This article investigates the causes of civil war by analysing 79 civil wars which took place between 1966 and 1999. The authors conclude that the primary causes of civil war are greed and grievance. In their analysis,…
‘Diamonds, foreign aid and the uncertain prospects for post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone’ is an article written by Andrew Grant and published in The Round Table. The article links resources extraction to…
Aid and Violence, with Special Reference to Sierra Leone is an article written by David Keen, which investigates the relationship between international aid and violence in Sierra Leone. The author mentions three…
“Demanding Sacrifice: War and Negotiation in Sri Lanka is a book written by Jeremy Armon and Liz Philipson, discussing war and peace in Sri Lanka. The authors make a comparison between the war in Sri Lanka and the…
The book Do No Harm: How Aid can Support Peace- or War? is written by Mary Anderson. It is about the complicated relationship between war and peace, and also some principles for foreign intervention in peace projects.…
The book Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics is written by Cynthia Enloe, a famous feminist scholar in the discipline of international relations. The book uses a feminist…
Using the case study of Kabul, Afghanistan, this article argues for the use of architecture and urban planning as peacebuilding tools in conflict-affected cities. The authors explain that Kabul’s urban forms both…
This article offers a gender perspective on peace education, investigating how socializing young boys and girls is often different when teaching them concepts of care, empathy, and violence. By addressing themes of…
This article looks at the role of women in peace agreement negotiations, from which they have often been excluded or listened to without really hearing what they had to say – without implementing any of their…
In this article, Roxani Krystalli and Philipp Schulz explore the practices of love and care that sit alongside the experiences of harm in armed conflicts. They build on interdisciplinary literature while they…