Armed conflict

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.

A city of over one million people caught between volcanic eruptions and armed conflict, Goma has come to embody the 'tragedy' that is the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A city of over one million people caught between volcanic eruptions and armed conflict, Goma has come to embody the 'tragedy' that is the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Across Africa, growing economic inequality, instability and urbanization have led to the rapid spread of private security providers.

Across Africa, growing economic inequality, instability and urbanization have led to the rapid spread of private security providers.

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.

Palestine Book Awards Lifetime Achievement Winner 2022'Roy is humanely and professionally committed in ways that are unmatched by any other non-Palestinian scholar' - Edward W.

From ISIS propaganda videos to popular regime-backed TV series and digital activism, the Syrian conflict has been dramatically affected by the production of media, at the same time generating in its turn an impressive visual culture.

Between 1994-2014, Israels security service was transformed, becoming one of the most extreme examples of privatised security in the world.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been the subject of intense scrutiny in the West.

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

Often called the 'Jungle', the refugee camp near Calais in Northern France epitomises for many the suffering, uncertainty and violence which characterises the situation of refugees in Europe today.

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

Afghanistan has been a theatre of civil and international conflict for much of the twentieth century – stability is essential if there is to be peace in the Greater Middle East.

British troops, which arrived as a temporary measure, would remain in Ireland for the next 38 years.

The contest to maintain and reclaim space is firmly tied to the identity and culture of a displaced population.

Turkey is on the front line of the war which is consuming Syria and the Middle East.

In a world of rising tensions between Russia and the United States, the Middle East and Europe, Sunnis and Shiites, Islamism and liberalism, Turkey is at the epicentre.

The contest to maintain and reclaim space is firmly tied to the identity and culture of a displaced population.

Who are the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizbullah?

Regional struggles, wars and local confrontations have marked the south of Lebanon since the end of the 1960s.

Mahmoud Darwish is the poet laureate of the Palestinian national struggle.

If the rise of Islamic State can overthrow powerful states in a matter of weeks, what kind of a secure future can the world expect?

In July 2011, South Sudan was granted independence and became the world's newest country.

British troops, which arrived as a temporary measure, would remain in Ireland for the next 38 years.

This volume in the series Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance edited by Mathieu Deflem addresses contemporary issues of policing with a focus on the characteristics of police power as a coercive force in society and its continued need for legitimacy in a democratic social order.

For centuries, Russian imperialism has shaped the fate of its neighbours, from the tsarist conquests to Soviet domination and today's relentless aggression.

The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is the site of enduring political, military, and economic conflict.

Snipers at War is a detailed history and analysis of the equipment, tactics and personalities of the ‘sniping world’, from the pursuit of accuracy to the latest electronic aids to observation and ranging.

Snipers at War is a detailed history and analysis of the equipment, tactics and personalities of the ‘sniping world’, from the pursuit of accuracy to the latest electronic aids to observation and ranging.

Drones have become the controversial new weapon of choice for the US military abroad.

* Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2012*Since its release in 2009 Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide has become an essential primer for undergraduate students and activists getting to grips with the Palestine/Israel conflict for the first time.

War Reporters Under Threat describes the threat of violence facing war reporters from the United States government and some of its closest allies.

Are oil-rich countries prone to war?

Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence.

Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence.

Deep in the Congo's Garamba National Park in the dead of night, Joseph Kony the notorious warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court made a shocking admission.

Deep in the Congo's Garamba National Park in the dead of night, Joseph Kony the notorious warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court made a shocking admission.

In 2009, after decades of conflict, the Sri Lankan government proclaimed the decisive defeat of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Elam.

In 2009, after decades of conflict, the Sri Lankan government proclaimed the decisive defeat of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Elam.

Welcome to the Drone Age.

Welcome to the Drone Age.

How do people live in a country that has experienced rebellions and state-organised repressions for decades and that is still marked by routine forms of violence and impunity?

How do people live in a country that has experienced rebellions and state-organised repressions for decades and that is still marked by routine forms of violence and impunity?

Lying at the centre of a tumultuous region, the Central African Republic and its turbulent history have often been overlooked.

Lying at the centre of a tumultuous region, the Central African Republic and its turbulent history have often been overlooked.

Despite a massive investment of international diplomacy and money in recent years, the Democratic Republic of Congo remains a conflict-ridden and volatile country, its present situation the result of a series of rebellions, international interventions and unworkable peace agreements.

Despite a massive investment of international diplomacy and money in recent years, the Democratic Republic of Congo remains a conflict-ridden and volatile country, its present situation the result of a series of rebellions, international interventions and unworkable peace agreements.

Conflicts in Africa, Asia and Latin America have become a common focus of advocacy by Western celebrities and NGOs.