Peace studies and conflict resolution

A mere two years after achieving independence, South Sudan in 2013 descended into violent civil war, refuting US government claims that the country's succession was a major foreign policy success and would end endemic conflict.

Coming into existence amid a wave of optimism in 2011, South Sudan has since slid into violence and conflict.

Coming into existence amid a wave of optimism in 2011, South Sudan has since slid into violence and conflict.

From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments.

From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments.

Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread of these systems across Africa has been widely hailed as a sign of the continent's progress towards stability and prosperity.

Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread of these systems across Africa has been widely hailed as a sign of the continent's progress towards stability and prosperity.

When Hiss ne Habr , the deposed dictator of Chad, was found guilty of crimes against humanity in 2016, it was described as 'a watershed for human rights justice in Africa and beyond'.

When Hiss ne Habr , the deposed dictator of Chad, was found guilty of crimes against humanity in 2016, it was described as 'a watershed for human rights justice in Africa and beyond'.

Despite the disasters of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and ever more visible evidence of the horrors of war, the concepts of 'Humanitarian Intervention' and 'Just War' enjoy widespread legitimacy and continue to exercise an unshakeable grip on our imaginations.

Despite the disasters of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and ever more visible evidence of the horrors of war, the concepts of 'Humanitarian Intervention' and 'Just War' enjoy widespread legitimacy and continue to exercise an unshakeable grip on our imaginations.

For over a decade, Boko Haram has waged a campaign of terror across northeastern Nigeria.

For over a decade, Boko Haram has waged a campaign of terror across northeastern Nigeria.

The Liberian civil wars of the 1990s and 2000s became notorious for their atrocities, and for the widespread use of child soldiers.

The Liberian civil wars of the 1990s and 2000s became notorious for their atrocities, and for the widespread use of child soldiers.

Since gaining independence from colonial rule, most African countries have been struggling to build democratic and peaceful states.

Since gaining independence from colonial rule, most African countries have been struggling to build democratic and peaceful states.

'China', Napoleon once remarked, 'is a sleeping lion.

Since the 1991-2002 civil conflict ended in Sierra Leone, the country has failed to translate the accomplishments of women's involvement in bringing the war to an end into meaningful political empowerment.

Since the 1991-2002 civil conflict ended in Sierra Leone, the country has failed to translate the accomplishments of women's involvement in bringing the war to an end into meaningful political empowerment.

Since the beginnings of independence, a number of African nations have been plagued by repeated coup d' tats.

Since the beginnings of independence, a number of African nations have been plagued by repeated coup d' tats.

The Political Economy of Conflict and Violence against Women shows how political, economic, social and ideological processes intersect to shape conflict related gender-based violence against women.

In 2017, Myanmar's military launched a campaign of violence against the Rohingya minority that UN experts later said amounted to a genocide.

Taiwan is one of the great paradoxes of the international order.

Taiwan is one of the great paradoxes of the international order.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been widely derided as a failed state, unable to meet the basic needs of its citizens.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been widely derided as a failed state, unable to meet the basic needs of its citizens.

A mere two years after achieving independence, South Sudan in 2013 descended into violent civil war, refuting US government claims that the country's succession was a major foreign policy success and would end endemic conflict.

An enduring peace is only possible through a genuine understanding of the past.

The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict in living memory.

How realistic is the prospect of peace in the Muslim world?

Women in conflict zones face a wide range of violence: from physical and psychological trauma to political, economic and social disadvantage.

Since the Genocide against the Tutsi, when up to one million Rwandan people were brutally killed, Rwanda has undergone a remarkable period of reconstruction.

Offering an examination of the diplomatic and economic regional power structures in Africa and their relationships with each other, Dawn Nagar discusses the potential and future of pan-Africanism.

Just eight years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and two years after gaining independence, the world's newest nation state descended once more into violence and civil war.

The culture of peace and non-violence is essential to human existence, development and progress.

Are new forms of activism emerging in Algeria?

When Mikhail Makarios became head of the Church of Cyprus in 1950, Greek Cypriots presumed that he would lead the struggle for union with Greece - partly because the Church was perceived to be the custodian of this nationalist tradition.

Since the Genocide against the Tutsi, when up to one million Rwandan people were brutally killed, Rwanda has undergone a remarkable period of reconstruction.

Offering an examination of the diplomatic and economic regional power structures in Africa and their relationships with each other, Dawn Nagar discusses the potential and future of pan-Africanism.

EU policy-makers have in the past decade endeavoured to formulate a substantial redefinition of the organisation's international ambitions.

At the height of the Cold War, the John F.

An estimated one million Armenians were killed in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire in 1915.

After the Second World War, with much of Europe in ruins, the victorious Winston Churchill swore to build a peace across Europe that would last a generation.

What do we mean by 'gifts' in International Relations?

EU policy-makers have in the past decade endeavoured to formulate a substantial redefinition of the organisation's international ambitions.

When Mikhail Makarios became head of the Church of Cyprus in 1950, Greek Cypriots presumed that he would lead the struggle for union with Greece - partly because the Church was perceived to be the custodian of this nationalist tradition.

The African Union has been a major factor in establishing peace, security and development in Africa.

After the Second World War, with much of Europe in ruins, the victorious Winston Churchill swore to build a peace across Europe that would last a generation.