Year: 2019

Introduction Post-conflict societies face significant challenges. Looking backwards, a difficult past characterised by gross human rights violations and mass atrocities needs to be settled. Forward-looking, … Read more

As my time as a CARC intern comes to an end, I though I would use this post to talk about my experience over the … Read more

Everyone at CARC would like to, first and foremost, congratulate Stevo Pendarovski, of the Social Democratic Union Party, for winning the first presidential election in … Read more

Former director of CARC shares with us what inspired him to engage in studies of peace and war. Further, in this post, we get to … Read more

For the next profile in our series introducing the personalities who constitute CARC at Kent, Dr. Yaniv Voller shares what motivated his studies of domestic … Read more

By: Lauren Benson (MA International Relations) How can diasporas contribute to lasting peace? A cross-case analysis with examples from the Sri Lankan, Eritrean, Somaliland and … Read more

Increasing levels of police violence, forced evictions and poor living conditions make for a precarious life for displaced people in Northern France. Aid workers efforts … Read more

For the next profile in our series introducing the personalities who constitute CARC at Kent, Dr. Maria Mälksoo explains how past conflicts are re-emerging as … Read more

In this blog post I explore the peace versus justice debate in post-conflict societies by looking at the case of Mozambique. Between 1977 and 1992, … Read more

Abstract The following essay aims to reflect on the knowledge of Africa that is present in western discourse. To do so, I will analyse the … Read more