Colombia

Colombia’s ‘Total Peace’ and Climate Change

Never has the Colombian government had as much leverage to negotiate the climate crisis than the present, with the new president and his total peace initiative.

Armed Actors in the Colombian Conflict: State vs Armed Groups

The presence of social, political and economic uncertainty is pertinent when we talk about an inefficient state and an organized group which confronts it.

Colombia at the Crossroads? The Road Ahead in an Election Year

Christoph Sponsel • Mar 12 2022 • Articles

Colombia is set to elect a new Congress and, soon afterwards, a new president which will indicate whether it will join Latin America’s turn to the left.

Indigenous Conflict Victims and the Growing Tent City in Bogotá

Christoph Sponsel • Dec 18 2021 • Articles

Structural change in rural Colombia and meaningful government action are required to sustainably alter the security and socio-economic situation of indigenous communities.

Gender-Transformative Peacebuilding in Colombia

Mia Schöb • Apr 22 2021 • Articles

The ‘mini-state’ of the family is a core space where peace and state are built from the ground up, where gender norms are re-negotiated and transformed.

Opinion – Covid-19 in Colombia: Migration, Armed Conflict and Gendered Violence

Priscyll Anctil Avoine • Jun 10 2020 • Articles

As violence is part of daily reality in several countries, the pandemic and political and economic measures should be approached differently.

Colombia: Coronavirus in a Scenario of Humanitarian Crisis

Raquel Araújo de Jesus • May 18 2020 • Articles

In Colombia coronavirus is not creating a ‘new’ humanitarian crisis scenario. Instead, it is adding a new layer of complexity and deepening its previous vulnerabilities.

Interview – Cécile Mouly

E-International Relations • Apr 7 2020 • Features

Cécile Mouly discusses the nature of civil resistance, mobilisation, nonviolence and peacebuilding in Latin America, ex-combatants in Colombia and mediation in Venezuela.

Building on Ruins or Patching up the Possible? Reinscribing Fieldwork Failure in IR as a Productive Rupture

Failure is produced structurally but experienced personally, and is always hard to take. All academics, by virtue of being academics, are haunted by it.

Interview – Kristina Mani

E-International Relations • Jan 13 2020 • Features

Kristina Mani discusses Latin American politics, regional issues and the role of militaries, as well as the benefits of using of films and documentaries in her work.

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