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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

‘The International Criminal Court (ICC) is in trouble’. states Dr. Phil Clark, Reader in Comparative and International Politics and Co-Director of the Centre on Conflict, … Read more

In light of the question, ‘diasporas have been branded as both peace-builders and peace-wreckers –what factors contribute to augmenting the former and diminishing the latter … Read more

‘I think we cannot go back to the prescription that was floated in early 1990s of letting wars evolve to their natural end and allow … Read more

This blog post seeks to map the Nord-Kivu campaign, which lasted from October 2008 to March 2009 and ravaged an already war-torn Democratic Republic of … Read more

In this blog post, I will be applying Paul Wehr’s conflict mapping guide in order to map the 2008 Russo-Georgian war.  Through understanding this, I … Read more