Author: mlh26

Marie Hoffmann, a graduate student of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Kent, with a bachelor’s in International Business Administration, was undertaking an … Read more

This article seeks to identify the leading causes and the dynamics of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh  (Figure 1). The analysis includes the various actors engaged … Read more

The nature of conflicts have changed since the end of the Cold War as trends in armed conflict have moved dramatically from inter-state to intra-state … Read more

Background The Global War on Terror Begins On 11 September 2001, the terrorist organisation, al-Qaeda, hijacked four American domestic flights with the intent of destroying … Read more

 Summary This blog post shows the significance of actions taken by external actors in rooting and escalating the Fatah-Hamas conflict after the Palestinian legislative elections … Read more

On Wednesday the 14th of February, Christoph Dworschak (University of Essex) presented his current research on ‘Jump on the Bandwagon: Differentiation and Military Alignment during … Read more

Generally speaking, conflict assessments are conducted with the aim of improving the effectiveness of conflict prevention and management programmes and strategies. One such approach is … Read more

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This report summarises the discussion at a roundtable on the war in Yemen and the potential for supporting peacebuilding capacity in the region. The event … Read more

Rohingya Muslims are labelled as the world’s most persecuted minority group, and have received considerable media coverage throughout the world (1–3). This blog post examines … Read more