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.
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Published in: openSecurityBurundi 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...
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Published in: openSecurityUkraine 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.
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Published in: openSecurityUkraine 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...
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Published in: openSecurityThe 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...
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Published in: openSecurityMaking 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.