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.

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

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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

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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

Building peace in the pandemic: prospects and pitfalls

Violence & Security T.notes

Peacebuilding requires long-term and sustained efforts at all levels, and in some cases may have been complicated by the ways in which armed groups have strengthened their position through their response to the pandemic.

Oct 19, 2020

Beirut blast disaster response: international aid and grassroots mobilization

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Despite rapid intervention and a high level of community engagement, the scale of the damage suffered by the city of Beirut goes beyond the scope of the humanitarian response.

Oct 9, 2020
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