Stefan Wolff

Stefan Wolff is professor of international security at the University of Birmingham, specialising in the management of contemporary security challenges, especially in the prevention and settlement of ethnic conflicts and in post-conflict reconstruction in deeply divided and war-torn societies.

Burundi teeters on the brink of civil war following coup attempt

Burundi looks like it is entering a vortex of renewed violence. It's in a troubled region, we have been here before—and the president's determination to pursue an unconstitutional third term is blocking any democratic alternative.

By Stefan Wolff

/ 16 May 2015

Ukraine ceasefire announced at Minsk summit—what next?

The ceasefire agreement in Minsk over Ukraine was better than no outcome at all. But only a little better.

By Stefan Wolff

/ 12 Feb 2015

Ukraine steels for more unrest as Donetsk bus attack kills 12

The latest violence in eastern Ukraine would lead most observers to think an end to the military and political attrition is not in sight. They would be right.

By Stefan Wolff

/ 14 Jan 2015

The new cold war Russia (again) won't win

The last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, burst the 25th-anniversary balloon of the symbolic end of the cold war by warning of a new one, fed by NATO's eastward expansion. An economically weak USSR lost the last one; a still weaker Russia will lose this one too.

By Stefan Wolff and Tatyana Malyarenko

/ 10 Nov 2014

Making a difference? The US decision to supply military aid to Syria

Arming Syrian rebel forces could tip the balance and break the deadlock - at the negotiating table.

By Stefan Wolff

/ 21 Jun 2013