos
Global Transitions Publication
This report assesses the Turkish leadership and policy community’s understanding of peacebuilding, the contexts and main motivations underlying its conceptualisation and implementation, while outlining potential future developments.
Pulling the Pieces Together: Health and community actors as levers of local response in...
AUTHORS: al-Hamdani / Wilson
Covid Publication Yemen
This report examines the local responses to Covid-19 by health professionals and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), demonstrating the deeply fragmented context of public authority in Yemen.
Non-Western approaches to peacemaking and peacebuilding
AUTHORS: Peter / Rice
Global Transitions Publication
This paper provides an overview of how existing scholarship has addressed non-Western approaches to peacemaking and peacebuilding and outlines some possible future directions for research on the topic.
Fragmentation of Peacemaking in Syria: Reality and Perception
AUTHORS: Belhadj Klaz / Mariani
Global Transitions Fragmentation Geopolitical Transitions Peace Processes Publication Syria
An "illiberal peace” is taking hold in Syria, with Russia, Turkey and Iran positioning themselves as mediators and overshadowing peace initiatives by Western powers.
Fragmentation of Peacemaking in Libya: Reality and Perception
AUTHORS: Harchaoui / Mariani
Global Transitions Fragmentation Publication
The latest political analysis, media reports, and original interviews with stakeholders demonstrate how local actors interpret the role and effect of non-Western actors involved in the Libyan crisis.
The Impact of Covid-19 on Women’s Inclusion in the Peace Process in Yemen
AUTHORS: Peace Track Initiative
Covid Covid 19 Publication Yemen
Yemeni women voice how Covid-19 affected them personally and professionally, highlighting restrictions on women’s broad participation resulting from the pandemic and how it has impacted their work on the...
Central & Southeast Asia
Elections: Perceptions of Peace in South Sudan
AUTHORS: Dawkins / Deng / Oringa / Pospisil
South Sudan Perceptions of Peace Publication
This policy brief presents a summary of findings about citizens’ perceptions of upcoming national elections, from a survey of South Sudanese respondents in 2021-2022.
Fragmentation of Peacemaking in South Sudan: Reality and Perception
AUTHORS: Logo / Mariani
Global Transitions Publication South Sudan
In a complex and multi-stakeholder peacemaking environment, South Sudan has been a test case for international cooperation. National stakeholders are skeptical about the efficacy of peacemaking initiatives to date.
Promises and Perils of Regional Response to Covid-19 in Asia
AUTHORS: Adhikari
Covid Publication
‘Crises’ - financial crash, pandemics, political conflicts, and natural disasters - can provide stimulus for strengthening and development of regional organisations. This report maps and analyses Covid-19 responses from...
Implementing peace accords sustainably: Alternative avenues to bypass blockages and...
AUTHORS: Ramsbotham
Peace Processes Publication
Implementation of peace accords often hit blockages and meets resistance, and are prone to delay, breakdown and collapse. Alternative avenues for implementation discussed in this report can help to...
China’s Engagement in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings: The Quest for Stability
AUTHORS: Mariani
Global Transitions Publication
This report finds that China seeks stability rather than peace, unlike its Western counterparts, and China’s economic development drives engagement in conflict and post-conflict settings.
“Asian” Approaches to Peacebuilding?: Modalities, Convergences, and Differences in...
AUTHORS: Adhikari
Global Transitions Publication
This report finds that, while a coherent “Asian model” of peacebuilding does not exist, there are common features which characterize the international conflict management practices of China, Japan, and...
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan’s Enduring Transition: Evolving Arrangements after the Fall of Bashir
AUTHORS: Pospisil
PA-X Publication Sudan
This PA-X Spotlight report describes how the overthrow of Sudan's long-term military ruler Omar al-Bashir was triggered by a broad civil-society-based movement, supported by the Sudanese military in the...
Resolving Water Conflicts: Dispute Settlement Mechanisms Applicable to International...
AUTHORS:
Ethiopia/Ogaden Publication Sudan
This report sets out the international legal framework for conflict avoidance or resolution, with a focus on mechanisms available to states with transboundary water disputes.
Fragmented Transitions in the Context of Competitive Regionalism: The Case of Ethiopia
AUTHORS: Abate Demissie / Girma / Pospisil
Ethiopia/Ogaden Geopolitical Transitions Global Transitions Publication
Exploring the new regional configuration of Ethiopia and the Wider Horn, and what can be learned from the region's dynamic structural setup for other transitional regional configurations.
Security Governance, Subsidiarity, and UN-AU Partnership in Somalia
AUTHORS: Coe / Nash
Global Transitions Publication Somalia
This report uses Somalia as a case study to explore how non-Western regional organisations (ROs) engage in peacemaking and peacebuilding, how local actors respond to these interventions, and whether...
Fragmentation of Peacemaking in South Sudan: Reality and Perception
AUTHORS:
Global Transitions Publication South Sudan
In a complex and multi-stakeholder peacemaking environment, South Sudan has been a test case for international cooperation. National stakeholders are skeptical about the efficacy of peacemaking initiatives to date.
Fragmented Transitions in the Context of Competitive Regionalism: The Case of Sudan
AUTHORS: Jenner / Pospisil
Global Transitions Fragmentation Geopolitical Transitions Publication Sudan Sudan & South Sudan
Exploring how the regional and international constellation around Sudan provides a difficult and non-conducive environment for the country's twin transition from both armed conflict and authoritarian rule.
How African Organisations Support Peace Agreement Implementation
AUTHORS: Aeby
Geopolitical Transitions Global Transitions Peace Processes Publication
This report explores how African organisations support the implementation of framework agreements for transitions through continued mediation, guarantees and monitoring.
Towards Peaceful and Plural Politics in Afghanistan
AUTHORS: Atta ur Rahman Saleem / Semple
Peace Processes Afghanistan Peace Processes Publication
Report on a consultation with veterans of pre-August 2021 reconciliation, with key findings to inform priority actions for charting paths towards peaceful, plural politics in Afghanistan.
Perceptions of Peace in South Sudan: Longitudinal Findings
AUTHORS: Dawkins / Deng / Oringa / Pospisil
South Sudan Perceptions of Peace Publication
South Sudanese citizens’ perceptions of peace are explored in the results of a 2021-2022 three-wave survey, illustrating the views of 8,843 people from 12 counties across 9 states and...
Public Authority: Perceptions of Peace in South Sudan
AUTHORS: Dawkins / Deng / Oringa / Pospisil
South Sudan Perceptions of Peace Publication
Headline findings about citizens’ perceptions of whom they trust to make decisions about their community, from a survey of South Sudanese respondents in 2021-2022.
Europe & Eastern Europe
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Investigating the Russo-Ukrainian War: Evidence and Analysis from PeaceRep’s Ukraine...
AUTHORS: Bevziuk / Cooper / Czerska-Shaw / Darkovich / Dunin-Wąsowicz / Fedirko / Gueudet / Hatsko / Kaldor / Michnik / Milakovsky / Nesterenko / Vlasiuk / Wittke
Publication Ukraine
This policy brief aims to draw together concluding research findings from the PeaceRep Ukraine programme.
