Emerging trends in transnational security: from the rise of non-state actors to force privatization.

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Emerging trends in transnational security: from the rise of non-state actors to force privatization.

Peacebuilding: who needs a model?

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Behind well-established and fixed peacebuilding ‘models’ there always lies the danger of normativity and of a lack of flexibility. Rather than a model, it seems much more promising to foreground a frame within which to design more reflexive, adaptative and respectful peacebuilding strategies.

Nov 27, 2020

Climate Diplomacy – 25 november 2020

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The T.note n.91 "Cities in a Crisis: COVID-19 and Climate-Fragility Risks in urban environments" was shared by the Climate Diplomacy initiative.

Nov 25, 2020

Good governance and strong institutions beyond the state: the Salween Peace Park in Myanmar

Violence & Security T.notes

State-centric frameworks are problematic in building strong and just institutions in war-torn societies.

Nov 17, 2020

Cities in a Crisis: COVID-19 and Climate-Fragility Risks in urban environments

Violence & Security T.notes

Building back better requires integrated approaches that address the impacts of COVID-19 across sectors, including health, environment, climate and urban planning.

Nov 6, 2020

Historicising Peace and Conflict Studies: the problems of thinking that the world began in 1989

Violence & Security T.notes

For understandable reasons, we often focus on immediate problems. But we risk overlooking important parts of the evidential trail if we do not try to understand the long-term processes that account for present-day circumstances.

Oct 23, 2020
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