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Published in: Home: OpinionThe Good Friday Agreement gave me hope after a childhood marked by violenceOPINION: I remember the optimism I had for peace in 1998 when I was 18. But the pace of progress fails Northern Ireland
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Published in: oDR: OpinionRussia’s war has exposed the limits of liberal peaceRussia’s war against Ukraine and long-running border conflicts raise doubts about regional institutions – and how...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDisarmament and keeping violence at bay easier said than donePerhaps the most resonant goal of the peace process, it was essential in bringing an end to the violence. However,...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaColombia: reaping the dividends of peaceIn a climate of increasingly polarized international relations, the recent successful completion of the FARC-EP...
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Published in: TransformationSustaining peaceHalf of all peace deals fail within five years. This is how you make them work.
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Published in: TransformationIs reconciliation possible in South Sudan?If impunity is the cost of peace, how can societies recover from violent conflict?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDialogue in Libya: challenges and conditions of successSteps need to be taken to promote consensus, in order to consolidate the nation to which Libyans aspire. This NOREF...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA solution for Syria (part 1)Syria is central to the security and future of the Middle East, but conditions for a resolution of the Syrian...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA solution for Syria (part 2)This excerpt from a NOREF expert analysis outlines the steps that need to be taken to transfer power to a...
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Published in: openSecurityReimagining securityDoes security mean defence: tanks and barbed-wire fences? Or can it mean building relationships, confronting...
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Published in: openSecurityFor children born of war, what future?Sexual violence in conflict has attracted increasing attention, but with the majority of responses focused on...
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Published in: openSecurityMorocco, UN myopia and the Libyan crisisIt may be understandable that the UN should clutch at any straws to address the miasma in Libya. But Morocco...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Iraqi crisis: rethinking the narrativeAn approach to Iraq focused on military intervention, with some humanitarian assistance, has defied the complexity...
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Published in: openSecurityBurundi teeters on the brink of civil war following coup attemptBurundi 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: openSecurityYemen at warWith a humanitarian crisis mounting in Yemen, Saudi Arabia has eased its military pressure—for the moment.
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Published in: openSecurityCentral African Republic: the long and winding roadThe good news is that the violent factions in the Central African Republic have agreed to ban child soldiering. The...
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Published in: openSecurityNepal: chronicle of a disaster foretoldThe Nepalese earthquake was a product of natural causes. But the full death toll and slow recovery are not.
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Published in: openSecurityTurkey and the Armenian genocide: the next centuryFor the Armenian diaspora, today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day—but not in Turkey. Perhaps members of the...
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Published in: openSecurityYemen: dialogue must replace warThe Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen have failed to stem the Houthi advance. Time for jaw-jaw, not war-war.
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Published in: openSecurityPalestinian options after the Israeli electionSix ways Palestinians can change the rules of the game after Netayanhu's comments during the election made a just...
