Peacebuilding

Ethnic Nationalism and the Challenge of Achieving Sustainable Peace in Ethiopia

Worku Aberra • May 22 2023 • Articles

The Ethiopian government’s pursuit of ethnic dominance and maintaining ethnic federalism poses a serious threat to Ethiopia’s long-term peace and stability.

Interpreting Indigenous Peacebuilding Civil Society Organisations

Mark Barrow • Feb 16 2023 • Articles

Frameworks of ‘problem-solvers’ and ‘autonomous political activists’ underline the contrasting ways in which the impact of indigenous CSOs upon peacebuilding are evaluated.

Interview – Roger Mac Ginty

E-International Relations • Jul 15 2022 • Features

Roger Mac Ginty discusses peacebuilding, everyday practices and peace, and the field of peace and conflict studies.

Interview – Daniela Nascimento

E-International Relations • May 18 2022 • Features

Daniela Nascimento explains the concept of new humanitarianism and the differing impacts of humanitarian aid in global conflicts.

Understanding Peacebuilding: An Issue of Approach Rather than Definition

Mark Barrow • Feb 17 2022 • Articles

The complexity or difficulty in understanding peacebuilding derives from the multiple approaches articulated for addressing a conflict’s root causes.

Interview – Georgi Engelbrecht

E-International Relations • Dec 15 2021 • Features

Georgi Engelbrecht talks about his role as a Senior Analyst for International Crisis Group, the Bansamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, next year’s elections in the Philippines and conflict in Southeast Asia.

Pluriversal Peacebuilding: Peace Beyond Epistemic and Ontological Violence

Garrett FitzGerald • Nov 27 2021 • Articles

Pluriversal peace may play important roles in navigating inevitable conflicts in the shared pursuit of a world in which different ways of knowing and being can coexist.

Opinion – Are Peacemakers Really Blessed?

Mukesh Kapila • Nov 4 2021 • Articles

Premature awards to Henry Kissinger, Aung San Suu Kyi and Abiy Ahmed indicate that ‘God’ and the Nobel Committee don’t always keep the same standards.

Interview – Chamindra Weerawardhana

E-International Relations • Jul 1 2021 • Features

Chamindra Weerawardhana discusses decolonial intersectional feminist epistemology, transfeminist politics, LGBTIQ+ rights in South Asia, activism and decolonising peacebuilding.

Interview – Kon K. Madut

E-International Relations • Mar 21 2021 • Features

Kon Madut outlines how ethnic politics has impacted governance in South Sudan, the potential for a ‘sustainable peace’, challenges to promoting reproductive health, and the upcoming 2022 elections.

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