2021 is meant to be Libya’s transitional year. The new interim government faces huge tasks.
International Conflict Management
Building peace through subnational governance: The case of Libya
Subnational governance is at the heart of the ongoing conflict in Libya.
Yemen: Engaging, Not Isolating
To resolve the conflict, the Biden administration will have to grasp the nettle of subnational governance reform and be prepared to work with the Houthis.
National and International Instruments of Minority Protection in Europe
National and international instruments of minority protection in Europe form a multi-layered framework that establishes minority protection not as a choice but as both a legal obligation and a pragmatic necessity. In this report, commissioned by the Institute for...
Early Warning through a Pluralism Lens: Assessing Scenario Planning
In this paper for the Global Centre for Pluralism (GCP) I assess whether scenario planning can serve as an approach through which the GCP can establish itself as a credible and effective player in the early warning field by applying its pluralism lens as the focus of...
South Sudan’s viability requires an honest answer to avert further disaster
In 2011 South Sudan became the 193rd United Nations member state. This was met by a great deal of local celebration and international praise. It marked the seemingly happy end of decades of a mostly violent struggle over the relationship between the north and the south of the country.
The EU as an International Security Provider: The Need for a Mid-range Theory
Published in Global Society, as part of a Special Issue on "Theorising the European Union as an International Security Provider: Actors, Processes, Outcomes and Impact", this article is the special issue's introduction, co-authored with Annemarie Peen Rodt and Richard...
Theorising the European Union as an International Security Provider: Actors, Processes, Outcomes and Impact
Co-edited with Annemarie Peen Rodt and Richard G. Whitman, this special issue was published by Global Society in 2015. It presents the fruits of an ongoing collaborative research agenda, which, over several years and with support from the British Academy, the UK's...
Burundi teeters on the brink of civil war
The president and his supporters may have defeated the coup – but if anything, the events over the past days and weeks have exposed the deep rifts in Burundian society that to fix will take more than arms.