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About Alex de Waal

Alex de Waal is Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School, Tufts University.

Articles by Alex de Waal

Wednesday 1st February

The contest over peace and security in Africa

Alex de Waal, 1 February 2012
The dominant interventionist approach to peace and security in Africa by-passes the hard work of creating domestic political consensus and instead imposes models of government favoured by western powers. The emergent African methodology offers a chance to develop locally-rooted solutions too often sidelined.
Monday 14th July

Sudan and the International Criminal Court: a guide to the controversy

Alex de Waal, 14 July 2008
To charge Sudan’s president with genocide and war crimes in Darfur is momentous - and dangerous
Friday 1st December

HIV/Aids: the next twenty-five years

Alex de Waal, 1 December 2006
The world's experience of living with HIV/Aids in the past generation suggests that tough and far-sighted policies are needed if progress is to be made over the next, says Alex de Waal.
Thursday 28th September

Darfur peace agreement: so near, so far

Alex de Waal, 28 September 2006
The Darfur peace deal signed in May 2006 has failed to halt the cycle of violence and suffering, says a member of the African Union's mediation team. A new settlement will be harder. But for Alex de Waal, there is no alternative to painstaking, constructive engagement.
Monday 21st August

The global Aids campaign: a generation's struggle

Alex de Waal, 21 August 2006
The lesson of the international Aids conference in Toronto is that the global Aids industry needs to think strategically to meet the challenges of the next twenty-five years, says Alex de Waal.
Tuesday 4th July

Darfur's fragile peace

Alex de Waal, 4 July 2006
The collapse of the Darfur peace agreement designed to resolve the conflict in western Sudan could be averted by a more comprehensive approach to the key issue of disarmament, says Alex de Waal.
Thursday 29th May

The African state and global governance

Alex de Waal, 29 May 2003
The scale of Africa’s political and social crises, exacerbated by the HIV/Aids pandemic and reinforced by failures of governance, make it a global dependent. Reversing this condition is possible, but only through bold action, more resources and deeper thinking led by a new partnership of world leaders with the African continent.
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